Thread: Commercial and DIY End Grain Sealers For Green Wood

Paint, any sort or colour, plastic or enamel, especially if its free. Gave away buying log sealers, just plaster it on good and thick. Works for me .
Rgds,
Crocy.

I also use paint as a sealer and be prepare to add more at a later stage.

If you are going to use wax then just heat and dip.

Get hold of the MSDS for the Carbatec stuff, and see what the solvent is. Might be Kero or Turps based. Anyway, add a bit of the solvent to soften your gluggy stuff to thin it out.

Alan...

I got a 20L drum of the watery waxy stuff almost 20 years ago, I decanted it into 4L plastic paint pots.
I still have 3 of those pots, one of the lids has failed in the heat so I have it wrapped up in a black plastic bag.
It is still fine, I used some last month.

I have used old pait too, that also works fine.

Cheap PVA glue works at a pinch for HQ timbers.

Originally Posted by Mobyturns

Cheap PVA glue works at a pinch for HQ timbers.

I hadn't thought about PVA but have used paint (timber primer) in the past.

Mobilcer, if you can still get it.

Originally Posted by rustynail

Mobilcer, if you can still get it.

That is the stuff.

Originally Posted by rustynail

Mobilcer, if you can still get it.

Nope! I was looking a couple of years ago and was told at the Mobil depot at Altona that they no longer make it. Caltex make a product called, would you believe, "End Grain Sealer" available in 20kg quantities only, but yes you can use anything to slow down the drying process, paint, pva glue, a mix of turps & polystyrene, paraffin wax.

Originally Posted by Mulgabill

Nope! I was looking a couple of years ago and was told at the Mobil depot at Altona that they no longer make it. Caltex make a product called, would you believe, "End Grain Sealer" available in 20kg quantities only, but yes you can use anything to slow down the drying process, paint, pva glue, a mix of turps & polystyrene, paraffin wax.

I went halves on a 20l drum with another forumite. Although I can't see it on their web site, this mob used to sell smaller containers of it http://www.woodturningsupplies.com.au/

Mobilcer and Caltex End Grain Sealer are basically the same.

Originally Posted by AussieRoy

Yesterday I scored a boot load of Mango from a tree that had been recently been felled. When I went to stick some of Carbatec's "End Sealer" on the pieces, I found that the almost full six month old batch had gone fairly solid in the container. I note that Carbatec says that the product has a shelf life of only 12 months, so maybe my lot had been sitting around for quite a while.

So a few questions before I go and buy another container of the Carbatec product. What are the commercially available alternatives to the Carbatec End Sealer?

A bloke I met at the Maleny woodworking show last year reckoned he uses one of the Lanotec products as a green wood end grain sealer, but he didn't tell me which specific Lanotec product ..... and I haven't found a Lanotec product in the local rural supplies store that looks like it might be suitable. Any ideas ?

I then wondered whether it would be practical to make your own End Sealer - maybe a blend of Mineral Turps and Paraffin Wax ???? Does anyone make their own End Sealer ?

Regards,

Roy

Hi Roy...given that the product(caltex end check) is 50% water/50% wax,if it goes a bit 'lumpy' simply add water.The use by date is irrelevant really as i have used it well beyond its suggested shelf life,and its still works fine...MM

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

Hi Roy...given that the product(caltex end check) is 50% water/50% wax,if it goes a bit 'lumpy' simply add water.The use by date is irrelevant really as i have used it well beyond its suggested shelf life,and its still works fine...MM

Try shaking it first. Up here, Anchorseal is also a wax-and-water emulsion, and tends to separate. Shaking restores consistency.

Cheers,
Joe

Originally Posted by joe greiner

Try shaking it first. Up here, Anchorseal is also a wax-and-water emulsion, and tends to separate. Shaking restores consistency.

Cheers,
Joe

Your right Joe,it does tend to separate.Hence the water will then evaporate if the lid is not correctly sealed onto the container.I actually prefer the mix when it is a bit thicker as it is then inclined to stay on the brush better and not drip all over the place ...MM