Had an old Ash tree cut down that died on us last year. Also got that big old  Soft Maple branch that broke off early last year cut down.  Ask the tree cutting guy to save me about 8 to 10 feet of both if all possible and to cut them about 3 ft long so I can handle them in re-sawing them into lumber.    Looks like I got about 12 ft of Ash and about 8 ft of Soft Maple.  I have not got around to measure them yet been way too hot and not much time this week.  Question is what is it that you put on end of logs and freshly cut boards to keep them from splitting?  I was thinking of paint but back of my mind it call something different.

Wayne E

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Wayne E

Wayne

A lot of people including myself normally use a product called anchor seal. It seals the ends and allows the boards to dry at a slower rate preventing the checking and cracking. Hope this helps.

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Wayne Mahler
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+1 for the anchor seal.

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+2 for anchor seal

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IMMEDIATELY  apply anything~!!!   I slather on  latex paint, I  HAVE also used several coats of Shellac because the alcohol binds to the water in the wood and it seals rather nicely. I've used roofing asphalt with great success.  I have even stapled plastic sheet over the ends and that works too.

The commercial product is Anchorseal.   I've never used it.

Don't remember that name.  Will check around to see if can it.

Thanks

Wayne E

Wayne Mahler said:

Wayne

A lot of people including myself normally use a product called anchor seal. It seals the ends and allows the boards to dry at a slower rate preventing the checking and cracking. Hope this helps.

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Wayne Mahler
God bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.

Latex paint I have. All I got do is decide what color.    I also have Shellac.  I would never have thought of plastic sheet.

Thank  you Cliff

Wayne E

Cliff said:

IMMEDIATELY  apply anything~!!!   I slather on  latex paint, I  HAVE also used several coats of Shellac because the alcohol binds to the water in the wood and it seals rather nicely. I've used roofing asphalt with great success.  I have even stapled plastic sheet over the ends and that works too.

The commercial product is Anchorseal.   I've never used it.

Oddly the  one time I tried  Weldwood (yes I thought that the polymer based adhesive would block water transpiration) it was a miserable failure.   I had some old weldwood that would have been tossed out coz it was lumpy and   gave it a try.

I never reconciled myself to the failure because it made so much sense that it'd work. But it didn't.

Wayne - thanks for starting this thread.  I also forgot the name of te product.  ANCHOR SEAL  Thanks responders.  Got it.  Won't loose this valuable information.

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Your Welcome  Fred  I wrote it down on index card and file it in my card file

Wayne  E

Fred Wilson said:

Wayne - thanks for starting this thread.  I also forgot the name of te product.  ANCHOR SEAL  Thanks responders.  Got it.  Won't loose this valuable information.

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