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Hello all, I bought some wood on Etsy; it arrives coated in a very heavy coat of wax. OK, that's good, however, I see black under the wax that is not common on the wood. Turns out it is mold, and the wood is so wet that it is throwing water on me as I turn it. The wax would all have to be removed and a great deal of time would be required to allow the wood to dry properly. I bought several pieces like this and returning it may not be an option due to it was free to ship to me, but to return it with the weight it would be expensive for me to do so. I am looking for comments, suggestions on if I should complain or not (will it do any good?). I already know what I have to do, (suck it up buttercup, cut off the top wax layer and let it dry) but was wondering if anyone has seen this and what you did in the circumstances. Thanks, Nevin
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I'm finishing a wood mold for drain tiles. I got this idea that the reason you gotta dig to the bottom and below of the foundation for whatever building you are trying to protect from flooding is simply because if you don't then you won't trap more than a small percentage of the water. Digging that deep is a problem because I can't then drain the water off without undertaking a huge trenching project and That's not an option. It is just me and my shovel. So to get around that I figure that something like this outta' do it The mold for that is almost 2 feet across the top and the tiles will be 18" long. I'll bed them in rubber tire mulch to prevent frost heaving from being an issue, mortar them together, bury them so the tops are about 5" under the surface, and mulch over top with rubber tire mulch. My thinking is that they will be wide enough to trap the roof run off and that's all the water I'm concerned about. Precipitation is not my problem until the roof's magnify it and dump it where it enters the building. So I'm at that point where I'm thinking about what to do to ensure the mold is releasing easy enough that I don't wreck the one mold I have before I'm done making all the tiles I'll need. Some of you might recall my prior trenching project. It worked but only so so. I got water in the house but last few rainstorms dumped as much as 6" of water in a couple days one storm lasted a whole 24 hours and dumped 4". My trench worked, but I suspect that much of what I trapped, was the result of a poly liner in my trench and I know that won't last long. EREGO it's try try again. So to the assembled brainiac trust I pose the question: What is a good mold release for concrete molding in wood forms? Things that have occurred to me are: BLO. Motor Oil Exterior gloss paint and paste wax I'm kind of leaning toward motor oil
