How do you prevent wood from cracking?
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Are there any products out there other than Pentacryl to prevent a cross section of green wood from cracking? We've tried a few wood products--tree branch chargers and a stump table and have had some cracking.
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William
on Dec 04, 2016
Anchorseal..... http://www.woodcraft.com/search2/search.aspx?query=Anchorseal ***** Polyethylene Glycol PEG Green Wood Stabilizer..... http://www.rockler.com/polyethylene-glycol-peg-green-wood-stabilizer -
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Shawna Bailey
on Dec 07, 2016
I second the products that William recommended -
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Marty
on Dec 08, 2016
linseed oil. Not sure if I spelled it correctly, but that might help. -
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Anne Davidson
on Dec 11, 2016
We were looking for something that didn't dye the wood orange. -
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Shawna Bailey
on Dec 12, 2016
Put the project link here so we can see how it turns out? -
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Shawna Bailey
on Dec 13, 2016
They look amazing! Thanks for sharing -
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Stephen Scott Johnson
on Dec 16, 2016
Beautiful stump table! I think the cracks give it some character too. At least you don't have major gaps. Maybe add some additional poly and just continue filling in those cracks. I wonder if you should have sealed the ends of the log before it started drying. When I buy slightly green wood from the wood store, it will sometimes have a wax coating the ends. It dries quicker on the ends and therefore may start to check on the ends.
William
on Dec 04, 2016
Marty
on Dec 08, 2016
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