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Woodbuster · 11-17-2006, 07:54 PM

I just finished up a little experiment last night were I soaked 4 plugs overnight in seawater. The plugs were made of through drilled basswood. (No natural oils like cedar)

Plug #1 - 12 hour soak in 60/40 boiled linseed oil/min spirits

Plug #2 - 5 minute dip in 60/40 boiled linseed oil/min spirits

Plug #3 - No sealer- raw wood for benchmark

Plug #4 - dipped in unthinned Zinsser cover stain approx 1 min. to soak thru-hole and brushed off with cheap brush. (this plug was an afterthought as I really just wanted to see difference between the first 3)

My plan was to weigh each plug before the test and again each hour for as long as I could stay awake and then again in the morning. (cont..)

11-17-2006, 07:54 PM	#1
Woodbuster Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southern Connecticut Posts: 194	My wood sealing experiment I just finished up a little experiment last night were I soaked 4 plugs overnight in seawater. The plugs were made of through drilled basswood. (No natural oils like cedar) Plug #1 - 12 hour soak in 60/40 boiled linseed oil/min spirits Plug #2 - 5 minute dip in 60/40 boiled linseed oil/min spirits Plug #3 - No sealer- raw wood for benchmark Plug #4 - dipped in unthinned Zinsser cover stain approx 1 min. to soak thru-hole and brushed off with cheap brush. (this plug was an afterthought as I really just wanted to see difference between the first 3) My plan was to weigh each plug before the test and again each hour for as long as I could stay awake and then again in the morning. (cont..)