sealer experiment

[Diggin Jiggin]

A while ago I had asked a question about thinning val oil that didn't get answered, which I kind of took to mean that was a topic that is maybe considered to be somewhat off limits.

So this weekend I did a big test.

I understand that a lot of you guys have worked hard coming up with something that works, and I don't want to post anything that's gonna tick anyone off. There's been enough of that lately.

Here's what I did. I took a piece of ayc that had knots in it, and turned it round and then chopped it into 2" pieces.

I then sealed those pieces in
1. 50/50 val oil turp and dipped for a short time like you would for linseed oil mix. I dipped it for 10 min.
2. 50/50 val oil/turp, submerged for 10 hours
3. 50/50 val oil to the odorless Thinner, dipped 10 min
4. 50/50 val oil to odorless thnner, submerged 10 hours.
5. Straight val oil, submerged 24 hours.

I let these dry for three days, then I submerged them for 10 hours in water mixed with a dark blue dye, and I let this dry for about 10-12 hours.

Here's what they look like on the outside.

The question is, is it going to tick anyone off if I post what they look like when I cut them in 1/2 ?

I'm heading out for a while, but if anyone has an objection just shoot me a pm and I won't post the pics. No biggy, no names mentioned...
If no one objects I'll post the pics later on tonight...

[thefishingfreak]

hell-NO !!
cut them bad boys open

[mikecc]

Let's see it

[Slipknot]

Nobody will object
show us


sorry your question didn't get answered
I don't read every post

[Striperknight]

cut them.

[numbskull]

Please hurry up. The dreaded school science fair is just over the horizon and my selectively brain dead teenage son needs someone to design a project for him so he can get into college and avoid having to work for a living. This looks promising.

[Diggin Jiggin]

Numbskull I think he's gonna have to aim just a little bit higher...

Ok here goes nothing..
In left to right order

Val oil/turp 10 min
val oil/ turp 10 hrs
Val oil/odorless thinner 10 min
Val oil/odorless thinner 10 hrs,
straight val oil.

I've got close up so of each of em too if they're not too big...

[Diggin Jiggin]

close up of val oil/turp

valoil/turp 10 min
valoil turp 10 hrs.

Looks to me like the 10 hrs (on the right) did a tiny bit better around the thru hole.

Nice miss drill too

[Moses]

Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

hell-NO !!
cut them bad boys open

Dave - sounds similar to what I said earlier. Cut em open baby!!

[Lower]

Great experiment...would love to see the results. Thanks.

[Bay Stalker]

Good info thanks

[Jigman]

Cool stuff, thanks for sharing!

Jigman

[gone fishin]

great test - thanks. just wondering, has anyone taken the time to try this with linseed oil?

[Tagger]

Great test ... To me straight Val oil didn't look like it did as well . no ?

[Diggin Jiggin]

Tagger you made me go back for another look, thanks , as if I wasn't confused enough.

I cut more slices off of each one and it appeared that the best ones were actually the odorless thinner mix, and of those the one that was for only 10 minutes looked the best. And when I picked them up that one definitely felt lighter than the others. But how can that be ?? I just don't get it.


More pics, you decide...

First is val oil turp, second is the 2 val oil/odorless thinner ones...

[outnumbered]

Nice information and thanks for doing it.

[Striperhound]

Nebe wrote:my biggist complaint with val oil is that its goooooooey.

I have been thinning with turp and it is much easier to work with now. I just hate the smell.

[Nebe]

good idea hound- my above post has an error, i shoud have said it would have been better to use a wood that IS absorbant.

[afterhours]

ayc does absorb water, not a lot, but some. i've soaked unsealed ayc plug blanks in my saltwater tank for a couple of hours and they each gained about .2 oz. i like the val-oil cut with pure turps.

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by afterhours

i like the val-oil cut with pure turps.

the problem I have with that turps stuff is, that fish have a great sense of smell and I have let the blanks dry for weeks and the turps smell is still there , I have plugs from last lear that still smell, so if a bass gets a wiff of it they might be turned off by the smell that's my thinking anyway. Maybe I didn't let them dry in a warm enough area, guess I should have left them out in the sun on a hot day or something.

[RI Popper]

Excellent experiment, Very good work DJ.

Another option would be to add the dye to the combinations befor the experiment to see which sealer actually penitrated better. Got to admit the suspense was great!

[Karl F]

http://www.stripersonline.com/ubb547...40.html#000000
http://www.stripersonline.com/ubb547...64.html#000000

Couple links to a test with linsy/minpirits vs Thompsons..
By H'Islander..
more good info...

Slip, I use the turps as a thinner... I let my plugs sit and air out for 7 days, heated room, but I do a looooong dip as well, not just a minute or two.
I then put my weights in, sand off excess epoxy... they usually have almost all the stink off by then, but, before I go to primer, I dip them for a spell in thinned out ZipGuard Exterior/Marine Urethane, let them drip, wipe just he excess.. then let them sit another day or two.
they dry HARD.. give them a quick sand and prime... then U killed me more time when you told me to let the primer sit for a week ... takes a freakin month to get them thru seal,prime, paint,clear.... but I'm happy with end result, and No Stink.