sealer experiment

[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.

[Slipknot]

maybe my turpitine was no good or old or something
it'll wear off I guess

[Diggin Jiggin]

Karl thats good info too.

[Tagger]

Sorry ,, not to be a PIA,, how about a 24hrs. submersed test ? I'll go fly a kite if you want ..

[capesams]

big diff if your oil and wood are warm compaired to cold oil and wood.
cold epoxy doesn't flow, cold oil won't sink in either.

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by Tagger

Sorry ,, not to be a PIA,, how about a 24hrs. submersed test ? I'll go fly a kite if you want ..

read his first post again
it's there

[jomlt9@AOL.COM]

diggin jiggin, thanks for the great post

[Tagger]

should be more specific,,, val oil/ turps ,,50/50..24 hrs. . not straight up ..

thanks CS ,,now i gotta keep my wood and my oil up in the kitchen .. she's gonna toss me ..

[Diggin Jiggin]

Taggers right, the only one that was 24 hrs was the straight val oil. I thought 24 would be way too long for the thin stuff.

Maybe Capesam was onto something with the temperature too as it is cold in my garage where I did all the sealing (40 or so at night), and the turp stuff smelled so bad I did not bring them into the warmer part of the basement near the furnace for a couple of days. I wish I'd done just a piece of unsealed wood too, to have it to compare too the others to see how much it absorbed and too see the difference sealing it made.

I've still got the stuff, I could do another test. I think i've got some 5/4 pine left over from a xmas project... If I do another test on a softer wood do you think that would be a more valid test. how long should i let em soak...what do you want to see ?