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Where to source Anchor Seal, alternatives?

A show I still do, well once this COVID stuff is over, has an archeology section on American Indian arts and crafts. One of the buildings they have is roofed with split western red cedar planks. All of the ends have been charred to keep them from splitting and it hardens them. Never got the full story, but it is an old technique.

robo hippy
 
I just tried out latex paint mis-tints from the hardware store for 5 bucks a gallon. Here is what I noticed,
1 paint layer, didn't do crap, big checks.
2 paint layers worked for my felled dead ponderosa pine (18%), but failed the live spruce (38%) I was trying to dry.
3 paint layers seemed to do the trick, but I run out of paint quick.

We had a windstorm and I cut up a few neighborhood trees with a chainsaw. Built a kiln out of an old fridge and have been trying to figure out how to preserve wood to turn, I ran out after Christmas. Upside is my family loved all the gifts. This is the second half of learning I have to do now that I got in to the craft.
 
In my experience, original Anchorseal is the best sealer. Anchorseal 2 requires two coats.

Mike Mahoney uses Elmer's Glue-All, which is basically PVA (polyvinyl acetate), and at about $15,gallon, is cheaper than Titebond. But again, it requires two coats.

If you can talk your club in to buying a 55 gallon drum, the cost of original Anchorseal comes to about $10/gallon
 
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