PVA mix ratio

[Wally Crawford]

I am currently using PVA/water mix to coat my rough turned bowls and am using a 1/1 ratio. Just wondering what others are doing and if my guess at 1/1 is correct. It seems to be working ok, but I m always looking for ways to up my game.

TIA

 

[Dave Landers]

That's about what I do. Never measure, just dump roughly equal parts into a container. Seems to work ok.

 

[Steve Tiedman]

How does this perform compared to Anchorseal, other than price?

Are you also using it to seal end grain of logs and blanks?

 

[Dave Landers]

I do end grain of logs and sometimes on a rough-turned blank if I feel like it needs to dry slower than I can manage in a paper bag etc.

I doubt it work s as well as anchorseal, but is cheap and easy to get (for me). The local woodcraft is an hour away and does have anchorseal 2, but not the original. Last gallon of original that I bought online, the lid popped open a bit during shipping. A mess in the box.

I started using PVA like 2 years ago. I was out of town and got a couple special logs, so I grabbed a gallon of cheap white glue from the craft store ("Great for making slime!" it says. Whatever ). Just been using that ever since.

 

[Charles A. Thompson]

PVA glue is a great alternative to anchorseal both in cost and performance. I’ve had good results with roughly 10% water in the mix, it lowers the viscosity enough to apply quick and easy without making it runny. Too much water will make it thin enough to run off the piece loosing material and coverage during the sealing process.

 

[Dean Center]

What implement do you use to apply the PVA glue? Is it a once and toss situation, or is there a way to store and reuse, as can be done with anchorseal type products?

 

[Dave Landers]

I usually pour some on the end grain and use a disposable brush to spread it around. Wrap the brush in a plastic bag and rubber-band that to the side of the container.
I do usually have to loosen up the brush (bend the bristles till it's not stiff anymore). But its not like I'm trying to copy a Rembrandt...

 

[Aaron Sluis]

I use a 50 cent chip brush, and even bother to rinse it out quickly. They last a long time actually. A good size brush makes the work go quickly.

I've had great success with pva and use our for all rough pieces now.

 

[Jonathan Silwones]

I started with 50-50, but I’ve found about 25% water does better for the conditions I store my blanks.

 

[Michael Brown]

Here in az anchorseal does a better job than straight pva, 50/50 and even 3 season coats of 1:2 pva/H2O. I assume it's the heat, but the waxy nature seems to survive the summer cycle better than pva which seems to go brittle as the end grain shrinks.

 

[Darryn Achall]

I use about 20% water. Put on a nitrile glove, dump glue on, spread it around with the glove. Makes clean up easy.