Sealing, which way is best?

[Alie Barnes]

I know i know youll never get a definitive answer but basically ive been thinking about the different methods of sealing logs.

Wax - Good but i find it a lot of faff and annoying when you drop a heavy log in a tray of melted wax.

Emulsion paint - Easieist by far but how effective is it?

Chestnut products end sealer _ expensive and wax does the same job

PVA Glue - i found this to be very slow drying and sticky and generally not great!

I want to use Wax because i think its probabaly the best but as mentioned it a lot of faf and paint is so much easier!

so whats the difference between the two and what do YOU think the better option is?

 

[mrs. sliver]

I faff. :lol:

 

[cornucopia]

the best emulsion paint is vinyl silk's but there not brillant.
a very good end grain sealer is an oil based flexible undercoat or a shellac based primer

but anything you can put on the wood which will reduce moisture loss will help.

 

[CHJ]

I have not found anything to better good old candle wax melted in an old meat dish, been looking for a large secondhand thermostatically controlled electric grill pan for some time but one has not surfaced.

Mind you some logs from early days lavishly coated in a jacobs coat of all the gloss paint leftovers have done well.

 

[TobyB]

I had some porous surface sealer I'd used on spalded brickwork left over - and it seems to work OK (so far!), isn't expensive from B&Q and the like, and the brush is easy to wash in soap and water afterwards ...