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Anthony Diorio Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 117 Staten Island New York USA Jet 1221VS	Anchorseal vs Green Wood End Sealer Jan 14^th, 2021 at 8:20pm - I can not find anchor seal locally, to have it delivered would be 45 bucks a gallon. I can get 2 gallons of Rockler Green Wood End Sealer for that price. Has anyone used the rockler sealer, is it any good?
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,939 Wilton California USA Gender: JET 1642 Grizzly G0584	Re: Anchorseal vs Green Wood End Sealer Reply #1 - Jan 14^th, 2021 at 10:12pm Anthony Diorio wrote on Jan 14^th, 2021 at 8:20pm: to have it delivered would be 45 bucks a gallon. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or $22 for shipping, and I'm all the way accross the country. If you have amazon prime, shipping is free
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Re: Anchorseal vs Green Wood End Sealer
Reply #2 - Jan 14^th, 2021 at 11:55pm

Ed Weber wrote on Jan 14^th, 2021 at 10:12pm:

Anthony Diorio wrote on Jan 14^th, 2021 at 8:20pm:

to have it delivered would be 45 bucks a gallon.

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$22 for shipping, and I'm all the way accross the country.

If you have amazon prime, shipping is free

Im sorry I didn't explain it well from amazon delivered anchorseal $43 but rocklers is 23 a gallon free shipping if I buy 2 so it is half the price.. Do you have any experience with the rockler product

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Reply #3 - Jan 15^th, 2021 at 8:19am

Rockler's Green Wood End Sealer is Anchorseal 2. If you click on the link for the SDS for Green Wood End Sealer (under Technical Documents at the product link below), the SDS for Anchorseal 2 comes up; so it's the same product with the Rockler brand name on it and at a better price than the Anchorseal brand name. See: Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to

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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,939 Wilton California USA Gender: JET 1642 Grizzly G0584	Re: Anchorseal vs Green Wood End Sealer Reply #4 - Jan 15^th, 2021 at 10:20am I haven't gone that route but from Roberts post, it looks right to me. Certainly wort a try. Never had an issue with anything Rockler sold me over the years.
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Anthony Diorio Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 117 Staten Island New York USA Jet 1221VS	Re: Anchorseal vs Green Wood End Sealer Reply #5 - Jan 17^th, 2021 at 10:45pm Excellent..I'll give it a shot
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Re: Anchorseal vs Green Wood End Sealer
Reply #6 - Jan 18^th, 2021 at 10:54am

The sealer i have I think is the second generation anchorseal and it is blue.

The main problem is that that blue stuff gets onto everything.

It doesn't matter how many months or years passes, pick a piece up and it is all over your gloves or shirt if you happen to hold it against your body.

Tho it does work, it is really nasty stuff for that reason.

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Leo De Bruin Active Member Offline Turning pro as soon as I retire Posts: 225 Kitwanga, BC, Canada Canada Gender:	Re: Anchorseal vs Green Wood End Sealer Reply #7 - Jan 18^th, 2021 at 11:54pm For what its worth I don't typically use either of these, instead I use ordinary white wood glue on the end grain. I slather it on and let it dry, sometimes it takes a day or two to set up. Works well for me!
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Ralph Fahringer WR Addict Offline I'm the "Burly" Man!! Posts: 1,629 Ellsworth Maine USA Gender: PM3520b	Re: Anchorseal vs Green Wood End Sealer Reply #8 - Jan 19^th, 2021 at 10:25am Just to throw this out... Heard of just using paint. Pros or cons?
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Re: Anchorseal vs Green Wood End Sealer
Reply #9 - Jan 19^th, 2021 at 12:39pm

A month ago I tried a sealer that was based on yellow or white glue. Trying to brush it on found much much more drag than Anchorseal. It was so much more time consuming to brush on I gave the rest to another turner.

Don't know whether it was a better moisture block. I'm only sealing the ends of sections of log for a few days.

Perhaps someone is curious enough to design a little experiment to compare consumption and effectiveness of the two.

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Reply #10 - Jan 19^th, 2021 at 1:16pm

Paint works but many times may take more than one coat and often isn't viscous enough to maintain a good seal
Glue works but can be more expensive, may not have the temperature range and as mentioned has application issues for some.
Anchor-seal and it's clones have wax as part of their formulation which helps with all of the above issues.
There are several varieties of AS to fit most needs.
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John Landis WR Noob Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 8 Pine Grove, ca USA Gender: Nova DVR XP	Re: Anchorseal vs Green Wood End Sealer Reply #11 - Feb 21^st, 2021 at 12:39am My experience is that Anchorseal2 is less effective than the original formula. One coat of the original anchorseal is all I need. I find it's equivalent to two coats of AS2 or white glue.
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Reply #12 - Feb 24^th, 2021 at 7:23pm

If you would share some details, John how is Anchorseal 2 not performing as well as AS 1, and what are you using it on (log ends, rough turned bowls, other)? I use A S 2 on log ends until I can saw into blanks for once turned bowls, and often there are pre-existing cracks in the end grain that I will try to fill with the sealer while brushing it on. Occasionally a few days later I will find an open crack in the end grain, but it is infrequent. Seldom is it as long as a week before I break down the log into turning blanks.

Once or twice I tried to brush on a 2nd coat of A S 2 after the first had dried, and the dried wax surface would not accept any additional sealer.

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John Hicks WR Supporter Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 60 shingletown California USA Harvey T60-S	Re: Anchorseal vs Green Wood End Sealer Reply #13 - Mar 27^th, 2021 at 10:52am Klingspor sells sealer and it works just as good or better than anchorseal. I think shipping is free or very cheap if you get 4 gallons. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or
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Glenn Roberts Senior Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 413 Walworth, NY New York USA Gender:	Re: Anchorseal vs Green Wood End Sealer Reply #14 - Mar 28^th, 2021 at 7:55am Ralph, I've had good luck with 2 coats of oil base paint, or 5 coats of latex. Garage sales can be your friend.
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