Hi Mark

You got some good advice from Darrell and Billh, in my experience the
cracking start on the outside of the bowls, so you seal there.
However it is not a "fit all cases" depending on a lot of differed
conditions like, temperature, humidity, air circulation or the lack of
it, wood species, wall thickness and evenness of thickness, abrupt shape
change and sapwood presence, etc., you might not have to seal or totally
seal, keep it in a paper bag or wrapped up in paper, just to give the
wood time to loose the moisture evenly and change shape slowly without
splitting.
Of course there are those that try to drown the wood in alcohol or LDD
G I duck now.

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

Sniperborg wrote:

Hi
I have read two conflicting reports on protecting roughed out bowls.
one said put the sealer on the out side of the bowl and let air dry and
the other said seal the inside.
Which is the correct or best one for drying.
TIA
Mark