On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 21:03:27 -0700, "AArDvarK"
wrote:


IMHO if the entire blank has indeed been covered in the wax for 50 years, It
is still as wet or dry as when it was sealed.


Don't you think anyone would've dried them before waxing them? I do! Point of
the wax is to keep water "out".

Alex


It may have been there to slow the drying, letting the wood stabilize
without checking. The wax isn't going to stop moisture migration
entirely.



Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a


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