Alternative is to seal or finish with shellac, which is not soluble in
turpentine.

Even resin-set wood runs sometimes.


"Kevin & Theresa Miller" wrote in message
...
If you don't crystalize the sap it'll ruin any oil based finishes you put
on it
later. Well, maybe not danish oil, but any varnish type finishes anyway.
I had
a pine burl that gave me fits that way. Never tried it, but I got some
advice
on how to handle it (ran out of the pine before I could). Basically you
need to
kiln dry it.