"WaltC" wrote in message
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Help for a newbie!

What's LDD?

Liquid Dish Detergent - anionic surfactants.

Action unknown, results questionable, it's supposed to keep your work from
cracking up - some even say warping - if you dry it carelessly. Sort of
like the current cult of ethanol users where proponents dismiss failure as
due to carelessness, and attribute successful drying not to humidity
control, but the soak.

Study some wood technology with R. Bruce Hoadley's _Understanding Wood_ ,
or download some of the excellent material at
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fp.../fplgtr113.htm where he
worked. It will help inoculate you against anecdote and testimonial with
good, scientific material. That way you can believe and support whatever
you want, while hedging your bets with proven methods.