Chuck,

No, I'm pretty sure its Anchorseal. It is not clear and when scraped it
does not create white shavings. It is rather murky and somewhat sticky when
touched. But thanks for the input on removing paraffin wax - that was going
to be another question as that's what is on another piece of wood that has a
natural edge.

Thanks!
Dan Klima

"Chuck" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:26:42 -0600, "Dan Klima"
wrote:

Hello all!

I obtained a couple of nice maple burl pieces a while back that were
"dunked" in Anchorseal. Its really thick all over. There are pieces
that I
would like to keep the natural edge on, but I'm not sure how best to
remove
the Anchorseal from that part of the burl without damaging it. Are there
any solvents that could be used or am I destined to trying to pick it out
with dental tools?

Dan,

Are you sure it's Anchorseal? Usually when you get wood that has a
really thick coating on it like that, it's just plain old paraffin
wax. My wood guy gets all his exotics in like that and has to re-coat
them with Anchorseal because wherever the wax gets scraped off the
wood will check. If it's just paraffin, you might be able to remove
it with naptha, or the PRUDENT application of heat, from an indirect
source, like a Quartz Halogen lightbulb, hair dryer or heat gun. You
won't get it all, because some will penetrate the wood when it melts,
but it will be better than the thick layer.


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