I got a gallon of end grain sealer some time back, and it seems to have
caked in the bottle. It's in a one gallon plastic jug, sort of like a
milk jug. I've never had it set up on me in a closed container before.
Does anyone know if there's a way to redissolve it? It's between half
and three quarters of the bottle, so I hate to waste it.

It's not solid - there is still some liquid in it but there are large
hunks of solidified wax too.

The lid has been screwed on the bottle - it's not like it was in a can
exposed to air.

Thanks...

....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller - http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
Juneau, Alaska
In a recent survey, 7 out of 10 hard drives preferred Linux
Registered Linux User No: 307357, http://counter.li.org

On 5/19/2011 6:27 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
I got a gallon of end grain sealer some time back, and it seems to have
caked in the bottle. It's in a one gallon plastic jug, sort of like a
milk jug. I've never had it set up on me in a closed container before.
Does anyone know if there's a way to redissolve it? It's between half
and three quarters of the bottle, so I hate to waste it.

It's not solid - there is still some liquid in it but there are large
hunks of solidified wax too.

The lid has been screwed on the bottle - it's not like it was in a can
exposed to air.

Thanks...

...Kevin

if it were mine, I'd get one of those paint mixer things that goes on a
hand drill and mix it back up real well

--
www.wbnoble.com

On 05/19/2011 09:09 PM, Bill Noble wrote:
On 5/19/2011 6:27 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
I got a gallon of end grain sealer some time back, and it seems to have
caked in the bottle. It's in a one gallon plastic jug, sort of like a
milk jug. I've never had it set up on me in a closed container before.
Does anyone know if there's a way to redissolve it? It's between half
and three quarters of the bottle, so I hate to waste it.

It's not solid - there is still some liquid in it but there are large
hunks of solidified wax too.

The lid has been screwed on the bottle - it's not like it was in a can
exposed to air.

Thanks...

...Kevin

if it were mine, I'd get one of those paint mixer things that goes on a
hand drill and mix it back up real well

Hmmm, that's a thought. I don't have one of those - wonder if my wife
would mind if I used the Kitchen-Aid mixer? :-)

....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller - http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
Juneau, Alaska
In a recent survey, 7 out of 10 hard drives preferred Linux
Registered Linux User No: 307357, http://counter.li.org

Kevin Miller wrote:

On 05/19/2011 09:09 PM, Bill Noble wrote:
On 5/19/2011 6:27 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
I got a gallon of end grain sealer some time back, and it seems to have
caked in the bottle. It's in a one gallon plastic jug, sort of like a
milk jug. I've never had it set up on me in a closed container before.
Does anyone know if there's a way to redissolve it? It's between half
and three quarters of the bottle, so I hate to waste it.

It's not solid - there is still some liquid in it but there are large
hunks of solidified wax too.

The lid has been screwed on the bottle - it's not like it was in a can
exposed to air.

Thanks...

...Kevin

if it were mine, I'd get one of those paint mixer things that goes on a
hand drill and mix it back up real well

Hmmm, that's a thought. I don't have one of those - wonder if my wife
would mind if I used the Kitchen-Aid mixer? :-)

...Kevin

No, she will applaud your enterprising spirit.

At least my mom did when my dad used the spray painter on her vacuum cleaner
to paint a one of those old kitchen cabinets that had the 25lb flour bin and
the pull out procelain work areas - in the kitchen. From what I understand,
the prints of her fingers and toes were still in the ceiling when they moved
out of that apartment. :-)

On 5/20/2011 8:46 AM, Kevin Miller wrote:
On 05/19/2011 09:09 PM, Bill Noble wrote:
On 5/19/2011 6:27 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
I got a gallon of end grain sealer some time back, and it seems to have
caked in the bottle. It's in a one gallon plastic jug, sort of like a
milk jug. I've never had it set up on me in a closed container before.
Does anyone know if there's a way to redissolve it? It's between half
and three quarters of the bottle, so I hate to waste it.

It's not solid - there is still some liquid in it but there are large
hunks of solidified wax too.

The lid has been screwed on the bottle - it's not like it was in a can
exposed to air.

Thanks...

...Kevin

if it were mine, I'd get one of those paint mixer things that goes on a
hand drill and mix it back up real well

Hmmm, that's a thought. I don't have one of those - wonder if my wife
would mind if I used the Kitchen-Aid mixer? :-)

...Kevin

if you insist on using kitchen tools, I'd recommend a blender, not a
mixer. If you prefer domestic harmony, spending $3 on a paint mixer to
go in your drill will be money well spent. If you don't have $3, find
it in a thrift store for 25 cents

--
www.wbnoble.com

On 5/19/2011 9:27 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
I got a gallon of end grain sealer some time back, and it seems to have
caked in the bottle. It's in a one gallon plastic jug, sort of like a
milk jug. I've never had it set up on me in a closed container before.
Does anyone know if there's a way to redissolve it? It's between half
and three quarters of the bottle, so I hate to waste it.

It's not solid - there is still some liquid in it but there are large
hunks of solidified wax too.

The lid has been screwed on the bottle - it's not like it was in a can
exposed to air.

If it were me, I'd try some lacquer thinner, which will dissolve wax
with no problem. Also, if you have an old iron, see if that melts the
stuff, which sounds like wax. I've used regular paraffin wax with an
old iron to melt the wax right into the end grain, and that works great.

--
Jack
The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
http://jbstein.com

On 06/01/2011 03:54 AM, Jack Stein wrote:
On 5/19/2011 9:27 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
I got a gallon of end grain sealer some time back, and it seems to have
caked in the bottle. It's in a one gallon plastic jug, sort of like a
milk jug. I've never had it set up on me in a closed container before.
Does anyone know if there's a way to redissolve it? It's between half
and three quarters of the bottle, so I hate to waste it.

It's not solid - there is still some liquid in it but there are large
hunks of solidified wax too.

The lid has been screwed on the bottle - it's not like it was in a can
exposed to air.

If it were me, I'd try some lacquer thinner, which will dissolve wax
with no problem. Also, if you have an old iron, see if that melts the
stuff, which sounds like wax. I've used regular paraffin wax with an old
iron to melt the wax right into the end grain, and that works great.

End grain sealer is a water based solution, so I don't think the lacquer
thinner would work too well. I'm going to give the paint stirrer method
a go as soon as I can find an empty paint can. the sealer is in a
plastic jug w/about a one inch opening at the top, so to get the wax &
such out I'll probably have to destroy the container.

Thanks though..

--
Kevin Miller
Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
"In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car."
- Lawrence Summers

On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:57:39 -0800, Kevin Miller
wrote:

On 06/01/2011 03:54 AM, Jack Stein wrote:
On 5/19/2011 9:27 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
I got a gallon of end grain sealer some time back, and it seems to have
caked in the bottle. It's in a one gallon plastic jug, sort of like a
milk jug. I've never had it set up on me in a closed container before.
Does anyone know if there's a way to redissolve it? It's between half
and three quarters of the bottle, so I hate to waste it.

It's not solid - there is still some liquid in it but there are large
hunks of solidified wax too.

The lid has been screwed on the bottle - it's not like it was in a can
exposed to air.

If it were me, I'd try some lacquer thinner, which will dissolve wax
with no problem. Also, if you have an old iron, see if that melts the
stuff, which sounds like wax. I've used regular paraffin wax with an old
iron to melt the wax right into the end grain, and that works great.

End grain sealer is a water based solution, so I don't think the lacquer
thinner would work too well. I'm going to give the paint stirrer method
a go as soon as I can find an empty paint can. the sealer is in a
plastic jug w/about a one inch opening at the top, so to get the wax &
such out I'll probably have to destroy the container.

Thanks though..

If the product is Anchorseal by U. C. Coatings give them a call.
They're located and Buffalo, NY. I picked up a 5 gallon pail at their
plant a few years ago and they gave me the grand tour of their
facilities. Great people.


http://www.uccoatings.com/
Customer Service Representative, please call 1-888-END-COAT (363-2628)
between the hours of 8:00am - 4:30pm EST.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

On 06/01/2011 12:28 PM, Nova wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:57:39 -0800, Kevin
wrote:

On 06/01/2011 03:54 AM, Jack Stein wrote:
On 5/19/2011 9:27 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
I got a gallon of end grain sealer some time back, and it seems to have
caked in the bottle. It's in a one gallon plastic jug, sort of like a
milk jug. I've never had it set up on me in a closed container before.
Does anyone know if there's a way to redissolve it? It's between half
and three quarters of the bottle, so I hate to waste it.

It's not solid - there is still some liquid in it but there are large
hunks of solidified wax too.

The lid has been screwed on the bottle - it's not like it was in a can
exposed to air.

If it were me, I'd try some lacquer thinner, which will dissolve wax
with no problem. Also, if you have an old iron, see if that melts the
stuff, which sounds like wax. I've used regular paraffin wax with an old
iron to melt the wax right into the end grain, and that works great.

End grain sealer is a water based solution, so I don't think the lacquer
thinner would work too well. I'm going to give the paint stirrer method
a go as soon as I can find an empty paint can. the sealer is in a
plastic jug w/about a one inch opening at the top, so to get the wax&
such out I'll probably have to destroy the container.

Thanks though..

If the product is Anchorseal by U. C. Coatings give them a call.
They're located and Buffalo, NY. I picked up a 5 gallon pail at their
plant a few years ago and they gave me the grand tour of their
facilities. Great people.


http://www.uccoatings.com/
Customer Service Representative, please call 1-888-END-COAT (363-2628)
between the hours of 8:00am - 4:30pm EST.

That's a thought. I don't know if it's Anchorseal or not. It isn't
branded as such (Woodcrafter's or something like that). I've always
thought that no matter the brand it was probably Anchorseal. Sort of
like green beans in the supermarket - all the brands probably came from
the same cannery, just w/different labels...

....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller
Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
"In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car."
- Lawrence Summers

Kevin Miller wrote:
On 06/01/2011 12:28 PM, Nova wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:57:39 -0800, Kevin
wrote:

On 06/01/2011 03:54 AM, Jack Stein wrote:
On 5/19/2011 9:27 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
I got a gallon of end grain sealer some time back, and it seems to have
caked in the bottle. It's in a one gallon plastic jug, sort of like a
milk jug. I've never had it set up on me in a closed container before.
Does anyone know if there's a way to redissolve it? It's between half
and three quarters of the bottle, so I hate to waste it.

It's not solid - there is still some liquid in it but there are large
hunks of solidified wax too.

The lid has been screwed on the bottle - it's not like it was in a can
exposed to air.

If it were me, I'd try some lacquer thinner, which will dissolve wax
with no problem. Also, if you have an old iron, see if that melts the
stuff, which sounds like wax. I've used regular paraffin wax with an old
iron to melt the wax right into the end grain, and that works great.

End grain sealer is a water based solution, so I don't think the lacquer
thinner would work too well. I'm going to give the paint stirrer method
a go as soon as I can find an empty paint can. the sealer is in a
plastic jug w/about a one inch opening at the top, so to get the wax&
such out I'll probably have to destroy the container.

Thanks though..

If the product is Anchorseal by U. C. Coatings give them a call.
They're located and Buffalo, NY. I picked up a 5 gallon pail at their
plant a few years ago and they gave me the grand tour of their
facilities. Great people.


http://www.uccoatings.com/
Customer Service Representative, please call 1-888-END-COAT (363-2628)
between the hours of 8:00am - 4:30pm EST.

That's a thought. I don't know if it's Anchorseal or not. It isn't
branded as such (Woodcrafter's or something like that). I've always
thought that no matter the brand it was probably Anchorseal. Sort of
like green beans in the supermarket - all the brands probably came from
the same cannery, just w/different labels...

...Kevin

They may make them all, but all are not the same. I bought a jug from
Woodcraft and it was definitely different from that sold by Packard.
More runny and drippy.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

If you don't make the rules, you don't
have to keep them. If you do make the
rules, you won't

On 6/1/2011 3:57 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
On 06/01/2011 03:54 AM, Jack Stein wrote:
On 5/19/2011 9:27 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
I got a gallon of end grain sealer some time back, and it seems to have
caked in the bottle. It's in a one gallon plastic jug, sort of like a
milk jug. I've never had it set up on me in a closed container before.
Does anyone know if there's a way to redissolve it? It's between half
and three quarters of the bottle, so I hate to waste it.

It's not solid - there is still some liquid in it but there are large
hunks of solidified wax too.

The lid has been screwed on the bottle - it's not like it was in a can
exposed to air.

If it were me, I'd try some lacquer thinner, which will dissolve wax
with no problem. Also, if you have an old iron, see if that melts the
stuff, which sounds like wax. I've used regular paraffin wax with an old
iron to melt the wax right into the end grain, and that works great.

End grain sealer is a water based solution, so I don't think the lacquer
thinner would work too well.

If it is water based then I'd try water to redissolve it? If all the
liquid was gone, I'd still try Lacquer thinner. I wouldn't think wax
would dissolve in water, more of an emulsion I guess. Once the water is
gone, you have wax? The reason wax works as a grain sealer is moisture
doesn't penetrate wax. That's why I like plain old (paraffin/ candle)
wax melted into the end grain with an (old) iron.

I'm going to give the paint stirrer method
a go as soon as I can find an empty paint can. the sealer is in a
plastic jug w/about a one inch opening at the top, so to get the wax &
such out I'll probably have to destroy the container.

What did you end up doing and how did it work? Was the product an
Anchorseal product?

--
Jack
Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says 'Dam!'
http://jbstein.com

On 06/11/2011 08:33 AM, Jack Stein wrote:

If it is water based then I'd try water to redissolve it? If all the
liquid was gone, I'd still try Lacquer thinner. I wouldn't think wax
would dissolve in water, more of an emulsion I guess. Once the water is
gone, you have wax? The reason wax works as a grain sealer is moisture
doesn't penetrate wax. That's why I like plain old (paraffin/ candle)
wax melted into the end grain with an (old) iron.

There was still some liquid in it, so I did add some water to see if it
would redissolve. Not really sure if it helped or not. Once it's dry
on a log though, the rain doesn't bother it, so after some point it may
be too far gone. It may redissolve when I stir it. Or at least create
a suspension that I can paint on. We'll see.


I'm going to give the paint stirrer method
a go as soon as I can find an empty paint can. the sealer is in a
plastic jug w/about a one inch opening at the top, so to get the wax &
such out I'll probably have to destroy the container.

What did you end up doing and how did it work? Was the product an
Anchorseal product?

Don't know if it was actually an Anchorseal product or not. Doesn't say
on the bottle. I have another can of end grain sealer which I've been
using so it's one of my back-burner projects at the moment. When I get
low I'll have to track down a metal paint can. Or use the one my good
end grain sealer is in when it's empty.

I'll post the results when I get to it...


....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller
Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
"In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car."
- Lawrence Summers

On 6/13/2011 1:38 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
On 06/11/2011 08:33 AM, Jack Stein wrote:

If it is water based then I'd try water to redissolve it? If all the
liquid was gone, I'd still try Lacquer thinner. I wouldn't think wax
would dissolve in water, more of an emulsion I guess. Once the water is
gone, you have wax? The reason wax works as a grain sealer is moisture
doesn't penetrate wax. That's why I like plain old (paraffin/ candle)
wax melted into the end grain with an (old) iron.

There was still some liquid in it, so I did add some water to see if it
would redissolve. Not really sure if it helped or not. Once it's dry on
a log though, the rain doesn't bother it, so after some point it may be
too far gone. It may redissolve when I stir it. Or at least create a
suspension that I can paint on. We'll see.

Find yourself an old electric iron. Works really really well.

When I was young I used to snow ski, and I'd wax my skis with an old
steam iron. One day I was using the lathe on some green firewood and
making lamp blanks and wanted to seal them to stop the cracks sure to
come when drying. Light went on and I had some old paraffin wax laying
around and wow, did that work great for sealing end grain.

I have a lot of old firewood I turned into high quality hardwood billets
with almost no cracking using this method.

--
Jack
You Can't Fix Stupid, but You Can Vote it Out!
http://jbstein.com

On 06/15/2011 07:08 AM, Jack Stein wrote:

Find yourself an old electric iron. Works really really well.

When I was young I used to snow ski, and I'd wax my skis with an old
steam iron. One day I was using the lathe on some green firewood and
making lamp blanks and wanted to seal them to stop the cracks sure to
come when drying. Light went on and I had some old paraffin wax laying
around and wow, did that work great for sealing end grain.

I have a lot of old firewood I turned into high quality hardwood billets
with almost no cracking using this method.

Yeah, I've heard of folks doing that. But end grain sealer is less
fiddly (at least for me - YMMV). Nothing to plug in - just slather on a
coat and let 'er dry.

Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I have a gallon of sealer that's
fine. I'm just trying to salvage the half gallon or so of sealer in
another jar that set up on me. If it works great. If not, no biggie.

Appreciate the suggestion though...

--
Kevin Miller
Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
"In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car."
- Lawrence Summers

In article , Kevin Miller
wrote:

On 05/19/2011 09:09 PM, Bill Noble wrote:
On 5/19/2011 6:27 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
I got a gallon of end grain sealer some time back, and it seems to have
caked in the bottle. It's in a one gallon plastic jug, sort of like a
milk jug. I've never had it set up on me in a closed container before.
Does anyone know if there's a way to redissolve it? It's between half
and three quarters of the bottle, so I hate to waste it.

It's not solid - there is still some liquid in it but there are large
hunks of solidified wax too.

The lid has been screwed on the bottle - it's not like it was in a can
exposed to air.

Thanks...

...Kevin

if it were mine, I'd get one of those paint mixer things that goes on a
hand drill and mix it back up real well

Hmmm, that's a thought. I don't have one of those - wonder if my wife
would mind if I used the Kitchen-Aid mixer? :-)

...Kevin

Take it to a paint store and ask them to shake your booty...