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Title: Harvesting Osage, when to seal??
Post by: perry f. on December 04, 2015, 04:34:00 PM

Finally got permission to harvest some Osage. When should I seal the ends? Immediately? What do you use? Thanks

Title: Re: Harvesting Osage, when to seal??
Post by: Pat B on December 04, 2015, 04:59:00 PM

ASAP   Wood glue, shellac, wax, anything that seals.

Title: Re: Harvesting Osage, when to seal??
Post by: LittleBen on December 04, 2015, 07:48:00 PM

I like wood glue, but mainly cause I've always got it lying around and it cleans easily off you fingers after you wipe it on.

Title: Re: Harvesting Osage, when to seal??
Post by: Bowjunkie on December 05, 2015, 05:56:00 AM

The sooner the better. I won't go on an osage run without a can of shellac and a paint brush. I generally seal them with 2 coats within an hour of cutting them.

Title: Re: Harvesting Osage, when to seal??
Post by: scrub-buster on December 05, 2015, 07:37:00 AM

Seal them as soon as you shut off the chainsaw.  Once you get the logs home seal them again.  By the time I'm done processing a stave I might have 4 or 5 coats of polyurethane on the ends.

Post some pictures of your osage haul once you get them cut.

Title: Re: Harvesting Osage, when to seal??
Post by: perry f. on December 06, 2015, 06:49:00 PM

Thanks for the info guys. Rob W. and I had a fun day at my buddies farm. We ended up getting some usable staves. We will post pics soon. May start a new thread on that though