Not very traditional but how about Thompson's Water Seal? It is specifically formulated to waterproof wood.
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Not very traditional but how about Thompson's Water Seal? It is specifically formulated to waterproof wood.
Sea water does not have the solvent power of pure water. If you have a stone that has a slight fracture in it pure water can hasten a weaken the crack. I suppose if the stone is healthy it may not be an issue. I seal all my jnat bottoms and sides to prevent water from soaking into stone but that is just me. seems like there are very knowlegeable people who see this issue from both sides. Part of my routine with my finishing stones is to rinse then dry off before putting them away. Maybe they are like cars, some like to dry off and baby them others let the water dry off on it's own.
What about warping of the wood when it gets wet? I would
think it could warp the stone ever so slightly.
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Thanks for the good advice. Itīs great to be able to ask just about any question, and get a bunch of good answers from people that know more than I.
Considering some of the answers I got, I decided to waterproof the base. Probably nothing would have happened if I chose not to, but I wanted to be on the safe side.
I sealed the gap between the stone and the base with some epoxy, the following day I diluted some shellac for the 5 first layers, and put on 5 more layers to finish it.
I donīt know if itīs better looking, but atleast it is waterproof :D
That project turned out great, did you use water resistant epoxy?
Look much better now :D