Ron Thoman
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I've bought several pieces of wet or green turning blank wood which I use for carving rather than turning. The wood blocks (from 2x2x12 inches to 6x6x4 inches) are sealed either in wax/paraffin or anchorseal. Some are just end sealed and some are completely coated. I don't know how long they have been coated. I presume that the end-coated blanks have been drying from the sides more quickly than those entirely coated. My question is, with the blocks entirely coated in paraffin/wax, is it safe to scrape the wax off the sides and leave only the end grain sealed so they dry faster? And for those entirely coated with anchorseal, how does one remove the sealer from the sides? I would like to get to carving these sooner than later. Any help with answers or references to prior threads would be much appreciated.