Using Cera Colla as a sealer

Hi, Has anybody used Cera Colla as a sealer? It's similar to AnchorSeal, but is easily made at home.

-TH

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THumphr
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Seems it would be more expensive overall. Yolks aside....

Of course, I recall an article in FWW where a guy was using starch from a boiled potato to seal endgrain on his carvings, so all kinds of water-solubles, emulsions or colloids are possible candidates.

White glue is often suggested. If I use "coatings" they're generally farther away from the surface to give the moisture a chance to get out more easily. Bags, boxes, wraps.

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George

Hello,

I have made and used Cera Colla quite a bit. If you make it to the consistency that artists prefer (whipped cream 1:1), it's way to thick to get a good uniform coating on a rough surface without using a lot of it. If you thin it down more, say 1:2 it's more like thick paint, 1:3 and it's more like a thin paint.

Since it is wax and it's flexible, it will offer some protection, but it will not perform as well as a traditional end-grain sealer/wax emulsion. You also have to get your hands on the proper wax, mixing protocols and a pot that will accommodate the effervescent expansion of the wax during mixing.

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Steve Russell

Steve, I'm planning on using the formulation and instructions at

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With the exception of the wax. I plan on using a mix of parrifin and bees wax.

From what I've read AnchorSeal is a parrifin based emulsion so I would think that the thined out version of cera colla would work almost as well. But of course since I'm just getting started so there no experence behind this reasoning!

-TH

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THumphr

Hello TH,

I checked the link and the protocol is very similar to what I have been using for years. However, be VERY careful when mixing the formula and be careful of boil over that may pose a fire hazard.

Yes, you are right, Anchorseal is paraffin based colloidal solution containing paraffin, water and a surfactant and is milky-white in appearance. Mobil-Cer M is another popular emulsion and is microcrystalline wax based. It contains microcrystalline wax, water and a surfactant and is also milky-white in appearance. Good luck and best wishes!

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Steve Russell

By the time you purchase the ammonium hydroxide, paraffin and bees wax, plus the time and risks, I'd think it would be less expensive and a whole lot easier to purchase the "Anchorseal". Even shipped from Buffalo, NY, where it is made, to California a gallon is $30 and 5 gallons @ $72.

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Nova

I agree with Jack. Making the first batch sounds like fun, but for general use I can get Anchorseal at the front door in a few days and the price is good.

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Darrell Feltmate

Hi Darrell

Darrell do you mind telling me the approximate price you pay for the Anchorseal, when it is at your door ??. Thank you.

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l.vanderloo

Aside from customization, self-sufficiency or pride issues, there's really something to be said for being able to stretch costs out over time. While a person might *never* have $102 for 5 gallons of AnchorSeal, they might have $20 every now and then to buy one of the ingredients to make their own. It's easier to save raw materials than money, if you're on the low end of the pay scale.

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TonyM

Leo For a 5 Gallon pail the price is $82.00 including shipping from Ontario so there are no customs hassles.

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Darrell Feltmate

The St Louis club does the same but we sell it a little cheaper than that and just try to break even. One member has a business where he stores it, you need to supply your own gallon jugs, and it is cheaper than anything you can make.

Bill

T> Our club, and others around here, buy a 55 gallon drum every few years. We

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