While not a new turner, I am fairly new to turning green. Question is: Seal the entire blank or seal just the end grain in an hourglass shape, a la Bill Grumbine? Pros and cons for both would be nice.

I have searched tirelessly for this on this forum, and can find plenty of Anchorseal posts, but can't find this specific one. My apologies if this has been covered before.

It makes sense to me to not seal the entire blank, so as to let the bulk of the moisture escape through the unsealed long grain. But, I'm not hung up on it, just seems logical.

Thanks.

Rich