A friend just had a 24" diameter limb break off of his Osage Orange tree. He checked the broken off end of the limb, and there seems to be no carpenter ant damage, hollowing, or any other damage to the limb.

He wants to have it milled into lumber for various uses. He has ordered some of the original formula Anchorseal. As soon as it arrives he plans to use his chain saw to cut off sections, the longest being about 4', to take to the sawmill. Right after cutting the limb into log sections he plans to immediately treat the ends of the freshly cut log sections with the Anchorseal.

The questions are: 1. After he treats the end grain section of the cut off sections, how long will it take the Anchorseal to dry so it can be milled? 2. How long is it OK to wait after the AnchorSeal dries before you start to get splitting by waiting too long to have the sections sawmilled? He probably will try to have it milled as soon as is possible, but things happen so allowable waiting time is good to know.

Thanks and regards,

Stew