You know Eric, the 3/16 is in soft wood swimmers and poppers. Most of the punctures are scrapes and grooves <1/8". Your conclusions will be interesting at the least. With many builders using varying methods and times of sealing, I don't see a right or wrong method or to do or not. I do have to tell you when using BLO, I have had popular split, and maple split. Those were soaked for 1 hour and my needles cracked but still catch to this day with a 2" split. Glad I switched to either minwax clear shield or val oil mixture..
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