Two BIG reasons i no longer use any kind of paint.
First of all and biggest is, it doesn't work all that well, even though it may make you "feel better" because you are putting "something" on the ends. (yes i tried it side by side with Anchorseal)
Secondly, the grit in it is hard on what ever is cutting through it. It's just like hitting a bit of sand on every cut. Anchorseal has no affect on blades, and doesn't dull them.
IF the log is of high enough quality to be worth grade sawing, it's worth enough to be putting "Anchorseal" on it!
SR
We've had these arguments before but what the heck, why not lets have them again
Here's where I have been doing most of my cutting.
Twice a day, almost every day, there's a stiff breeze that blows sand, limestone dust and cement from the limestone brick factory across the milling yard. If I seal log ends with paint, the paint is dry in an hour and very little sticks to it after that. If I seal with anchor seal it always stays sticky and it builds up a layer of limestone dust on it. Plus if an anchor sealed log is moved around in the dirt, rocks and grit is much more likely to stick to it than dry paint. My paraffin wax and turps sealing mix dries out a lot more and leaves a less sticky layer than anchorseal but it still picks up some grit. For the parts of the log and lumber that are not sealed a quick wash with a garden hose is all that is needed to get it clean.
One simple solution to stuff stuck to the sealed ends is to buck an inch or two of the ends of the log before milling. In some Aussie hardwoods it is a good idea to buck the ends anyway because even with anchorseal the ends become as hard as rock and it knocks the stuffing out of the chain. It does mean re-sealing the ends of the lumber again but that is much better than killing the chain and struggling through the log. The same goes when thicknessing and resawing.
I do agree that anchorseal does work better than paint and if the log is worth it and you are in the milling business then you can pass on the cost of the anchorseal to the cost of business. But many of us are not and I have never lost even a quality log by using paint.