I use both Anchorseal and parrafin. I use the Anchorseal as soon as I get the wood because I often don't have time to process it right then. It's a temporary stop gap. I stack the wood vertically with one side on the ground. That solves the moisture loss from that end, then I seal the other end and try to cover the wood.
I find the wood will still check in fairly short order if I don't do something else. If I have time I'll cut them through the pith and then seal the other end. I think the most important thing for me is to cover the wood and protect it from the weather.
I bought a used electric skillet. I found the heat setting that just melts the paraffin so there isn't a danger of fire. I hot glued the knob to this setting. If the wood will fit in the skillet I dip the ends in. This has really worked to save save wood.
If I have time to cut it into bowl or vessel blanks I roll the whole thing in the wax. This really works. I have cherry and an apple blank that are about a year and a half old and still good. I'm saving these because I always had trouble with both species and I want to see how long they will last before splitting. They are stored in my shop.
when I notice the outside logs starting to check I bring them in and cut them into the largest square blanks I can. I leave them as long as the log. These are sealed on the ends only and put up on a shelf to dry. I use these for spindle, box, ornament and other projects that need dry wood.
End grain sealer would probably work for this but it's just so quick to just dip the end in the wax.
One down side. I dropped a bark edged blank into the wax one time when the bark fell off. It splattered wax all over me from my face on down. didn't hurt but ruined the clothes and took forever to clean off the floor. I wish I had taken photos because it was hanging off my glasses, mustache and chin.
