Wood slab centerpieces

Do you know what kind of wood it is?

We are using them & they have been drying out for almost a year. We literally took them out of our firewood pile. Lol but they don't smell bad or are not cracking. I'm thinking it could be the type of wood..

Are you sealing them at all? A lot of the ones I've seen are sealed. Maybe that would help with the smell??

You need to seal them. We're considering them and contacted a etsy seller who sells them sealed or raw. I believe for the sealed they used a shellac sealer but you should be able to find that or water based sealers online and do it yourself.

We have about half them right now in the basement but they don't smell.

Have you sealed them? A friend of ours is making the rest of ours and using a seal called pentacryl.

I have not sealed them yet. They just got delivered to us this week. They type of wood is oak. I'll have to look into sealers and hopefully that will help. I just know if I can't get the smell away, I won't be able to use them at the wedding! My entire basement stinks like wood lol

You're going to want to dry them out then seal them.

We used rounds.

My brother said wax would seal them to avoid cracking but you better stop the fans since that will quicken the drying process and chances of splitting. I got to the idgaf point and don't care of mine Crack so I did nothing to them.

That's a good point, Randee. That's kind of where I am, I'm 29 days out, there isn't much I can do now! Just wanted to at least try and keep them nice. Thanks for all your help everyone !

We have a bunch of birch drying now. It was free, so I'm hoping it's useable. I'll be able to tell soon, so hopefully I won't have to go hunting for more! It is currently drying in my moh's basement, and she said she hasn't smelled anything