Drying rings for wedding centerpieces

[arboriculturist]

How about the approach of cutting now, leave outside somewhere shaded for 2 days to dry surface, coat with couple coats EVA /PVA 24 hrs apart to allow drying between coat.

 

Run the belt sander over the visible top surface a day or 2 before the wedding.

 

A woodturner I know gives the many different species of timber he picks up this sealing treatment.

Senth will know for sure.