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4/1/2020 9:33am
4/1/2020 9:33am
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5/3/2020 12:57am
I had a maple butcher block countertop laid up at a local cabinet shop a while back and going to use it for a workbench in the shop. I want to soak it well with a finish of some sort that will help keep other dirty stuff from soaking in and staining it too bad. Any suggestions? Maybe something that will darken it up a bit. Should I just stain it first? Also would a urethane finish over that help? It will see use but not wanting it to end up looking totally trashed in short order.
2 1/8” thick, 24” wide and 114” long. $640.00 seemed like a pretty decent price to me. Here’s the kicker, it was on the floor when the house flooded. Got wet and warped/ separated a little. The cabinet shop cut a few pieces off, reglued, resurfaced and routered the top edge for me for $81.00. It’s perfect again.
2 1/8” thick, 24” wide and 114” long. $640.00 seemed like a pretty decent price to me. Here’s the kicker, it was on the floor when the house flooded. Got wet and warped/ separated a little. The cabinet shop cut a few pieces off, reglued, resurfaced and routered the top edge for me for $81.00. It’s perfect again.
edit - USA site on it. https://osmocolorusa.com/
Don't stain it,it will darken just right.
Make wood stuff all the time and just not a fan of stain
The salad bowl finish I like better than just straight urethane,plus it safe fer food.
Buff with steel wool between coats ,tack cloth it off
Keep lid closed on finish,pour out a bit in a container and shut the lid,the drying agent that gets you buzzed needs to stay in the can, for sniffing in a few weeks when the zombie apocalypse empty the likker store
The Shop
I use this brand,
I have a similar piece on a workbench. It's got some kind of UV cure finish over unstained.
It's pretty good, but if it didn't come to me free that way, I would have just oiled/waxed it.
He did the cherry counter and is making a hall table and some end tables with some walnut planks as well as a walnut mantle.
Wipe off with carb cleaner and reseal,
It's a work bench not a art piece the way I use a work bench is for work
Plus,cleans out the sinus cavity
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