Finnish for Butcher Block Work Bench?

I just did some research on a butcher block finish for the kitchen. It is salad bowl finish and mineral spirits about 2/3 : 1/3. Of course it is meant to be safe for food prep, and might be a bit spendy for a huge (hear my envy) workbench. If you go to “the Wood Whisperer” linked on the right side of your screen, he has a great video on the topic.

-- Maplewood, MN

I’m wondering about this myself.. I would like a flat finish true to the wood also… I suppose think about what may drip all over the bench? and how you’d clean it… I’d like to try a teak oil or watco danish finish oil on mine.. But reading some of the pages that pop up from “work bench finishes” on google.. I see a lot of folks end up use poly/oil combo… This may be best… Here’s some links: Patrick

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-- PJM.`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> why's there a light in fridge and not the freezer? , aka, the wood hunter.aka tigermaple5

Patrick Miles; Hi Pat, thanks for the input. Could you tell me what wet 220 is? It doesn’t sound like something I’ve seen here in AB. Johnt.

-- jft

Charles Neil in his videos uses heavy paper on top of his bench when he is finishing.

In Big orange I’ve seen paper in the same isle as the engineered flooring. Theirs is pink and it’s quite thick. it would probably sop up a lot of brush overlaps and drips. he was also using it with BLO etc and putting the piece on the paper.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Karson; Thanks Karson that’s a good option I appreciate the heads up. JohnT

-- jft