Any wood stainers/polishers/oilers in?

[REKIBorter]

Heathy is your man for all things wood

 

[RobMac]

The work top looks like a thin layer of varnish with very little
time spent on preparation, there's no penetration to the finish.

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[gibbleking]

just sand the sucker down by hand..no tools as this will make marks that show..only sand with the grain ..not across or there will be trouble.wipe down the stain and oil...couple of hours will do it...sholud get those water stains out anyway..let us have an after pic please.choose a light stain .it makes ya kitchen look cleaner.

 

[dyna-ti]

I agree with everyone here.A good sanding using a powered sander using an 80 grit paper with lots of paper changes,followed by powered to 120grit and hand sand [as MrG says WITH the grain ]to 180 or 240 grit.

This is an excellent finish designed for just this job
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/American-Wood-Oil ... 0541938821

Also known as Waterlox in the USA.

 

[rosstheboss]

Agree with the sanding to get the top stuff off - then apply oil with either fine wire wool or scotchbrite, I did this with our old worktop (which was cherry btw) and it came up beautifully....

Whatever you/they do it will involve plenty of elbow grease, definitely worth it though.

 

[sylus]

Thanks gents..will post an after pic when completed

 

[dyna-ti]

Heres one I made earlier

 

[gibbleking]

tsk...non matching pair of doors top right...rip em out and start again....(just kidding it looks very nice)

 

[dyna-ti]

It's the light Sir

 

[sylus]

Well so far so good, sanded right back and it's had a few coats of danish oil rubbed in

However I notice the oil gives a very matt finish..is this normal or am I doing something wrong?