Best finish for oak worktops?

Discussion in 'Carpenters' Talk' started by Allsorts, Sep 18, 2018.

  1. Allsorts

    Allsorts Super Member

    Is Osmo PolyX Oil or similar ok for worktops? Ie will they go milkie with standing water as I've heard?

    What's best (and ideally the least work)?

    Thanks.
     
  2. DIYDave.

    DIYDave. Screwfix Select

    Osmo Top Oil for kitchen worktops DA.......

    It’s food safe, child safe if they decide to lick the worktops, and isn’t affected by food and liquid spillages

    Old coatings, waxes, oils, etc need stripping off 1st, light sanding and cleaning of ‘raw’ wood

    Osmo products cost a bit more but quality is superb - worth the ££

    Read up about Top Oil then ‘go for it’

    I’ve got Iroko tops, lovingly massaged in sexy Osmo :)
     
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  3. Allsorts

    Allsorts Super Member

    Just watched a vid on PooTube, and some of the comments spoke of white water rings left by glasses etc. Hence me wondering.
     
  4. Astramax

    Astramax Super Member

    If you don't want them to go milkie or leave white water rings it is best to use black masonry paint mixed in with creosote for longevity, downside is you will not see the wood grain.
     
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  5. DIYDave.

    DIYDave. Screwfix Select

    E8DF6BDB-F711-4929-8713-69D6CEBCE989.jpeg Ok, live test, just for the forum

    9.30pm, have placed a glass of icy water on said worktop

    Will leave for around an hour, move glass and take another picture

    Tops haven’t been oiled for ages, at least a year, more likely longer, and do need a couple of coats to liven up the wood (Osmo Top Oil)

    Thank you. It’s my pleasure :D
     
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  6. Astramax

    Astramax Super Member

    Slice of lemon and top up the gin while we wait!
     
  7. fillyboy

    fillyboy Screwfix Select


    Relax. DA tends to lean more toward licking the windows in preference to the worktops.
     
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  8. Allsorts

    Allsorts Super Member

    Oh gawd, it's back... :oops:
     
  9. Astramax

    Astramax Super Member

    Can you also do another test with boiling water in a pyrex glass alongside the iced water so the test is fair.
     
  10. Jord86

    Jord86 Screwfix Select


    Not being an argumentative/pedantic/political/painful/profiterole type of guy, was told by the Howdens Rep(!) than mineral oil is the way to go. Though I reckon he was slightly lacking in grey matter. Ask Fiddes.
     
  11. Astramax

    Astramax Super Member

    Sadolin PV67 as used on bar tops and dance floors! ;)
     
  12. DIYDave.

    DIYDave. Screwfix Select


    Yep no worries will do, just eating my supper then will get to it (yes I know it’s 10pm)
     
  13. DIYDave.

    DIYDave. Screwfix Select

    D8F983CB-1803-437A-9C27-2F9F26910852.jpeg
     
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  14. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    And a control of course, just an empty glass or HA's head, sorry that's full of hot air :p:p
     
  15. joinerjohn1

    joinerjohn1 Screwfix Select

    Clearly placed next to those specially selected EU straight bananas. :p:p
     
  16. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    Those bananas are as bent as something HA hates.
     
  17. Allsorts

    Allsorts Super Member

  18. DIYDave.

    DIYDave. Screwfix Select

    B01B4B6C-EEBB-48D5-ABC9-A10F448DB43D.jpeg Ok, a fair amount of time has passed in this non-scientific test, although no surprise for me, it’s a working kitchen and we don’t wrap the worktops up in cotton wool and bubble wrap

    Anyway..... removed glass of iced water and bowl of hot water. Water underneath cold glass, wiped up with kitchen cloth

    Amazingly (not to me) no marks from either

    Maybe it’s the Iroko ?
    Dunno, as I say, not been oiled for around a year but the Top Oil is Tops :)
     
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  19. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    What about jj's EU bananas?
     
  20. Astramax

    Astramax Super Member

    10 out of 10 for product and 100 out of 100 for confidence in the product.
     

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