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.
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
Just watched a vid on PooTube, and some of the comments spoke of white water rings left by glasses etc. Hence me wondering.
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.
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
Can you also do another test with boiling water in a pyrex glass alongside the iced water so the test is fair.
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.
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