Butcher Block Stain - Is grey an option?
Wendy
5 years ago
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Frustrated with staining butcher block in white and waterlox
Comments (18)I love the Monocoat finish - gorgeous. It doesn't need a sealer, NC? There's also Osmo, which is Rubio's big competitor. I think they also have a white. No, it is a standalone product, one coat only (it sticks only to raw wood so no point in putting it over itself). What they told me (about using it on stairs) was that it will wear off eventually but that reapplication is simple -- you don't have to refinish the whole piece, just wipe more Monocoat over the center of the treads where it's worn off. And it is supposed to act as a sealer; it is essentially an oil finish. They told me that [major chain restaurant, name withheld because I could be remembering it wrong] uses Monocoat on its countertops. I am of course interested in this conversation, because I have a lot of it left over from the stair treads (a little goes a long way) and it is not cheap and I want something to use it on. :) So I might have to put in wood countertops just to use up my Monocoat. lol. (Mine is the Pure = clear.) What I don't know is how well it would do around a sink, especially an undermounted one. So if someone calls them to ask (or has used it themselves on a countertop), I hope you post about it! There is a thread somewhere around here about Osmo; maybe that poster will see this too. (I don't know anything about it.)...See MoreHow has anyone stained Ikea butcher block?
Comments (2)Thanks, writersblock. Reshal's amazing transformation and precise instructions are what gave me the idea I might be able to do this in the first place. And the fact that brickmanhouse used India ink stuck in my mind even though I hadn't bookmarked that thread. I am assuming that s/he tried stains called graphite, ebony, etc before deciding on the opaque ink. I am not so much thinking of opaque, and in looking at Cabot's line of custom tint interior stains, it occurred to me that maybe some more adventurous soul than I had tried Vermont Barnboard, Nutmeg, or even Horizon on the palest of the Ikea butcher block offering. I guess the right question would have been, "How quirkily has anyone stained Ikea butcher block?" Cheers. Here is a link that might be useful: color chart...See MoreMarble or Butcher Block? Question from a klutz.
Comments (15)Thank you so much for all of the input--it was extremely helpful! And thank you bbtrix for posting a photo of your kitchen--i haven't seen the ikea cabinets paired with walnut and marble, it looks gorgeous! It makes me even more excited for the final kitchen since I can envision it more. I'm planning on going with glass cabinet uppers too. We're twinsies. It's awesome to hear that commentators have loved both surfaces, even with the occasional etch or ding-I think I'd be really happy either way. I would still be stuck since I love them both so much, but based on my trainability and the particulars of my kitchen, I think I'll go with plan B-butcher block on the galley sides by the stove and sink, with marble on the pseudo island at the bottom of the galley and as a mosaic backsplash (arabesque or mini brick). The kitchen faces north, and since it will be a narrow galley, white cabinets plus marble might look a little cold and overwhelmingly white in such a small north-facing space. Butcher block would help warm it up, and I can get my marble fix with a marble mosaic backsplash above the butcher block and marble on the pseudo-island at the bottom of the galley that will be the baking area (there's currently a walk through area 50 inch wide to the living room, where I'm putting two base cabinets in). I suspect I'm also more likely to be able to train myself to put hot/steamy/wet things on the marble island or the range than I am to train myself not to accidently whack things on the edge of the counter top. Thanks for pointing me to staining the Ikea beech butcher block a walnut color! .It looks great and would be so reasonably priced, even if I pay the contractor to cut and install it (I'd stain it and waterlox it on my own, although I don't have the best record with staining things. Wood conditioner was a recent revelation). I'm torn between going with that for the fantastic price and walnut or sapele countertops, which might be easier to repair on my own since I wouldn't have to restain them. Craft art actually sells DIY countertops, so I might see how much he would charge to cut and install them if I waterlox them and how that compares to pre cut and finished craft art tops--it might only come to $500-700 more than the ikea countertops, but $1000 less than the fully finished craft art tops if my rough calculations are right. p.s. for future reference for those thinking about marble, I had a chance to pick up a piece of acid honed marble and play around with it, and I was fine with most of the damage I managed to make in the space of six hours. That included curry powder, pomegranate juice, a lemon slice, red food dye, and a couple of other liquids left on for 4-5 hours (some raised white marks and light etching from the lemon, but no stains), a rather heavy pestle dropped several times (left some very small white marks) and banged against the sides (left dents on the side, but not the big chip that was left in the quartz I sampled), a crenelated soy sauce bottle bottom twisted on the top (left some marks that I rather liked) and scratches from a quartz sample dragged across the top (my least favorite, but I can see how it could buff out with some sand paper or even a scrubby kitchen sponge over time). The acid honing really seemed to help diminish the visibility of etching, and I definitely plan to do it for the marble for the pseudo-island. Unless I go with the marble looking quartzite remnant that caught my eye......See MoreHelp please Gray Cabinet/ Butcher block remodel STUMPED ON COLORS!
Comments (24)Check out GWer elizpiz's gorgeous kitchen with its gray-green cabinets and time-worn, comfortable look, Finally - Elizpiz's Finished Kitchen. I think her cab's color looks great with the wood-wrapped windows so I think it would work well with butcher block counters. The painting technique is going to be more labor intensive but it would definitely suit a 100 year old farmhouse. Here's the link to her photo album. Elizpiz's kitchen is still one of my hands-down favorites. I'm so glad the photo links still work! And just because I have a little time on my hands, here are some other kitchens with gray or gray-green cabinets. A few tilt more gray-blue, which I think would also look good with your floor and butcher block counters. Farrow & Ball French Gray on cabinets. Reads a bit minty green on my monitor but that could be because the floor reads taupe (your floor reads taupe-y on my monitor, too.) Benjamin Moore's Alexandria Beige SW Coastal Plain Farrow & Ball Manor House Grey Hit the photo limit....See MoreWendy
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