Stained butcher block disaster please help!
Alyssa Malloy
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Cleaning grease stains from my new butcher block island....help
Comments (1)I have had a butcher block table for about 15 years. When it gets stained, I sand with fine sandpaper,then apply a coat of butcher block (mineral) oil. There's no "easy" way to clean stains because they soak into the wood....See MoreFrustrated 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 MoreNumerar butcher block-condition,stain,seal/waterlox?
Comments (3)I am pulling together a few photos now, but to be honest there is not much difference yet so i will update it after another coat. We did notice that the darker the stain (ie cherry) the more blotchy/grainy it looked do maybe that one would need a conditioner? Anyway we got them back in March but have since heard the horror stories about trying to locate them! I am therefore a nervous wreck that a bad cut will ruin our project!!! Putting together a separate post now....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 MoreAlyssa Malloy
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