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i am new to woodworking. I bought a book at Lowes. It showed a little
butcher block with a drawer attached underneath I thought of making for
my wife.
What would be the best material to make this from and how wood I find a
"food grade" stain for the butcher block? i thought of trying to match
my formica counter tops.
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Would red oak work?
What is "salad bowl stain"
I wonder if I could just use a square marble tile for the cutting
board?
Where is the best place to buy realy wood. I went to Lowes and was
disappointed at the wood selection and the price.
stoutman wrote:
> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > i am new to woodworking. I bought a book at Lowes. It showed a little
> > butcher block with a drawer attached underneath I thought of making for
> > my wife.
> >
> > What would be the best material to make this from and how wood I find a
> > "food grade" stain for the butcher block? i thought of trying to match
> > my formica counter tops.
> >
>
> Use a good closed grained hard wood. Hard maple is a very popular choice.
> I would not apply a stain. You could use the food safe "Salad bowl finish"
> sold at woodcraft...
>
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> Stoutman
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Toller wrote:
> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > i am new to woodworking. I bought a book at Lowes. It showed a little
> > butcher block with a drawer attached underneath I thought of making for
> > my wife.
> >
> > What would be the best material to make this from and how wood I find a
> > "food grade" stain for the butcher block? i thought of trying to match
> > my formica counter tops.
> >
> Any finish on the market is safe once it has dried. A stain will look
> pretty bad after it has been used for a while; probably not a good idea.
>
> The traditional wood is sycamore, though maple is more common now.
I feel like an idiot. Here's what I meant to say:
Do you think Cypress would be a decent choice? I can get my hands on
some of that, but I don't know how appropriate it would be. It's pretty
solid stuff, and fairly water resistant, but I don't know if there is
any sort of chemical in there that would make food preparation
dangerous.
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Could I use a piece of marble flooring for the cutting surface?
Charley wrote:
> I wouldn't trust any of the wood stains to be food-safe. If you really want
> to color it somehow, maybe you could experiment with some food coloring on
> some scraps of the wood that you will be using for your project. If that
> works and you are happy with it, then use it. There are several food-safe
> clear finishes available, but I've never seen a food-safe wood stain that
> was advertised as that. Every butcher block that I've ever seen was natural
> unfinished wood.
>
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> Charley
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> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > i am new to woodworking. I bought a book at Lowes. It showed a little
> > butcher block with a drawer attached underneath I thought of making for
> > my wife.
> >
> > What would be the best material to make this from and how wood I find a
> > "food grade" stain for the butcher block? i thought of trying to match
> > my formica counter tops.
> >
Mineral oil is the approved treatment.
"Charley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I wouldn't trust any of the wood stains to be food-safe. If you really want
> to color it somehow, maybe you could experiment with some food coloring on
> some scraps of the wood that you will be using for your project. If that
> works and you are happy with it, then use it. There are several food-safe
> clear finishes available, but I've never seen a food-safe wood stain that
> was advertised as that. Every butcher block that I've ever seen was
> natural
> unfinished wood.
>
> --
> Charley
>
>
> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> i am new to woodworking. I bought a book at Lowes. It showed a little
>> butcher block with a drawer attached underneath I thought of making for
>> my wife.
>>
>> What would be the best material to make this from and how wood I find a
>> "food grade" stain for the butcher block? i thought of trying to match
>> my formica counter tops.
>>
>
>
You could use a marble tile, but it will REALLY do a number on the edge of a
sharp knife. And the knife will scratch it to the point that you won't be
happy with it.
You could make a frame and put some of those plastic cutting boards in it,
then change the thing when it looks tacky.
Walt C
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> Would red oak work?
>
> What is "salad bowl stain"
>
> I wonder if I could just use a square marble tile for the cutting
> board?
>
> Where is the best place to buy realy wood. I went to Lowes and was
> disappointed at the wood selection and the price.
> stoutman wrote:
>> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> >
>> > i am new to woodworking. I bought a book at Lowes. It showed a little
>> > butcher block with a drawer attached underneath I thought of making for
>> > my wife.
>> >
>> > What would be the best material to make this from and how wood I find a
>> > "food grade" stain for the butcher block? i thought of trying to match
>> > my formica counter tops.
>> >
>>
>> Use a good closed grained hard wood. Hard maple is a very popular
>> choice.
>> I would not apply a stain. You could use the food safe "Salad bowl
>> finish"
>> sold at woodcraft...
>>
>> --
>> Stoutman
>> http://home.triad.rr.com/brianmelissa/woodworking_frames.htm
>> (Featuring a NEW look)
>
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>I feel like an idiot. Here's what I meant to say:
> Do you think Cypress would be a decent choice? I can get my hands on
> some of that, but I don't know how appropriate it would be. It's pretty
> solid stuff, and fairly water resistant, but I don't know if there is
> any sort of chemical in there that would make food preparation
> dangerous.
>
I did a search on cypress and toxic.
Two results say it is non-toxic; I didn't see any that claimed otherwise.
Probably safe then.
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> Would red oak work?
NO. Red Oak is very open grained.
>
> What is "salad bowl stain"
NOT salad bowl stain. I wrote "salad bowl finish"
Here is a link: http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=752
]> Where is the best place to buy realy wood. I went to Lowes and was
> disappointed at the wood selection and the price.
You need to find a Lumber Yard.
> stoutman wrote:
>> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> > i am new to woodworking. I bought a book at Lowes. It showed a little
>> > butcher block with a drawer attached underneath I thought of making for
>> > my wife.
>> >
>> > What would be the best material to make this from and how wood I find a
>> > "food grade" stain for the butcher block? i thought of trying to match
>> > my formica counter tops.
>> >
>>
>> Use a good closed grained hard wood. Hard maple is a very popular
>> choice.
>> I would not apply a stain. You could use the food safe "Salad bowl
>> finish"
>> sold at woodcraft...
>>
>> --
>> Stoutman
>> http://home.triad.rr.com/brianmelissa/woodworking_frames.htm
>> (Featuring a NEW look)
>\
just made a lot of endgrain cutting boards (same a butcher block but
smaller). Use mineral oil as the finish 4 or 5 coats. flood the oil on the
whole block and let sit for 15 minute or more then flood it again.After the
last coat wipe off the excess and buff with a clean rag. As for the stain
none is needed if you use different woods in a pattern. Woods that I have
used successfully are hard maple,cherry,honey locust, beech,sycamore small
strips of walnut(some people have allergic reaction , no one I know has
though) stay away from the oily exotics.I just posted one on
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking.
hope this helps
len
I wouldn't trust any of the wood stains to be food-safe. If you really want
to color it somehow, maybe you could experiment with some food coloring on
some scraps of the wood that you will be using for your project. If that
works and you are happy with it, then use it. There are several food-safe
clear finishes available, but I've never seen a food-safe wood stain that
was advertised as that. Every butcher block that I've ever seen was natural
unfinished wood.
--
Charley
"stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> i am new to woodworking. I bought a book at Lowes. It showed a little
> butcher block with a drawer attached underneath I thought of making for
> my wife.
>
> What would be the best material to make this from and how wood I find a
> "food grade" stain for the butcher block? i thought of trying to match
> my formica counter tops.
>
"stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> i am new to woodworking. I bought a book at Lowes. It showed a little
> butcher block with a drawer attached underneath I thought of making for
> my wife.
>
> What would be the best material to make this from and how wood I find a
> "food grade" stain for the butcher block? i thought of trying to match
> my formica counter tops.
>
Any finish on the market is safe once it has dried. A stain will look
pretty bad after it has been used for a while; probably not a good idea.
The traditional wood is sycamore, though maple is more common now.
"stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> i am new to woodworking. I bought a book at Lowes. It showed a little
> butcher block with a drawer attached underneath I thought of making for
> my wife.
>
> What would be the best material to make this from and how wood I find a
> "food grade" stain for the butcher block? i thought of trying to match
> my formica counter tops.
>
Use a good closed grained hard wood. Hard maple is a very popular choice.
I would not apply a stain. You could use the food safe "Salad bowl finish"
sold at woodcraft...
--
Stoutman
http://home.triad.rr.com/brianmelissa/woodworking_frames.htm
(Featuring a NEW look)
How would the stained board look after several months use?
On 6 Jan 2006 11:08:26 -0800, "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote:
>What would be the best material to make this from and how wood I find a
>"food grade" stain for the butcher block? i thought of trying to match
>my formica counter tops.