Can I use this product as a wood finish for basswood plates that I would like customers to use with food? Will it sort of look like a stain?
1139109
It is used on cutting boards, so it is food-safe. It may darken the wood slightly, but it will bring out the grain of the wood for sure, and make the wood more beautiful!
1139110
This is no stain. It might look a little darker, but no stain. It is more like a wax "Bees wax" sealer that conditions the wood. I use it on my end grain wood cutting board. It looks great. It says it's a food grade product. I use it warmed up a bit. Personally I like the oil product they sell also.I use them both.
1139111
Yes, your basswood plates look beautifull, the look in not a stain, is more like satin varnish
891514
It is stained the same color as the rest of the unit but is pressed material not wood. It doesn't look totally finished from the back but wouldn't look bad I would say. If you have someone handy, you could likely easily modify it to make it perfectly finished. We love love love our unit!
400532
I would likely use Minwax or polyurethane, both in the paint dept. of Home Depot, or could get through Amazon. Polyurethane will give you a higher gloss finish. Why I used this &gt;&gt; was to stain kitchen and bath cabinets darker that were '80's oak'. I then used this topcoat over the base gel stain.
661299
Friends used it on newly stained wooden counters and it looked great. I'm not sure if it depends on the type of stain -- and whether it interacts with the cream somehow? Maybe test it in a hidden area first, just to be sure?
299910
We've had ours outdoors in the woods for a year just as it came. Looks great. Cypress has a degree of longevity, but it would probably be sensible to put a stain on it anyway.
2073932
This is only a finish, not a stain. Pick up a stain pencil to match at the box store for this problem
381314
I have the cherry oak stain. It is good quality and not chip board or anything cheap. I love mine
688250
This unit comes with a stain already applied. You may be able to order it without stain and then stain it yourself but you would have to contact the manufacturer directly. You could probably use another stain and get it darker but once a stain is applied it's pretty much done unless you sand every piece down to raw wood again. Hope this helps. Sorry for the long delay but the question got buried in my email.
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It depends on what look you are going for. I personally like it unfinished. As for the clean up, there are a lot of natural solutions that will preserve the integrity of the wood without ruining it. Although I wouldn't recommend handling raw meat on it.
395504
Yes. The finish is safe for all food items such as cutting boards, wooden salad forks etc. Good product, a little pricey, works well. Best if thinned with mineral spirits. Great!
1355794
I agree with the other responses. The wood has been finished with a lacquer or polyurethane. It could be removed with a stripper, and would then need to be sanded before staining. It would take some work especially with hand sanding in small areas. I suggest you live with the natural for a while and then see how you feel about it...
1328554
There is no finish on the wood. If I were to use this in a moist environment, I would treat it first.
1476379
it would look like raw wood with varnish on it. It is exactly the color you see. has no pigmentation in it. I painted mine white and put beautiful small ceramic tile on the top and it is perfect for a toaster over and coffee maker with silverware drawers for our second kitchen downstairs.
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Each slice of wood comes individually wrapped in shrink plastic. No idea how long the wood will last, but I've made a bunch of cribbage boards from it and they are all holding up fine after a few years. What i don't like about the basswood is that it is so incredibly porous. Any stain you put on it gets sucked clear through to the other side, so it takes a slug of stain to get color in the wood. And even after that, it took about four coatings of lacquer to get a nice smooth hard finish.
1867428
I have never done that, but I don't think it would be a problem. I use mine for food storage such as grains, sugar and flour. They are supposed to be okay for anything. I would think it would stain, but I don't see that as a problem.
1687951
There shouldn't be a problem - to be on the safe side allow 3 days from the time you applied the stain to the time you apply the salad bowl finish - with some species of wood it can actually take that long for the stain to "bite" into the wood fibers. I haven't had a problem putting this product over stained surfaces (both oil and water based) however I do allow a 3 day set up time for the stain.
604358
Its so pretty...why would you want to.. ? :-) But seriously it has a shellacked or polyurethane finish on it. It is not raw wood like a cutting board so I guess this is why. I want to keep it pretty so I do use a cutting board to protect the finish but, that was simply my choice. You will love it.