colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (03/08/85)
What's a good finish for a wooden dishrack for wet dishes?
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonelmlf@panda.UUCP (Matt L. Fichtenbaum) (03/08/85)
>What's a good finish for a wooden dishrack for wet dishes? >-- Burn it. Let it go out in a blaze of glory. What a finish! :-) -- Matt Fichtenbaum "Our job is to rescue fires, not put out your cat."
briand@tekig1.UUCP (Brian Diehm) (03/11/85)
> What's a good finish for a wooden dishrack for wet dishes?
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A couple of choices:
1) Mineral oil, available at your local drugstore (if he's a GOOD pharmacist
he'll tell you when you take it up to the counter that as a laxative it's
not really very good for you. . . :-) )
2) Behlen's Salad Bowl Finish, available mail order from places that carry the
rest of the Behlen's line of finishing products. Try Trend Lines or Mason
& Sullivan. This product is specifically for wood products to be used
around food, such as salad bowls.
These are both oil finishes. The longevity of the item will depend upon how
well oiled it is kept. However, this is probably better than a hard finish,
which water will eventually irreparably damage. At least with oil, when the
water starts to take out the finish all you need to do is THOROUGHLY dry the
item and oil it again!hogg@utcsri.UUCP (John Hogg) (03/11/85)
The best finish for something that's going to be very wet is an epoxy.
The brand that immediately comes to mind is WEST system epoxy, an
American product. This is absolutely waterproof - something that very
few coatings are.
But coming back to reality for a brief moment, your dishrack is not
going to be submerged for 24 hours a day. What's the matter with a
good quality exterior varnish? If that's insufficiently high-tech for
you, make it a polyurethane varnish. Either will give a finish that
will be quite tough enough for your needs.
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John Hogg
Computer Systems Research Institute, UofT
{allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsri!hoggjj@alice.UUCP (03/12/85)
(Tried mail) I've used polyurethane for a kitchen finish, including the areas around sinks and such, and had excellent luck so far. You might look into polyurethane for the dish rack. You will want to make sure that you've used moisture resistant glue, and that all metal connectors are covered by putty in order to prevent rust bleeding, I think. (We regularly wash our cabinents, etc, with no trouble) -- FESTINA LENTE "...rice is nice, that's what they say..." (allegra,harpo,ulysses)!alice!jj