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   zendo | Mar 05, 2005 07:04pm | #1

   Wow, nobody in 24 hrs?

   -zen

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   Steinmetz | Mar 05, 2005 07:13pm | #2

   Scrape and bleach it??

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   HowardAcheson | Mar 05, 2005 08:03pm | #3

   If you are talking about an endgrain butcher block that is soaked with animal and other fats and oils, you can not completely remove it. There used to be itinerant guys who went to butcher shops and had a saw to saw down about a 1/2" of the block top. This flattened it and removed the gunky part.Depending on how much you want to do, you can try using a cabinet scraper and/or a plane. It will be lots of work though.The treatment they then applied was a mixture of mineral oil and paraffin.Howie.........

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   zendo | Mar 06, 2005 05:18am | #4

   Howie,

   Thanks for the history I didnt know that and its interesting.

   -zen

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   Steinmetz | Mar 08, 2005 12:30am | #5

   Zen, If you attach a W I D E flat base to your router's base, you can skim off an eigth or more to reflatten the block.
   Of course, you will have to surround the block (temporarally)
   with four "Screeds" attached level and 'Proud' of the sides,
   to run the wide base on. ( Done this on wide wood stumps and slabs) Works!
   Stein.