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   user-211435 | Dec 03, 2006 07:25am | #1

   Granite countertops would be my first choice.

   Hal

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   ring | Dec 03, 2006 08:41am | #2

   When clients of ours ask for wooden countertops we try hard to talk them out of it, and even make them sign a disclaimer before we are willing to produce them. If they get past that point, we determine whether the household is going to be careful about the countertop or whether they're going to treat it as one big cutting board. (This is not a put-down, it's just being realistic. I'm the cutting board type myself.) The former would lead us to a sprayed polyurethane finish, the latter would lead to an oil finish. Either way, the the undersides need to be done as well, and special attention (oil-based paint) to sealing the cutouts for sinks and cooktops.

   DR

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   HowardAcheson | Dec 03, 2006 07:54pm | #3

   I agree with Ring. In the shop I was involved with, we too, would try to discourage and then have a waiver signed. In addition to the points that Ring made, be sure to completely seal the edges and ends the will be near the sink and/or get wet.

   Howie.........
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   Omah | Dec 04, 2006 06:57am | #4

    What kind of wood you use, how it is used, and where it will be used I would think need a conciderable amount of time and research to be able to reach a decision. If I were to use wood in kitchen I probably would go with teak. As for maintainance, just scrub it with bleach " clorox or similar" and wax it with a paste wax "butcher's or briwax or johnson's. That, my $.02 Have fun. Stay Safe.

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   Ronaway | Dec 04, 2006 07:26am | #5

   The businesses that I found online that produce wooden countertops almost all used Waterlox varnish.

   Ron