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Delivered this to a very happy new owner today 😁

my own preference would be sanding as a chemical strip might affect how your new stain/oil adheres etc. With regards to stains https://www.wood-finishes-direct.com/product/colron-refined-danish-oil id prob start with a test using the Jacobean dark oak

That’s quite a bizzarre wear pattern and will be a challenge to natch to the original colour without it looking like a poor match. As the legs of the table look good you may be best removing all of the finish off the upper table surface to at least have a good surface to work on. In respect of...

after 3 coats of my home brew bee/carnuba/micro crystalline wax here is the finished table

And she’s a DT teacher !!!

Not extensively tried it on all year round outdoors wood …but Mikes Magic Mix …1/3 Tung Oil, white Spirit and Outdoor satin varnish dries well and may offer suitable annual protection

Very interesting….its meths but contains no methanol 😀 MEK is a very volatile solvent - the smell of the original marker was due to MEK - it will flash off very quickly. ISO propanol is propyl alcohol … just a bit ‘oilier’ than ethanol

I use a cheapie chorded one from Aldi ….does the job fine 😁

If it’s 90% ethanol it would also attract duty …approx £28/litre of pure ethanol plus VAT ‘domestic’ methylated spirit is methyl alcohol with the addition of pyridene which is an irritant so you vomit before your stomach absorbs too much of the methyl alcohol which is toxic and destroys your...

In real life it doesn’t look quite as large …the pic was taken on an angke. The black steel let is 50mm deep compared to the 22mm of the maple.

Just finished of…..well apart from a good waxing/polishing a waterfall table from 22mm burr/ripple maple

If your going to use this for anything other than a cheeseboard, please remove the bark it is a potential food safety hazard - ive been a technical manager and auditor for 25 years in the food industry so I’m fairly qualified/experienced to offer best advice etc

Still a work in progress at the mo …..will probably wait until the spring warmer weather to start on the resin pour aspect. Lol at the anatomy lesson 🤪

Only as good as the ‘*****’ that programs it ……that was me back in the late 1980‘s 😂😂😂😂

I’ve had mine 25 years 😁

Patchouli oil 🤪

Love the stitched effect bow ties 😍

Mineral oil on a food contact surface ….please don’t https://www.realmilkpaint.com/blog/tips/why-not-to-use-mineral-oil/

Agreed but she used her joker by making the best dice

He should never of attempted a river table in 2 days …plus he had little idea of how to do it. He should of ripped that slab down the centre and used with the waney edges as the river in the centre - but it’s a several days job done correctly