It's lasted me three years and still looks as good as new, despite spillages, minor scrapes (which don't show) etc. It's such a great oil. They say you should think about applying another coat after a few years, but I haven't seen the need yet.
Anyone using a butchers block countertop as a desk?
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That's where I bought my (oak) worktop from. Do pay for chamfered edges, it is worth it. Seemed like a great company to me.
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Made my own standing desk using a Linak Df1 (well, a Flomotion "skyflo" which is a rebadged linak), and a solid walnut 40mm worktop, 160x80cm deep but to size by Worktop Express. I finished the edges with a router, sanded smooth, and applied 3 coats of rustins oil
Will eventually replace my mismatched monitors with a 34" ultrawide but they do for now.
Need to find a rug to replace the ikea desk mat, that is smooth enough for chair. Carpet is way too thick.
This was from worktop express, had a few samples from others and preferred this!
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I wouldn't use a butchers block as a desk unless you really dig the look as the surface its inherently porous and the benefits of a butchers block aren't really required for a desk.
Osmo Top oil isn't a pure oil like butchers block oil but a hard-wax oil that sets hard without any stickiness whatsoever and provides a good durable coating. I use it on my pine kitchen table and it would work well on a desk as well.
15+ years ago I made a desk out of a bog standard Ikea birch kitchen worktop. It's 73+cm deep which was important to me as I had to cut it to fit into an alcove. 3 coats of matt varnish and it's been fine ever since but then most of the wear happens where the keyboard and mouse are and I have a 1m wide mouse mat here, so wear and "spillage" is a non-issue.
Osmo Top oil isn't a pure oil like butchers block oil but a hard-wax oil that sets hard without any stickiness whatsoever and provides a good durable coating. I use it on my pine kitchen table and it would work well on a desk as well.
15+ years ago I made a desk out of a bog standard Ikea birch kitchen worktop. It's 73+cm deep which was important to me as I had to cut it to fit into an alcove. 3 coats of matt varnish and it's been fine ever since but then most of the wear happens where the keyboard and mouse are and I have a 1m wide mouse mat here, so wear and "spillage" is a non-issue.
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