staining/oiling, solid wood worktop/desk tops help/

[GSXR Gaz Mc]

right peeps. im seeking advice and pics of your solid desktops with what finish and colour you used

like many on here i changed to the ikea alex cupboard and draws with ikea gerton solid wood top and i oiled it with ikeas behandla wood oil, now while this was good enough i was never keen on the colour and wanted something a bit darker...

so i sanded my top and i also cut a bit off the back to bring my monitor a bit closure and to stop me from slumping forward in my chair

i bought some liberon wax polish black bison in medium oak (smells lovely)

but its still not the right finish i want...

so please post your pics and what u used/did with ya tops

and ill post some of mine below

cheerz

 

[GSXR Gaz Mc]

so here is the original from when i first did it


the sanding


ideally i would like it to match my floor above

now waxed and shortened width and used the cut off as a lip at the back


and yes my pc ended up on the coffee table while i was doin this

and the finished product inc new rig


put some ikea led strips and a cable tray underneath to finish it off


i do so like the lip at the back..just finishes it off and tidys it up

 

[Brizzles]

Just visiting here, so hope my scrambler is working :

peeps. im seek

Hello fellow Humans, i am seeking your help and enlightenment ?

so please post ya pics and what u used/did with ya tops

cheerz

I would appreciate any images of your creations that i could beam back to the mothership, something about cheese ?

 

[GSXR Gaz Mc]

cheerz brizzles ya southern shandy drinker ;P

 

[Mark A]

Ideally you would have gone for an Oak worktop if you wanted to match the floor more closely. Osmo oil do a worktop oil that has some pigment added which should get pretty close to that colour. Its called Osmo Acacia worktop oil. You'd have to remove any trace of the wax you applied first though.

Another option is to use some water based wood dye. You can add more/less water to tailor the finished colour to what you want. Then add a clear oil finish over the top. I'd say a dark oak should be pretty close. But I'd try on the back first as Beech is notoriously hard to stain evenly, especially when made up of many pieces of timber.

 

[arctine]

Did Ikea pay you to make this thread?