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Finishing a cherry table top.

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A friend of mine who knows nothing about woodwork is quite happy to get a sander and sand down the cherry top of her kitchen table. She sought my advice about the finish, saying, "I want a glossy deep sheen but I don’t want varnish".

My original thought was a couple of coats of Danish Oil followed by some sort of wax but Danish Oil contains varnish. I presume that the table, being in the kitchen, is going to need a degree of protection. Therefore, being no expert on finishing, I decided to post this on here to get advice.

Any thoughts?
 
Knows nothing about woodwork, and probably knows nothing about finishes, but she has seen a thick treackly varnish and knows she doesn’t want that! A kitchen table usually gets a lot of wear. If it were me I would use (as I say ad nauseam), water-based Polly varnish it’s impervious to hot mugs fairly indestructible and if she wants a shiny finish she could go for gloss,
Ian
 
I used Osmo Top Oil for my daughters kitchen worktop. It can be polished to a higher level of sheen after it has dried using their liquid wax cleaner. It looks fine but she does have to give it another coat every nine months or so.

Is there a rationale for the aversion to using varnish?

Cheers
 
I've used Osmo Polyx Hard Wax Oil on most of the furniture I've made. I'ts easy to apply, is durable and looks good.
 
johnward":1scr3eih said:
I've used Osmo Polyx Hard Wax Oil on most of the furniture I've made. I'ts easy to apply, is durable and looks good.
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Agreed; it's also a flooring product so as tough as the proverbial 'old boots' but as Ian has mentioned, a water based poly or acrylic finish (plenty to choose from) is also pretty 'bullet proof' - Rob
 
I use Osmo too. A lot of artisan table makers use Rubio Monocoat (available in the UK) which is also a flooring product but much more durable than Osmo they say. Here is a link to the process used by one well known maker:

https://www.blacktailstudio.com/blog/ho ... sh-a-table

We are likely to be using Rubio for the large table I will soon be making with my son.
 
AJB Temple":2myenwow said:
I use Osmo too. A lot of artisan table makers use Rubio Monocoat (available in the UK) which is also a flooring product but much more durable than Osmo they say. Here is a link to the process used by one well known maker:

https://www.blacktailstudio.com/blog/ho ... sh-a-table

We are likely to be using Rubio for the large table I will soon be making with my son.
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I've heard of this stuff and I believe Doug of this parish has recently used it; I'd be interested to see how it stacks up against other finishes. I seem to recollect that 'the old firm' now stock it - Rob
 
Thanks for the replies chaps.

I've told her that the consensus is Osmo top oil and if she wants to put the Scandinavian soap finish on top of that (she seems quite keen on the idea), there is nothing to stop her.
 
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