Wooden worktop - best oil?

paddypaws101

Anyone have good advice about which oil to use on a new wooden worktop? I am not really up for the high maintenance of Tung oil, so really looking for the easiest and most effective type/brand.
One web site recommends Osmo Top Oil, in conjuction with a base coat of Osmo Wood protector, others recommend Durawood or Liberon products.
I do understand that there will be ongoing maintennace, but would like to get off to a good start and keep it fool proof!:D

Canucklehead

paddypaws101 wrote: »

Anyone have good advice about which oil to use on a new wooden worktop? I am not really up for the high maintenance of Tung oil, so really looking for the easiest and most effective type/brand.
One web site recommends Osmo Top Oil, in conjuction with a base coat of Osmo Wood protector, others recommend Durawood or Liberon products.
I do understand that there will be ongoing maintennace, but would like to get off to a good start and keep it fool proof!:D

Good afternoon: Osmo every time...excellent products we've used on floors, worktops, shelves and window frames.

HTH

Canucklehead

suisidevw

Yup, Osmo Polyx Hardwood Matt is my recommendation :0

rosekitten

Yes Osmo here as well my doors
look amazing and its a green product
as well.It is so easy to use I will
never ever varnish anything again.
You can literaly slosh it on,which is
great for rank amatuers like me.The
finish looks really proffessional.
Like you I will be doing my kitchen
works tops in wood as well next year

Jonesya

Have you considered varnishing it?

We've just installed ours and have given it 5-6 coats of ultra-tough polyurethane and then taken it back to a matt finish with some fine wire wool. Looks good and is completely water-proof, spills/stains just wipe off.

paddypaws101

Oh yes I have thought about varnishing it! But everyone I speak to seems to say that is not a good idea. Are they just being purists? I love the look of wooden tops, but after a lifetime of laminate which can withstand curry stains and neglect, all to be corrected with a drop of bleach and a green scourer, I worry that I am setting myself a hard task.
It seems that the posher the kitchen, the less practical it becomes!

suisidevw

I think you should go with all the recommendations above. The Polyx is excellent.

puddy

sorry to but in, but can you use this stuff on floors,,, wooden floors?

rosekitten

yes this is their site
tells you all about how it
works and the different
types they make

http://www.osmouk.com/osmocolor.cfm?chapter=5