"3G" wrote in message
| Of course it is safe. Any finish sold in the US is considered food
safe once
| cured.


but poly is not KMCA certified for food preperation areas.

So what? This is a residential kitchen and the same rules do not apply.
There are many things used every day at home that are not allowed in a
commercial kitchen. Start with wood handles on knives. Billions of them in
use every day. I don't use my cabinet doors for preparing my food. What
cookbook do you follow that does?





what about the glasses that are upside down in the cabinet, on the poly
covered shelf?


What about them? Do you have evidence of cured poly putting chemicals onto
the rim of glasses? Have people died from this? If you are worried, put
down shelf paper.


poly leaves water stains easily
hand rubbed urethane gel is water and alcohol resistant.
10 times better than poly.

I have no water stains on my cabinets. YMMV., but we dry the dishes before
putting them away. WTF is different about your hand rubbed poly anyway?
Most all polyurethanes have similar chemical bases so perhaps you can tel us
more about this material you use. Brands? Types?



and you recommend linseed oil?

No, I did not. Problems with reading comprehension?



the best finish by far
is a hand rubbed urethane gel

after testing different finishes (laquer, poly, water based poly,
urethane gel) for 1 year.
the urethane gel is the only one that lasted through all the seasons in
N.E.
the test pcs. were outside all year through sun, rain, snow,etc.

and just for the record
the poly sample pc. finished last.
the water and UV damage was awful.

I keep my kitchen cabinets inside, not out. They have had polyurethane on
them for 29 years now, re-coated about 5 or 6 years ago. Still look pretty
good. Is there something better? Perhaps, but 30 years + is good enough
for me. Maybe in another few I'll replace the cabinets. So far, they have
not been rained on so your testing methods don't mean much to me. If it
snowed in my kitchen, my wife would bitch about it.