All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness.
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff available?

Just to be clear I don't want laminate (or laminated wood, or plywood)
I want solid wood manufactured from little blocks as they do for wood
kitchen worktops.

--
Chris Green
·

Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness.
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly only 100m
wide for use as an upstand.

Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html

Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

On 08/02/2019 19:20, Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness.
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness.Â* Is such stuff available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly only 100m
wide for use as an upstand.

Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

veneered 19mm mdf

granbitre.

Make your own from a wood frame tiled?

--
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Gospel of St. Mathew 15:14

Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness.
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly only 100m
wide for use as an upstand.

Yes, I found lots of updstands too.


Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html

Ah! That's the first I've seen at 18mm.


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

Even that might be OK, I've found 27mm elsewhere, 26mm is better (1mm
better!).

--
Chris Green
·

On Friday, 8 February 2019 20:16:05 UTC, Chris Green wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness.
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly only 100m
wide for use as an upstand.

Yes, I found lots of updstands too.


Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html

Ah! That's the first I've seen at 18mm.


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

Even that might be OK, I've found 27mm elsewhere, 26mm is better (1mm
better!).

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop. Glassfibre cement board would at least be more durable. Concrete & tile is relatively good, but not 18mm. SS would get you down to around 1mm.


NT

Wrote in message:
On Friday, 8 February 2019 20:16:05 UTC, Chris Green wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness.
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly only 100m
wide for use as an upstand.

Yes, I found lots of updstands too.


Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html

Ah! That's the first I've seen at 18mm.


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

Even that might be OK, I've found 27mm elsewhere, 26mm is better (1mm
better!).

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop. Glassfibre cement board would at least be more durable.

Nice! Do glass fibres count as dietary fibre?


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wrote:
On Friday, 8 February 2019 20:16:05 UTC, Chris Green wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness.
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly only 100m
wide for use as an upstand.

Yes, I found lots of updstands too.


Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html


Ah! That's the first I've seen at 18mm.


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

Even that might be OK, I've found 27mm elsewhere, 26mm is better (1mm
better!).

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop. Glassfibre
cement board would at least be more durable. Concrete & tile is relatively
good, but not 18mm. SS would get you down to around 1mm.

I'm not going to use it as a kitchen worktop! However we have
rubberwood worktops in our kitchen and they are excellent and look
just about as good as they did new 15 years or more ago.

I'm after thinner material to use for an office/desk worktop.

--
Chris Green
·

On 08/02/2019 22:32, wrote:
On Friday, 8 February 2019 20:16:05 UTC, Chris Green wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm
thickness. I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a
worktop, but in 18mm or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff
available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly
only 100m wide for use as an upstand.

Yes, I found lots of updstands too.


Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html



Ah! That's the first I've seen at 18mm.


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

Even that might be OK, I've found 27mm elsewhere, 26mm is better
(1mm better!).

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop.

Wood makes quite a good worktop... Natural antimicrobial properties, and
if you use an oiled finish easy to touch in and repair when required.



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John.

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On 08/02/2019 22:42, Chris Green wrote:
wrote:
On Friday, 8 February 2019 20:16:05 UTC, Chris Green wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness.
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly only 100m
wide for use as an upstand.

Yes, I found lots of updstands too.


Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html


Ah! That's the first I've seen at 18mm.


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

Even that might be OK, I've found 27mm elsewhere, 26mm is better (1mm
better!).

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop. Glassfibre
cement board would at least be more durable. Concrete & tile is relatively
good, but not 18mm. SS would get you down to around 1mm.

I'm not going to use it as a kitchen worktop! However we have
rubberwood worktops in our kitchen and they are excellent and look
just about as good as they did new 15 years or more ago.

I'm after thinner material to use for an office/desk worktop.

Some of the sheds do shelving material of the construction you describe
and about the right thickness. You would likely need to glue up several
side by side to get the depth required for a desktop.


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John.

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On Friday, 8 February 2019 22:48:04 UTC, Chris Green wrote:
tabbypurr wrote:
On Friday, 8 February 2019 20:16:05 UTC, Chris Green wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness.
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly only 100m
wide for use as an upstand.

Yes, I found lots of updstands too.


Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html


Ah! That's the first I've seen at 18mm.


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

Even that might be OK, I've found 27mm elsewhere, 26mm is better (1mm
better!).

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop. Glassfibre
cement board would at least be more durable. Concrete & tile is relatively
good, but not 18mm. SS would get you down to around 1mm.

I'm not going to use it as a kitchen worktop! However we have
rubberwood worktops in our kitchen and they are excellent and look
just about as good as they did new 15 years or more ago.

I'm after thinner material to use for an office/desk worktop.

In that case there's pineboard and a good range of engineered flooring.


NT

On Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:31:36 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 08/02/2019 22:32, tabbypurr wrote:
On Friday, 8 February 2019 20:16:05 UTC, Chris Green wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm
thickness. I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a
worktop, but in 18mm or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff
available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly
only 100m wide for use as an upstand.

Yes, I found lots of updstands too.


Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html



Ah! That's the first I've seen at 18mm.


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

Even that might be OK, I've found 27mm elsewhere, 26mm is better
(1mm better!).

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop.

Wood makes quite a good worktop... Natural antimicrobial properties, and
if you use an oiled finish easy to touch in and repair when required.

But not the best to clean & likes to rot. No option is perfect.


NT

Wrote in message:
On Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:31:36 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 08/02/2019 22:32, tabbypurr wrote:
On Friday, 8 February 2019 20:16:05 UTC, Chris Green wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm
thickness. I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a
worktop, but in 18mm or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff
available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly
only 100m wide for use as an upstand.

Yes, I found lots of updstands too.


Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html



Ah! That's the first I've seen at 18mm.


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

Even that might be OK, I've found 27mm elsewhere, 26mm is better
(1mm better!).

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop.

Wood makes quite a good worktop... Natural antimicrobial properties, and
if you use an oiled finish easy to touch in and repair when required.

But not the best to clean & likes to rot. No option is perfect.


NT


I don't recall when I last cleaned a desk nor the top of one
rotting... Suppose it depends what you are doing on/over it
;-)
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On 09/02/2019 09:12, wrote:
On Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:31:36 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 08/02/2019 22:32, tabbypurr wrote:
On Friday, 8 February 2019 20:16:05 UTC, Chris Green wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm
thickness. I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a
worktop, but in 18mm or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff
available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly
only 100m wide for use as an upstand.

Yes, I found lots of updstands too.


Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html



Ah! That's the first I've seen at 18mm.


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

Even that might be OK, I've found 27mm elsewhere, 26mm is better
(1mm better!).

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop.

Wood makes quite a good worktop... Natural antimicrobial properties, and
if you use an oiled finish easy to touch in and repair when required.

But not the best to clean & likes to rot. No option is perfect.

Clean much as any worktop. Its not going to rot unless you like leaving
puddles of water on it for extended periods.

If you were that worried, you could use a durable timber like English Oak.


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John.

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On 09/02/2019 09:51, Jim K.. wrote:
Wrote in message:
On Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:31:36 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 08/02/2019 22:32, tabbypurr wrote:

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop.

Wood makes quite a good worktop... Natural antimicrobial properties, and
if you use an oiled finish easy to touch in and repair when required.

But not the best to clean & likes to rot. No option is perfect.

There are tropical hardwoods that will resist rotting pretty well.

Opepe is one of the most rot resistant there is - a pretty orange colour
when freshly cut but the very devil to work with. It behaves more like a
brittle metal than like a wood. It shatters if you try to nail it.

I don't recall when I last cleaned a desk nor the top of one
rotting... Suppose it depends what you are doing on/over it
;-)

Oak and faux mahogany survive quite well as kitchen worktops. My lathe
is mounted on a retired former kitchen worktop scrounged from a friend.

Granite is another option that is available thinner than default MDF.
Synthetics like Corian might be available in thinner grades too.

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Martin Brown

Martin Brown Wrote in message:
On 09/02/2019 09:51, Jim K.. wrote:
Wrote in message:
On Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:31:36 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 08/02/2019 22:32, tabbypurr wrote:

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop.

Wood makes quite a good worktop... Natural antimicrobial properties, and
if you use an oiled finish easy to touch in and repair when required.

But not the best to clean & likes to rot. No option is perfect.

There are tropical hardwoods that will resist rotting pretty well.

Opepe is one of the most rot resistant there is - a pretty orange colour
when freshly cut but the very devil to work with. It behaves more like a
brittle metal than like a wood. It shatters if you try to nail it.

I don't recall when I last cleaned a desk nor the top of one
rotting... Suppose it depends what you are doing on/over it
;-)

Oak and faux mahogany survive quite well as kitchen worktops. My lathe
is mounted on a retired former kitchen worktop scrounged from a friend.

Granite is another option that is available thinner than default MDF.
Synthetics like Corian might be available in thinner grades too.


Whoosh
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wrote:

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop. Glassfibre
cement board would at least be more durable. Concrete & tile is relatively
good, but not 18mm. SS would get you down to around 1mm.

I'm not going to use it as a kitchen worktop! However we have
rubberwood worktops in our kitchen and they are excellent and look
just about as good as they did new 15 years or more ago.

I'm after thinner material to use for an office/desk worktop.

In that case there's pineboard and a good range of engineered flooring.

Pineboard yes, but only pine as far as my searches can see. Flooring
would be quite narrow I suspect.

--
Chris Green
·

On 08/02/2019 22:42, Chris Green wrote:
wrote:
On Friday, 8 February 2019 20:16:05 UTC, Chris Green wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness.
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly only 100m
wide for use as an upstand.

Yes, I found lots of updstands too.


Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html


Ah! That's the first I've seen at 18mm.


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

Even that might be OK, I've found 27mm elsewhere, 26mm is better (1mm
better!).

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop. Glassfibre
cement board would at least be more durable. Concrete & tile is relatively
good, but not 18mm. SS would get you down to around 1mm.

I'm not going to use it as a kitchen worktop! However we have
rubberwood worktops in our kitchen and they are excellent and look
just about as good as they did new 15 years or more ago.

I'm after thinner material to use for an office/desk worktop.

How about looking for a scrap/second-hand office desk that you can strip
the top-off and clean up as a top for your new desk?

SteveW

Steve Walker wrote:

I'm after thinner material to use for an office/desk worktop.

How about looking for a scrap/second-hand office desk that you can strip
the top-off and clean up as a top for your new desk?

They're very rarely solid wood unless they're very old, and thus will
be an unrestorable mess if chipped etc. as they probably will be.

--
Chris Green
·

On Saturday, 9 February 2019 14:01:33 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 09/02/2019 09:12, tabbypurr wrote:
On Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:31:36 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 08/02/2019 22:32, tabbypurr wrote:

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop.

Wood makes quite a good worktop... Natural antimicrobial properties, and
if you use an oiled finish easy to touch in and repair when required.

But not the best to clean & likes to rot. No option is perfect.

Clean much as any worktop. Its not going to rot unless you like leaving
puddles of water on it for extended periods.

Or someone else does. And there lies one problem. And when water gets under the edge of the sink, as it did, the result was a rotting crater. It never cleaned well compared to formica.


NT

If you were that worried, you could use a durable timber like English Oak.

On 09/02/2019 14:01, John Rumm wrote:
On 09/02/2019 09:12, wrote:
On Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:31:36 UTC, John RummÂ* wrote:
On 08/02/2019 22:32, tabbypurr wrote:
On Friday, 8 February 2019 20:16:05 UTC, Chris GreenÂ* wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm
thickness. I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a
worktop, but in 18mm or 20mm[ish] thickness.Â* Is such stuff
available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly
only 100m wide for use as an upstand.

Yes, I found lots of updstands too.


Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html




Ah! That's the first I've seen at 18mm.


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

Even that might be OK, I've found 27mm elsewhere, 26mm is better
(1mm better!).

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop.

Wood makes quite a good worktop... Natural antimicrobial properties, and
if you use an oiled finish easy to touch in and repair when required.

But not the best to clean & likes to rot. No option is perfect.

Clean much as any worktop. Its not going to rot unless you like leaving
puddles of water on it for extended periods.

If you were that worried, you could use a durable timber like English Oak.


Dearly beloved ex rotted through te English Oal worktop in about 10 years

Replaced with granite... thats thin. about 18mm







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too dark to read.

Groucho Marx

wrote:
On Saturday, 9 February 2019 14:01:33 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 09/02/2019 09:12, tabbypurr wrote:
On Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:31:36 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 08/02/2019 22:32, tabbypurr wrote:

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop.

Wood makes quite a good worktop... Natural antimicrobial properties, and
if you use an oiled finish easy to touch in and repair when required.

But not the best to clean & likes to rot. No option is perfect.

Clean much as any worktop. Its not going to rot unless you like leaving
puddles of water on it for extended periods.

Or someone else does. And there lies one problem. And when water gets under
the edge of the sink, as it did, the result was a rotting crater. It never
cleaned well compared to formica.

Formica on chipboard is almost invitably worse than solid wood in my
experience. I guess really expensive stuff like Corian or granite
would survive better but wood does pretty well.

--
Chris Green
·

In article , Chris Green
wrote:
wrote:
On Saturday, 9 February 2019 14:01:33 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 09/02/2019 09:12, tabbypurr wrote:
On Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:31:36 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 08/02/2019 22:32, tabbypurr wrote:

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop.

Wood makes quite a good worktop... Natural antimicrobial
properties, and if you use an oiled finish easy to touch in and
repair when required.

But not the best to clean & likes to rot. No option is perfect.

Clean much as any worktop. Its not going to rot unless you like
leaving puddles of water on it for extended periods.

Or someone else does. And there lies one problem. And when water gets
under the edge of the sink, as it did, the result was a rotting
crater. It never cleaned well compared to formica.

Formica on chipboard is almost invitably worse than solid wood in my
experience. I guess really expensive stuff like Corian or granite would
survive better but wood does pretty well.

Our "Formica�" worktop was installed in 1988. So far, so good.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

In article ,
charles writes:
In article , Chris Green
wrote:
wrote:
Formica on chipboard is almost invitably worse than solid wood in my
experience. I guess really expensive stuff like Corian or granite would
survive better but wood does pretty well.

Our "Formica�" worktop was installed in 1988. So far, so good.

The Formica worktops my father made (albeit back in the days when
Evostick was toluine based) still looked brand-new when they were
taken out 35 years later.

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On 08/02/2019 20:05, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 08/02/2019 19:20, Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness.
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness.Â* Is such stuff available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly only
100m wide for use as an upstand.

Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

veneered 19mm mdf

granbitre.

Make your own from a wood frame tiled?



Yes you can ... but unless you buy expensive resin cast .... as the
wood/laminates gets thinner more likely to warp.
You could make any thickness you want ... buy some WBP PLY and laminate
in finish to suit .... not hard and thousands of laminate finishes to
choose from.

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
charles writes:
In article , Chris Green
wrote:
wrote:
Formica on chipboard is almost invitably worse than solid wood in my
experience. I guess really expensive stuff like Corian or granite would
survive better but wood does pretty well.

Our "Formica?" worktop was installed in 1988. So far, so good.

The Formica worktops my father made (albeit back in the days when
Evostick was toluine based) still looked brand-new when they were
taken out 35 years later.

.... and our wood which is now 20+ years old is the same. They all
last pretty well! :-)

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"Chris Green" wrote in message
...
wrote:
On Saturday, 9 February 2019 14:01:33 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 09/02/2019 09:12, tabbypurr wrote:
On Saturday, 9 February 2019 03:31:36 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 08/02/2019 22:32, tabbypurr wrote:

I wouldn't rush to use wood or wood products as a kitchen worktop.

Wood makes quite a good worktop... Natural antimicrobial properties,
and
if you use an oiled finish easy to touch in and repair when
required.

But not the best to clean & likes to rot. No option is perfect.

Clean much as any worktop. Its not going to rot unless you like leaving
puddles of water on it for extended periods.

Or someone else does. And there lies one problem. And when water gets
under
the edge of the sink, as it did, the result was a rotting crater. It
never
cleaned well compared to formica.

Formica on chipboard is almost invitably
worse than solid wood in my experience.

My Formica on chipboard has lasted for more than 45 years fine.

I guess really expensive stuff like Corian or granite
would survive better but wood does pretty well.

On Sunday, 10 February 2019 14:00:23 UTC, rick wrote:
On 08/02/2019 20:05, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 08/02/2019 19:20, Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness..
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness.Â* Is such stuff available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly only
100m wide for use as an upstand.

Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

veneered 19mm mdf

granbitre.

Make your own from a wood frame tiled?



Yes you can ... but unless you buy expensive resin cast .... as the
wood/laminates gets thinner more likely to warp.
You could make any thickness you want ... buy some WBP PLY and laminate
in finish to suit .... not hard and thousands of laminate finishes to
choose from.

WBP is no longer a legally accepted standard, and is not normally W or B-proof any more.


NT

On Sunday, 10 February 2019 16:57:56 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:

My Formica on chipboard has lasted for more than 45 years fine.

early 70s. Let me guess, brown & purple stripes?


NT

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Rod Speed wrote

My Formica on chipboard has lasted for more than 45 years fine.

early 70s. Let me guess, brown & purple stripes?

Nope, stark white.

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On Sunday, 10 February 2019 14:00:23 UTC, rick wrote:
On 08/02/2019 20:05, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 08/02/2019 19:20, Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote:

All kitchen worktops seem to come in 40mm or sometimes 30mm thickness.
I'm after some wood sheet material, just like a worktop, but in 18mm
or 20mm[ish] thickness. Is such stuff available?

I can see 3m lengths of 20mm thick 'butcher block' but mainly only
100m wide for use as an upstand.

Or this?

https://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/premium-tiger-walnut-worktop-18mm-by-800mm-by-3000mm-wt302.html


Same supplier has 26mm thick in other woods.

veneered 19mm mdf

granbitre.

Make your own from a wood frame tiled?



Yes you can ... but unless you buy expensive resin cast .... as the
wood/laminates gets thinner more likely to warp.
You could make any thickness you want ... buy some WBP PLY and laminate
in finish to suit .... not hard and thousands of laminate finishes to
choose from.

WBP is no longer a legally accepted standard, and is not normally W or B-proof any more.


NT


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