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Burnt Oak Kitchen Work Surface - Help!
My housemate placed a hot pan on our oak worktop. Now there is a large black burn mark on the surface. Should we sand it down and revarnish? Called in a french polisher and he quoted a ridiculous amount and also said that the mark would still be noticeable. Can someone tell me if his is likely?
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Burnt Oak Kitchen Work Surface - Help!
A "Worktop" should be a surface to work on not a surface subject to
scratches or burnmarks. You might consider using Formica or even Stone. If you go through the expense of reworking the Oak and varnishing it it will still be subject to abrasion or heat. Hardly a worktop. "total novice" wrote in message ... My housemate placed a hot pan on our oak worktop. Now there is a large black burn mark on the surface. Should we sand it down and revarnish? Called in a french polisher and he quoted a ridiculous amount and also said that the mark would still be noticeable. Can someone tell me if his is likely? -- total novice |
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Burnt Oak Kitchen Work Surface - Help!
Formica scratches and burns just fine.
While stone or slate might not show damage, just about anything else will if subjected to intense heat. The idea is to keep people from doing things like that in the first place. Frank Arthur wrote: A "Worktop" should be a surface to work on not a surface subject to scratches or burnmarks. You might consider using Formica or even Stone. If you go through the expense of reworking the Oak and varnishing it it will still be subject to abrasion or heat. Hardly a worktop. |
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Burnt Oak Kitchen Work Surface - Help!
In article , total novice
wrote: My housemate placed a hot pan on our oak worktop. Now there is a large black burn mark on the surface. Should we sand it down and revarnish? Called in a french polisher and he quoted a ridiculous amount and also said that the mark would still be noticeable. Can someone tell me if his is likely? -- total novice Here's what I'd do (YMMV): Buy a circular piece of stone/granite or whatever that is slightly larger than the burn mark. Route out a circle about 1/32 or so larger than the stone (and about 1/8 inch less deep). Drop in the stone. Walk away. Lou PS: You will never like the sanding/varnishing/ refinishing - it will never look right. |
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Burnt Oak Kitchen Work Surface - Help!
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:32:16 +0000, total novice
wrote: My housemate placed a hot pan on our oak worktop. Now there is a large black burn mark on the surface. Should we sand it down and revarnish? Called in a french polisher and he quoted a ridiculous amount and also said that the mark would still be noticeable. Can someone tell me if his is likely? If you sand the whole thing down enough it will be gone. Don't go crazy just sanding that one spot or you'll have a depression there. -Leuf |
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Burnt Oak Kitchen Work Surface - Help!
If you have, or can find someone with a match cutting inlay router,
find a nice piece of contrasting hardwood [Maple, Cherry]? and make a 1/4" thick decorative inlay over the burnt area. A leaf would make a nice pattern, or a dog, or . .? Bugs |
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Burnt Oak Kitchen Work Surface - Help!
You could use a torch and char the rest of the surface to match, then sand
smooth and finish. It will be darker, but will look nice and will be slightly more tolerant of setting hot things on it. steve "Bugs" wrote in message oups.com... If you have, or can find someone with a match cutting inlay router, find a nice piece of contrasting hardwood [Maple, Cherry]? and make a 1/4" thick decorative inlay over the burnt area. A leaf would make a nice pattern, or a dog, or . .? Bugs |
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