I am making a potato/onion bin out of knotty pine. What
kind of finish would you use inside the bin, if any?
Should I seal it with something like polyurathane so the
potato juices don't get into the wood, or does that matter?

Thanks,

S.

"samson" wrote:

I am making a potato/onion bin out of knotty pine. What
kind of finish would you use inside the bin, if any?
Should I seal it with something like polyurathane so the
potato juices don't get into the wood, or does that matter?

Fire up your 1" forstner bit and drill lots of holes to insure air
circulation.

I'd include a false bottom full of holes to insure air circulation
underneath taters.

Couple of coats of poly and your good to go.

BTW, make sure you don't try to keep onions and taters next to each
other.

Big mistake.

Have fun.

Lew

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"samson" wrote:

I am making a potato/onion bin out of knotty pine. What
kind of finish would you use inside the bin, if any?
Should I seal it with something like polyurathane so the
potato juices don't get into the wood, or does that matter?

Fire up your 1" forstner bit and drill lots of holes to insure air
circulation.

I'd include a false bottom full of holes to insure air circulation
underneath taters.

Couple of coats of poly and your good to go.

BTW, make sure you don't try to keep onions and taters next to each
other.

Big mistake.

Have fun.

Lew

Thanks, Lew. Much appreciated.

S.

"samson" wrote:

Thanks, Lew. Much appreciated.


Another approach.

Go to Home Depot and take a look at the coated wire baskets use in
closet storage systems.

Consider using the baskets to hold taters, maple side rails, to allow
baskets to slide in/out, attached to pine box.

Again, 3-4 coats of poly on the K/P, wax on the maple.

Have fun.

Lew

On Aug 30, 2:42*pm, samson wrote:
I am making a potato/onion bin out of knotty pine. What
kind of finish would you use inside the bin, if any?
Should I seal it with something like polyurathane so the
potato juices don't get into the wood, or does that matter?

Thanks,

S.

Whatsoever thou doest unto one side of a board, thou shalt do unto the
other. This is the first and greatest commandment. Otherwise thy
board, being differentially treated, shall warp when the humidity
changes, causing all manner of evil.

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samson wrote:

I am making a potato/onion bin out of knotty pine. What
kind of finish would you use inside the bin, if any?
Should I seal it with something like polyurathane so the
potato juices don't get into the wood, or does that matter?

Thanks,

S.
Wouldn't use poly on the inside for fear it would out-gas and flavor the
potatoes. Probably would do the same for the onions as well, but who would
notice. :-)
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