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Stain grade wood recommendation for bathroom vanity top...
Looking for suggestion for a durable stain grade wood for bathroom
vanity top. The bathroom is shared by 4 kids so it gets a fair bit of use and abuse, including all the usual soap scum, toothpaste, water puddles, etc. For durability, I plan to clear-coat the top (after staining) with several thin layers of West System Epoxy resin & 207 special coating hardening. Since I need to stain the top quite dark to match the existing vanity, I imagine that the character of the wood is less important than durability and suitability for the bathroom environment. My initial thought was to use either cherry or white oak -- and was leaning towards white oak since it is harder and a little less expensive though perhaps cherry will be prettier(?). My sense is that cheaper woods like pine or poplar even if I could get away with them due to the dark stain color, would be too soft. I'm willing to get a reasonably priced wood since most of the true "cost" will be my labor, but since it is a kids bathroom and since the vanity itself is nothing special, I don't want to go crazy on fancy or exotic species. Any thoughts? |
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