Finishing a Butcher Block Desktop
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- I'm going to show you how I finished a Butcher Block Countertop to be used as a desktop. I cover the tools and supplies needed and I'll also share some mistakes I made.
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This video helped me so much, thank you! Trying to do an at-home DIY butcher block desk like this. This is exactly what I needed. I had no idea what to do!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the video! I’m making a desk out of this butcher block too! Hopefully it turns out as nice as yours
I'm sure it will. Just take you time and it will be great. I've been using it for a few months now, and one thing I would differently is I'd take down the edges on the top and bottom. I only took down the edges on the top, so take a bit of time and hit the edges on the bottom.
@@Mannyocrity with sandpaper?
@@chadkrause6574 yes, just knocked the edges down a bit.
I dunno what it is about it but hand rubbed poly looks and feels so nice on real woods and you don't gotta worry about brush marks
For the sanding block, which grit did you go with?
I could not find the installation of the uplift desk base. Do you have that?
Great video. So I bought the same butcher block and the natural color is growing on me. Do you think I can just sand and just put the polyurethane on it?
Absolutely!
Great vid. ! . If I just want the natural color , can I just use it as is? Or do I still need poly?
In the middle of the same project. So far it's looking great. Did you use the factory screws from uplift to mount it?
yes, factory from uplift
Do you have any knowledge / advice pertaining to the polyurethane needing 21 days (for water-based, 30 for oil) to fully cure? I'm trying to go water-based due to not having a proper place to work on this (using a common laundry room / basement area), and that 21 days is brutal if accurate.
Thanks a lot for the breakdown of specific techniques (like the full stroke polyurethane brushing, I had no idea and would have messed that up), very well done!
I used a water-based poly because I also did it in a laundry room/ceiler. Mine was only 2 hours between coats. It was Varathane
@@Mannyocrity 2 hours between coats for the polyurethane, yeah? Varathane keeps coming up, so that'll likely be my route.
What I was referring to, is the "curing" / hardening period for the polyurethane. Apparently it's suggested you wait up to 21 days to actually put things on the desk (monitor arm clamps, desktop tower, etc). Seems kind of excessive with so many DIY setups using them within 24-48 hours, but apparently that's the science behind the drying hardening process.
@@gemfruitgames 21 days is probably for it to be fully cured, but there is usually a time to use. I believe the varsthane is 24 hours.
@@Mannyocrity I appreciate you taking your time to respond, thanks for the info and video.
@@gemfruitgames my pleasure
do you know what kind of finish the polyurethane had?
I believe it was a semi gloss
@@Mannyocrity thank you so much
I have a couple of questions
Do you use mineral spirts if you aren’t staining it? I want to bring the natural colors of my wood out and did you sans your last coat of poly? Thank you!
Mineral spirits is mostly used to clean dust off from sanding. He used it here as a prestain conditioner. You also use it to clean brushes if using oil based poly and stain. So basically sand, tack cloth, prestain, stain, poly, sand, mineral spirits, tack cloth, repeat poly.
What is the use of Mineral Spirits? Not too sure exactly what it’s use is
It is used to clean and treat the wood. It gives the stain a more even look. Without it, the stain will look more blotchy.
How has it held up?
Held up great so far. I have a large mouse pad over most of it, so that helps.
Did you finish both sides?
nope, I just tested the stain color on the bottom side first.
what size block did you get?
74x25x1.5
Dimensions?
6 feet by 2 feet
As a visual learner, having lack of footage for a lot of the steps is pretty meh.
Which steps?
Agreed, as someone who just did this, I made alot of mistakes and am tempted to sand down to bare wood and start over.
It was the poly that I messed up badly. Wish he showed his mistakes and how he fixed them.
I ended up fixing mine with alot of patience and sanding, it's still not perfect but I diluted my poly with mineral spirits which worked WAY better.
@@dylanjmorrison my dad helped me and it turned out great
@@Not_Lewis I JUST did my final coat, idk if oil based is supposed to be harder to work with, but mixing 50/50 poly and mineral spirits and doing twice as many coats is what saved my ass. Luckily the mess up was under the desk and I even managed to fix it mostly. Literally took HOURS of sanding, probably would have been alot easier to start over tbh.
@@Not_Lewis I also had a desk and 2 shelves I messed up, not just a desk.. incase you were wondering how it took hours to sand 😅