Wooden worktop for the kitchen in a rustic style
The smell of strong coffee in the morning fills the cozy kitchen. It wants to be all the time, inhale the aroma of freshly prepared food - fried meat, mushroom soup, sweet freshly baked muffin. Here I would like to meet in the evening for a leisurely conversation after work, spend the weekend in pre-dinner chores for the family, or just sit, when home already asleep, with a cup of herbal tea. Yes, right here behind this wooden top kitchen - warm, cozy, welcoming... and it seems to be eternal.
Cozy design kitchen island using a wooden worktop
Content
- 1 Practicality and durability?
- 2 Oil, wax or varnish?
- 3 Video: Oil for working surfaces on larch
Practicality and durability?
Wooden table top - one of the most successful solutions for the kitchen, practical and convenient
How to make a practical and durable countertop? Both these qualities initially laid on the step of selecting a wooden surface.
Table top should be well sanded and treated with a special composition before operation
What to look for when choosing a kitchen surfaces made of wood?
- You can not use veneer, MDF, particle board, can only be a natural tree.
- Has the meaning:
- the age of the wood;
- place cutting;
- storage conditions.
- Products made of plywood more flexible and resilient than counterparts from solid wood.
- Correctly chosen cover will protect the tree in the harsh environment in the kitchen. Before we cover the wooden countertop oil or other suitable structure, it is worth exploring the available range of coatings and their properties, especially. Even better - to test the chosen remedy on a small piece of wood.
- It is necessary to clearly define the methods of surface care, the possibility of recovery in the event of damage.
For wood countertops are choosing hardwood
Wooden worktop must be smooth, durable, resistant to moisture, temperature cut. The product of the harder rocks last longer. Classic versions of kitchen worktops - oak or beech. More democratic countertops made of ash, pine, walnut, birch.
Since the tree is not water resistant material, part of the countertop adjacent to the sink, can be replaced by a surface of artificial stone
Well suited larch. Its dense wood is resistant to mechanical damage, deformation. Gum in larch wood prevents the growth of fungi, rotting, such properties are ideal for complicated cooking conditions. Larch has an important property, or to give up moisture when humidity conditions change.
A great option for countertops - raw piece of wood
Advantages of wooden surfaces before other types:
- environmental friendliness;
- beautiful texture;
- a variety of colors, shades;
- ease in handling, unlimited possibilities for creating different shapes, edge trim, with different frezerovok;
- ease of updating and repair.
Glued worktop made of wood planks
Do not forget about the shortcomings:
- It requires more care than for other types of surfaces
- require periodic restoration;
- the high cost of material, expensive work on his treatment.
Countertops made of wood should be protected from moisture, so it is not soaked and did not appear fungus
In the case of the tree should be remembered that all the difficulties of his selection, maintenance and repair will be compensated by the comfort, beauty and extraordinary feeling of comfort in the room the kitchen.
Worktop of solid wood dining table
Oil, wax or varnish?
Care and proper use of wooden worktops prolong her life
Qualitatively, the coating compositions give good wooden worktop beautiful appearance, protect against moisture, corrosive detergents.
To tabletop lasts longer and retains the form do not cut anything directly on the tree and check the area to fire resistance and heat resistance
The cover countertop of wood, to serve as long as possible and still be beautiful?
- Oil, wax.
- Alkyd coatings.
- Latex compositions.
Depending on the coating, the same type of wood looks different: a polyurethane gel, glossy lacquer, wood oil
Ideal impregnating oil, oil-wax. Oil, saturating the wood structure that gives it water-repellent properties. When high-quality processing of a good oil to wax worktop is resistant to household chemicals, cleaning agents, which are often used for washing utensils.
An ideal variant protect wooden worktops is bio-impregnation on the basis of natural oils and beeswax
Apply the oil coating must either brush or cloth evenly over the whole plane
Special oil for the impregnation of wood, which is in contact with the food, provide environmentally friendly processing.
Oils for processing wooden worktops may be vegetable, synthetic or mineral
It is possible to apply a colored glaze, stain, and other water-dispersion coating, followed by coating a varnish. Important properties of the varnish used, its resistance to moisture, multilayer coatings.
varnish treatment option is better, because the wood is covered with a protective layer, which is superior to a lot of strength in the oil protection
Quality coating is carried out in several layers - in two or three - regardless of the paint composition. Do not be confused, alkyd and acrylic coatings. Before we cover the basic composition of the countertop, it is important to choose the correct ground.
Preparation for varnishing wooden table
It is possible to use a primer that matches the natural color of the wood, or colored primer that matches the color of the varnish, which will be covered with trees
Tip!
For maximum stability of the coating need to be updated after one year of application. Means for "addiction" to the surface requires time at different temperatures. When exposed to external conditions microcracks occur on the coating surface are visually indistinguishable. It would therefore be useful to slightly roughen the top layer and apply a new layer of the same composition.
Grind and causes the surface layer of varnish along the wood fibers
Beech wood before and after treatment: Left - raw beech, in the center - after treatment with white butter, right - oil varnish
coating quality can be tested in the following way: put on the table a few drops of water and watch how fast they are absorbed. Good coating has excellent water repellency.
Exposure to water can only be short - otherwise the wood will have to be sanded and re-coated with wax
It is important to take into account the drying time of the compositions, it can vary from a few hours to several days. Natural oils, acrylic mixtures have a long drying period or the strength gradually accumulate over time, so it is important to limit the drying period countertop operation.
From scratches, mechanical action to protect wood paint or oil compositions is not possible, so the output is only one - to treat wooden top possible care.
Wooden worktops - the perfect solution for modern kitchens
Easy negligence wooden surfaces give the kitchen... humanity. Is not that what we value the most? Humanity... the Kitchen? Why not?
Place the tree can be found in the kitchen of any style, the only important thing right approach to business
Wooden worktops in the kitchen, it's a beautiful and high-quality material, which will decorate your kitchen