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9th August 2015, 10:40 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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finally made a board. / trivet
It's always annoyed me getting hot dishes out of the microwave.
So I made a board out of spotted gum and Vic ash. That fits under the door.
So far so good. Think it ended up 14mm thick.
Finished with hard shellac
my wife seems happy
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9th August 2015, 11:06 PM #2Taking a break
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Nice work. I'm interested to see how the shellac holds up to the heat/moisture of hot dishes.
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9th August 2015, 11:24 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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That's part of why I've done it to see how long the shellac go. If it goes alright over the next few months I'll coat the other boards the same but have not finished the other 2 boards
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10th August 2015, 10:52 AM #4Frequent Learner
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I thought the same thing as @elanjacobs when i saw this. I've seen traditional french polish turn opaque when a pizza box was placed on it for 5min and that's just shellac isn't it? I guess it makes for a good experiment though as you've noted, easy enough to re-finish with something else if it doesn't work out.
Nice job.
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Well so far so good. Cooked rice 22 minutes in microwave. And left corning ware bowl on board till it cooled down. Not a blemish in the finish!
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3rd September 2023, 12:24 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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Well the board still looks good with the hard Shellac.
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3rd September 2023, 08:00 PM #7
It's not often you see a follow up post like this, thanks for the update. Can you remember how many coats, brushed/wiped etc?
Been thinking of trying the hard shellac.Cheers, Bob the labrat
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