waterlox finish on this 4" thick walnut countertop

Written By Robin Wade

 

Almost all of my tables are finished with multiple coats of a tung oil / linseed oil mix. This is only my second kitchen counter top - the first was for my kitchen several years ago. I finished (the top) with Waterlox tung oil finish for added durability in the kitchen setting. It has worked out nicely, with no maintenance thru the years. So, we are doing the same here with this 4" thick solid walnut countertop. Just like before we are applying 2 coats of Waterlox Original first, then two coats of their matte finish to tone all the gloss down a bit.

Robin Wade
Robin Wade Furniture is a celebration of nature—a melding of a forward thinking commitment to the environment and a quiet, harmonious design aesthetic. From his "slow studio" in North Alabama, award-winning wood artist Robin Wade designs and crafts one-of-a-kind handmade furniture. Years before a piece is ready to enter a client's home or a gallery, the process begins—naturally—with the tree. Sustainably harvested, each specimen of hardwood is flitch sawn into natural-edge wood slabs, debarked by hand with a draw knife, and stacked to dry, usually for years, before the final cure in the kiln. From here, Wade and his team use both hand and power tools to bring Wade's vision to life, and then finish each piece with a hand-rubbed oil blend. Each organic furniture creation by Robin Wade Furniture balances the raw, natural beauty of environmentally, locally sourced hardwoods with minimally invasive, clean lines—a juxtaposition Wade calls both rustic and modern. “I haven’t yet found a better artist than nature,” he says.
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