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From: briand@tekig1.UUCP (Brian Diehm)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Re: dishrack finish
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Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 13:11:22 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 11 13:11:22 1985
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> What's a good finish for a wooden dishrack for wet dishes?

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A couple of choices:

1)  Mineral oil, available at your local drugstore (if he's a GOOD pharmacist
    he'll tell you when you take it up to the counter that as a laxative it's
    not really very good for you. . . :-) )

2)  Behlen's Salad Bowl Finish, available mail order from places that carry the
    rest of the Behlen's line of finishing products.  Try Trend Lines or Mason
    & Sullivan.  This product is specifically for wood products to be used
    around food, such as salad bowls.

These are both oil finishes.  The longevity of the item will depend upon how
well oiled it is kept.  However, this is probably better than a hard finish,
which water will eventually irreparably damage.  At least with oil, when the
water starts to take out the finish all you need to do is THOROUGHLY dry the
item and oil it again!