butcher block table top outside?
#1
03-26-09, 04:41 PM
butcher block table top outside?
at the risk of sounding like a simpleton i ask any and all for advice on this. i came across an old butcherblock table top and i have had a plan to build a table for my backyard. is there any way to use this outdoors? i live in oregon which means rain, rain, rain and sunshine for a few months. i am open to changing my landscape design to incorperate this if it is possible. so if i have to build a shelter for it than so be it!
#2
03-26-09, 06:37 PM
It depends on what it is made of and what was used for glue. My bet it will fall apart after a short exposure to the elements. And it won't be direct rain, but general moisture of the area, so just putting it under a shelter may not help keep it intact.
#3
03-27-09, 01:47 PM
yeah, i thought that would be the case
i have resigned to the fact that in order to keep it outside i would have to practically encapsulate it in varnish. this option i am still rolling around in my head because the table i origionally planned to build was not going to have a real workable surface, so i will be bringing out cutting boards either way. the difference here is, i will have the nicest picinic table in the county. i still have reservations about doing this and thus rendering the butcher block useless for it's origional intent but perhaps this is it's next carnation.
any experience in this?
any experience in this?
