[Greenbuilding] MDF vs Particleboard vs Whatever

[Reuben Deumling]

Alan,


On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Alan Abrams <alan at abramsdesignbuild.com>wrote:

> Nothing like wood for counters.  When I can sell it, we're using urban
> harvest black walnut, which is as beautiful as it is stable (I have a walnut
> vanity top with an undermount sink, made as an durability experiment.  after
> four years of daily exposure to water, it is in great shape.
>
> what do you use to finish these wood counter tops that will see a lot of
water? I used Waterlox recently, and though it works well generally, it
isn't perfect everywhere. And I worked really hard to get a lot of coats on
evenly with drying times between coats, and all the way to the edges of the
sink, etc.

>
> regrettably, I have ripped out countless proprietary (Bally or similar)
> maple butcher block counters that were severely warped and delaminated.
>
When you say butcher block are you talking lots of squares with the end
grain exposed?
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