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Waterstones on top of particle board? :/

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KennyB

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So I just set aside a nice place in my garage to start working on knives...

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Problem is pretty clear: The table top is 1" thick particle board. That's a problem 'cause I wanted to be able to use my benchstone, but I'm worried about the board soaking up the water and getting all warped--I use to have a table that was particle board and this happened to it eventually.

Anyone have any ideas to maybe treat/seal it so water on the top won't hurt it? Also thinking about just going and getting a square yard ( or so ) of some type of sheet metal to just put down since I'll probably be needing a work surface.

Ideas?
 
Epoxy the surface or re-surface with a non permeable covering. MDF soaked up water like a sponge and you would likely have mold in 48 hours.
 
knifenut1013 said:
Epoxy the surface or re-surface with a non permeable covering. MDF soaked up water like a sponge and you would likely have mold in 48 hours.
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Oh yeah, didn't even think about mold! But yeah, looks like I'll have to fashion something up. Needs to have a raised border so the water doesn't simply run off... Maybe I'll just set my stone-holder on an old platter or something. :D
 
There's a ton of options you can choose from, it's all a matter of how in depth your want to get into. You could simply use a spar-urathane that would stand up to the water or an epoxy of some sort that would stand up to any chemicals that you could throw at it short of a paint stripper. It comes down to cost and how labor intensive you want to go.
 
I doubt many finishes will stick to the oil-soaked top. I would screw 3/8" plywood down, and then use peel and stick vinyl tiles on top of that.
 
They make a lot of different contact papers - some are fairly tough. The peel and stick tile over contact paper should be pretty waterproof.
 
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