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What finish for a recycled Walnut table top?

I have stripped the table to natural timber. I now need to find a heat resistant, water resistant, stain resistant finish which will also even put but not cover the variations in colour of the natural grain. I was going to use Tung Oil but I need a darker finished product. How can I do this using food safe products? Any suggestions? This is what I want it to look like more or less.

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MitchellMc

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @HeatherBee. It's wonderful to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about coating a tabletop.

As soon as you mention "food safe", it drastically limits your available coating options. Are you looking to place food items directly on the surface and use this as a food preparation board? Food-safe coatings are typically used on things like chopping boards. Also, what sort of heat resistance are you looking for? Are you talking coffee mug or pan directly from a stove? Most coatings will allow a coffee mug to be placed down, though it's best to use a coaster. Anything hotter than that will require a trivet.

Some options would be Gilly's 200 ml Food Safe Wax, Gilly's 250ml Chopping Board Oil, Feast Watson 125g Kitchen Timber Wax and Feast Watson 250ml Kitchen Timber Oil.

The oil-based products will send your timber darker, whereas the wax-based product won't. Check out the discussion Foodsafe varnish for chopping board by @dprice1 to see the Gilly's chopping board oil in action.

You'd need to stain the timber to match the look featured in your inspiration image. I'm unaware of any food-safe products that would allow you to do this.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mitchell

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