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Quickly Made Cutting Board

Very nice. Why did you chamfer the sides? It makes scraping off much easier, but now you can't flip the board. I tend to flip wooden boards, even if sanitised with 30 second spray, if I have cut raw meat or fish on one side and want to cut veg or something cooked on the other.

Nice piece of wood. Expensive over here now.
 
I chamfered the sides to make it easy to pick up and move. Only intend to cut bread and veggies on it. Also my intension is to change the counters using the same material. But don't have enough material, need to source more before I start that project.
 
Very nice. Oddly enough I bought (4 years ago) a lot big planks of birds eye maple and figured sycamore, and several big planks of Wenge (to do edging was my plan) with exactly the same idea in mind: making surfaces for a large kitchen Island and adjacent work surface. (Not my first rodeo - I did this before using genuine teak in previous house and really liked it). Then the female end of the equation decided we are having white polished quartz instead. So now I have a large stock of well seasoned beautiful wood sat there in the workshop awaiting a project (or a buyer I suppose).

Anyway - I really like your board. Good look with the worktop project. That will look stunning. Happy New Year! A
 
I ALMOST didn't look. There is nothing more annoying and tiresome to me than ridiculously ornate and utterly unuseable chopping boards, particularly if they're glossy, and selling for big money. So, I was pleased to see a simple unadorned board. Well done!
 
AJB Temple said:
Very nice. Oddly enough I bought (4 years ago) a lot big planks of birds eye maple and figured sycamore, and several big planks of Wenge (to do edging was my plan) with exactly the same idea in mind: making surfaces for a large kitchen Island and adjacent work surface. (Not my first rodeo - I did this before using genuine teak in previous house and really liked it). Then the female end of the equation decided we are having white polished quartz instead. So now I have a large stock of well seasoned beautiful wood sat there in the workshop awaiting a project (or a buyer I suppose).

Anyway - I really like your board. Good look with the worktop project. That will look stunning. Happy New Year! A
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Thanks Adrian, what do you use as a sanitizer?
 
Mike G said:
I ALMOST didn't look. There is nothing more annoying and tiresome to me than ridiculously ornate and utterly unuseable chopping boards, particularly if they're glossy, and selling for big money. So, I was pleased to see a simple unadorned board. Well done!
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Thanks Mike
 
duke said:
Thanks Adrian, what do you use as a sanitizer?
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I use a spray that I buy in gallon tubs from Nisbetts which is a UK commercial catering supplier and decant into spray bottles. The brand we have is Jantex Pro. Sanitiser comes in various forms, but the stuff sold in supermarkets (not sure of over the pond term) is not effective unless it is left on for quite a while before wipe down. In a commercial kitchen (or domestic + guests in our case) we use sanitiser that only has to be left on for 20 -30 seconds to kill the germs, before wiping down and paper drying. Domestic stuff is much slower (2 mins typically) and is quite hopeless if it is wiped off too soon.

When the local authority food safety inspectors pitch up (unannounced) they check what we are using and they use a UV probe light device to check your boards, worksurfaces, drawer handles, fridges and fridge handles, sink surrounds etc for contamination. They also check the bathrooms.

Wooden boards are fine as they are self healing (especially end grain) and we have several including a butchery block, but we do separate and cleanse obsessively.
 
Most people don't need to obsess over food hygeine. But I have IBS, my sons have Crohns, and I know what food poisoning and allergies and anaphylaxis and coelic issues can do. So we take hygiene very seriously as we also cater for paying guests. It is however, well worth being aware that sprays have an action time. A quick spray and immediate wipe with a domestic spray is not ideal. Wipe. Spray. Leave for a bit (a few mins), then wipe or air dry.

An effective spray can be made with bleach, vinegar and lemon juice (mitigates the smell) and will be far more effective than most supermarket sprays and so called eco sprays. I add a few drops of surfactant (liquid detergent) if I make a spray as well.
 
AJB Temple said:
Very nice. Oddly enough I bought (4 years ago) a lot big planks of birds eye maple and figured sycamore, and several big planks of Wenge (to do edging was my plan) with exactly the same idea in mind: making surfaces for a large kitchen Island and adjacent work surface. (Not my first rodeo - I did this before using genuine teak in previous house and really liked it). Then the female end of the equation decided we are having white polished quartz instead. So now I have a large stock of well seasoned beautiful wood sat there in the workshop awaiting a project (or a buyer I suppose).

Anyway - I really like your board. Good look with the worktop project. That will look stunning. Happy New Year! A
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A buyer you say…
 
That is a nice looking maple chopping board. Not thought of using maple myself but it looks very nice.
 
TrimTheKing said:
A buyer you say…
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Indeed. I would sell it. It's top quality and all came from Exotic Timbers in Tonbridge. Stored sticked and dry and must have been seasoning in my workshop for 4 years after original air and kiln drying.
 
TrimTheKing said:
I might just make a pilgrimage round to yours next time we head to to the MiL then…
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You would be welcome. But bear in mind they are long planks 3m to 4m ish. Mostly quite wide too. Almost all of them have been through the PT prior to sticking up but would require some final prep work depending on the thickness required. Bring the family and have a bite with us.
 
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