Hi All I’m just thinking about making a chopping board from some oak I have and planned to add some epoxy on it and just wondered if anyone has any tips or advice about adding epoxy to a chopping board or is it a bad idea Thanks in advance Dave

TL;DR, IMO No plastic near sharp and/or pointy things. But plenty of people do it. [image] To Epoxy, or Not to Epoxy? I personally think using epoxy for a cutting board is a bad idea, unless the board is intended for display purposes only. Epoxy is plastic. Plastic scrat…

You can get food safe epoxy. Don’t understand the difference but …

Hey Dave, professional cutting or chopping boards made of wood never have epoxy on it. When kitchen boards are made of plastic, they are made of HDPE because it’s soft enough to not make your knives dull. However, both HDPE cutting boards that have strayed into my household many years ago always …

Hey Alex, [image] FattyLombard: You can get food safe epoxy. Don’t understand the difference but … this means that the epoxy resin is cured in such a way that the final product is not expected to be attacked by the components of food and is classified food-safe. However, this will not help a…

It all sounds like great advice, I’m glad I reached out for comments, I had some doubts about using epoxy on a chopping board that’s why I asked and my doubts have been confirmed, If Oak isn’t the best choice what would be ?, I also need something for red (flowers) & green (Stems) inlay’s Regard…

If you are looking for different colors of wood, here is a good source. Natural Wood - Color Comparison Chart

Hey Dave, I make my cutting boards of european beech which is pretty red. When I make art, I hang it on the wall but I don’t cut around on it :slight_smile: When I see some extraordinary good works here, I would never dare to cut my vegetables on it :slight_smile:

going to print that and hang it on the wall

Walnut and Maple are popular wood for cutting boards, possibly Pauduk or purpleheart for red colored, I think you can dye wood like Maple for green

Using Epoxy on Chopping Boards

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TL;DR, IMO No plastic near sharp and/or pointy things. But plenty of people do it.

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Using Epoxy on Chopping Boards

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