Wooden worktops

[daginge]

Having tonight watched the Discovery Shed episode where Tommy and his mate manufacture a kitchen worktop / sink drainer from an old science lab bench top, what if any; are the hygiene implications surrounding making worktops from recycled wood?
Thanks in advance.
DG

[buildersmate]

There are none - one can scrub it clean.
Lab tops I have previously acquired have been made from excellent hardwood - usually solid mahogany.

[Lil O'lady]

I agree with builder that the surfaces scrub clean, but I am personally completely freaked out at the gunge that will inevitably accumulate between basin and worktop.
As food was not being prepared in old science labs this did not matter, but every 'working' kitchen I have seen with wooden tops / belfast sinks has always had a serious and growing grot problem.
If it's a show kitchen or if you only have two tidy people to cater for I expect it will be OK, but in most busy kitchens the sink area is iin constant splashy use with greasy dishes, draining water off food, washing spuds etc and on top of all of that, you will need to spend the end of the evening scouring the b thing with bleach to prevent an outbreak of god know's what. Now THAT's really being chained to a kitchen sink!

[daginge]

Thanks Guys!

[weeal]

I've never liked wood for hygiene reasons, the least wee groove or crack breeds germs

[sn�gs]

^ I feel the same way about wooden chopping boards...

Now isn't that interesting ;-)

[weeal]

Me too snags, its glass for chopping on lol

[sn�gs]

Hey weeal... I like the look of those big, thick, chunky wooden ones...

I guess taking a sander to it every time it has been used is a bit 'overkill'...