I polyurethaned a trivit for the kitchen, did I screw up?

[Randall J Cox]

I had a neat old slice of a grape vine trunk about 8" in diameter. The wifey said it would make a good trivet for the kitchen. It was so thin I glued it to a 1/4" piece of plywood and gave it 3 coats of polyurethane which really made the grain pop. All our other store-bought trivets are natural wood. Looks great but now I'm wondering what will happen when a hot pot of food is set on it? Will poly stand up to this sort of heat? Randy

[John TenEyck]

Will poly stand up to this sort of heat? Not likely. Arm-R-Seal is really good, some others I tested are really poor. I suggest you put some stand offs on the trivet to avoid direct contact with hot pots/pans.

John

[Bill Conerly]

I've had success with Varathane on a trivet. Maybe put some on a scrap to test.

[Andrew Kertesz]

I have always just used BLO on any trivets I've made....

[Randall J Cox]

BLO? What's that?

[Scott Cenicola]

Boiled linseed oil. Borg carries it