My High School senior wanted to make a chess set for a friend as a graduation gift. I let him figure everything out and he decided on an end grain board, he liked the look. He is also making the pieces, which is coming out pretty cool, but those are just going to get spray finished.
For the board we didn’t want to use mineral oil like you do on a cutting board. The board won’t get wet or need to be washed, and it doesn’t need to be food grade. It would end up being greasy and won’t need to be refreshed. We were thinking a of a using something that would soak in and harden? On hand we have some Osmo PolyX and General Finishes High performance. Maybe we could just put the Osmo of GF on the surface and just keep adding more as it sucks it into the end grain?
Anyone have any good ideas? Maybe a thin epoxy?
Thanks