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  • I used danish oil once or twice a year and other oils in between

    I'm with DH on this.

    You wouldn't accept re-hanging shelves or re-groutting once or twice a year.

    Madness.

  • No I would not be rehanging shelves once a year, or re-grout either. But wood needs oil to protect it from the water and if once a year (OK this is me to keep near 100 years old worktop looking good) or perhaps once every 2-3 if done properly first time is a small price to pay to have nice kitchen.

    Do you clean your bike less than once a year? Do you use any polish/wax etc on it? Same for your car if you own one? You don't shop for clothes in Primark I hope, as that would be....well telling me all.

  • You don't shop for clothes in Primark I hope, as that would be....well telling me all.

    Wow.

    I mean, your first post was right up there with it's patronising tone, but this one is amazing.

  • If I had to wipe water off my car/bike and oil them once a month to stop them rotting, I’d say they weren’t fit for purpose either.

    I don’t even think wood looks particularly nice in a kitchen.

  • None of your examples are analogous.

    My car won't leak if I don't wax it. I wouldn't respray it every year.

    I ride a bike so little that I barely maintain it. However, I do change the oil and service the brakes, charge the battery, etc. on my motorbike regularly. The oil is done possibly more often than necessary.

    However, as far as I can see a work surface has two pretty simple jobs and cannot be compared with a complex engine.

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