That’s a great idea, thank you! I’ll try that tomorrow

No it’s not messy at all, I just thought it would be! I’m using sponge applicator things and then buffing with a cloth to remove excess so I think that part’s all good :) Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it!

The edges have remained quite shiny where they haven’t been used / touched much so I think it is just the finish on this oil. I don’t know if they used a different treatment but in the other parts of the kitchen the worktop I’ve treated now looks much more like the edges so I guess it was similar at least. I think it looks more glossy there than it is when it dries as it’s still wet

Thank you, I definitely will - I was scared to do it for some weird reason, I thought it would be really messy and dusty and I have kids with additional needs so I was scared to start. It’s really easy though so that’s fine :)

Thanks, really appreciate the advice. I know from the other parts of the kitchen it will look different in 6 hours when it’s properly dry anyway so will see and take it from there! It’s a lot more obvious when it’s wet still

That’s super helpful, thank you. Happy to keep applying. I did a bit more work for the denibbing pad as I think maybe some of the bits weren’t as smooth as they could be but don’t think it’s made much difference to be honest.

Apologies for incorrect terminology - I didn’t install it, so I’m guessing really!

Thanks so much for your reply - I added some photos here https://www.reddit.com/user/Laurenhynde82/comments/10o6ofd/worktop_issue/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Other parts of the worktop were also worn (some more so) before I started and didn’t have this issue so I’m worried I cocked up either cleaning or sanding or something! Will try the kitchen towel idea, thanks for that :)

ETA: they were newly installed when we moved in and all nicely consistent - it was definitely overdue so it may be that we’ve just left it too long and the whole section needs refinishing. It’s just weird that I didn’t have the same issue on the other counters which had similar patches due to higher traffic

I don’t live in your country, but hopefully you understand the difference between a “right” and a “constitutional right”. Bragging that the same rights afforded to women in far less developed countries aren’t in your constitution isn’t the mic drop you seem to think it is.

Right, your constitution has never been wrong about anything - that’s why it has never been amended! Oh…

You are incredibly ignorant and incredibly wrong. Care to share where your knowledge of pregnancy and abortion comes from? I’m going to take a wild guess you don’t work in maternity - handily enough I do.

Abortion absolutely is healthcare. Do you know even remotely what you’re talking about it? Do you know abortifacients are used when a miscarriage does not happen fully, when there’s an ectopic or extra uterine pregnancy, when a pregnancy cannot be continued for maternal or foetal medical reasons?

Do you understand the risks to a woman’s life and long term health where pregnancy is concerned, especially a complex or high risk pregnancy?

Do you know that abortion laws in some states are preventing doctors from treating women with intrauterine death, risk of sepsis, women who need chemotherapy or urgent abdominal surgery or other conditions not compatible with continuing pregnancy, or extremely early labour well before the point of viability even though those babies cannot survive?

Are you saying that 98% of pregnancies are consensual and planned? If so, there wouldn’t be much call for abortion would there, aside from termination for medical reasons, so why restrict it? Obviously you’re absolutely incorrect on that point, of course - but we can get into a discussion on how pregnancy occurs and therefore who is in control of that if you like.

It’s entirely disingenuous to say that the reasons are not religious, as you well know.

Bodily autonomy isn’t affected by restricting abortion? You just keep digging yourself deeper. American government is literally limiting access to healthcare for women for ideological and religious reasons. As has been demonstrated in the last few months, those who achieved this limitation do not wish to stop at restricting abortion access (and there is now clinical data on how the change in law has risked the lives of women unnecessarily). So arguing that America is not heading down a road where rights are curtailed and risked due to religious beliefs is ignoring the obvious, no matter how dismissive you wish to be.

No, thank you for completely diminishing the impact on American womens’ bodily autonomy, and denying that this is a remotely concerning move.

The term gaslighting is over-used on the internet, but this really does take the cake.