Y’all got tips on refinishing hasegawa’s? Or even just cleaning up this god forsaken mold?
And I’ma say it now to clear the air, the pink eraser Hasegawa sells is absolute basura. Me thinks sandpaper and a wooden block works the same, if not better.
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Y’all got tips on refinishing hasegawa’s? Or even just cleaning up this god forsaken mold?
And I’ma say it now to clear the air, the pink eraser Hasegawa sells is absolute basura. Me thinks sandpaper and a wooden block works the same, if not better.
Honestly dude with mine being the white one I hit it with bleach and then run it through the dishwasher. Doesn’t remove all the stains but looks a ton better. And I imagine with multiple cycles = better results obviously.
Woodworking card scraper? Orbital sander?
Bleach the crap out of it. Soak it.
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I was going to say that's just like a Scotch scouring pad but I guess if it has a patent it has to offer something different. Currently OOS.
I'd soak it in bleach and leave it for a few hours and scrub with whatever you have and then wash in hot ass water and soap.
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Failing that get one of these. At least the mould won't show.
What he said;-)
If the core was penetrated, soaking too long may be an issue, but then the board might be near end-of-life.
Look's like its had a good life
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Kinda wabi-sabi, looks like parts of my denka.
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At home I don’t have a dishwasher either I just spray bleach all over it let it sit outside for 30 min then steel scrub+dishsoap. I recommend those rug mats for underneath the cutting board so mold doesn’t fester.
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Etch it w kasumi powder bro. Youre good
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I've never seen one in person, but it appears to be more sanding block than abrasive sponge.
Bleach has worked for me.
I have one, and I'm not a fan. It doesn't clean, it simply sands down the board.
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Ah, cheers. Good to hear from someone that's used it.
Ya know I got one of those guys thinking it would be the same as the "rubber" board and it seems to have a completely different surface? Much more like a typical poly board? Or am I crazy?Failing that get one of these. At least the mould won't show.
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When I was at MTC, I was told that the black was the similar material as the harder brown, as opposed to the softer yellow). I have both the brown and yellow.
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I might be interested anyway tbh. After years of use my hasegawas could use sanding. Especially the one that a coworker used a serrated knife on every day for about a week before I noticed
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I think he owns that now.
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I also was surprised that the eraser block is mereley a sander, a stiff brush and some bleach does wonders IMO but with the amount of black mold showing that may not be enough. I'd be inclined to toss it if bleach does not clean that up.
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At first, I thought that was a stone and @Chang just has really, really small hands.
Hit it with bleach or cleaning vinegar to kill the mold. Then a sander (orbital, belt, palm, won't matter for this--you can get these at junk stores or a cheapie for $20 in amazon). My guess wold be 120, but you'll want to experiment with grit to see what works best. Then wash it a hundred times to make sure the dust is off.
I worked in a kitchen back when where they had all the white bench boards in the whole kitchen re-surfaced. The guy just ran them through a big surface planer and took off 1/8". They came back like new. It was awesome.
Hit it with bleach or cleaning vinegar to kill the mold. Then a sander (orbital, belt, palm, won't matter for this--you can get these at junk stores or a cheapie for $20 in amazon). My guess wold be 120, but you'll want to experiment with grit to see what works best. Then wash it a hundred times to make sure the dust is off.
I worked in a kitchen back when where they had all the white bench boards in the whole kitchen re-surfaced. The guy just ran them through a big surface planer and took off 1/8". They came back like new. It was awesome.
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The only thing thats going to make that board looking good.
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Oh. Thanks for pointing that out. Since he doesn’t seem to be too fond of it I’m open to buying it off him.
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How are the black hasagawa? I have a hasagawa brown PE and a yellow rubber one. Both readily stain. The PE destroys knife edges in short order. I have a black PE Tenryo that is much nicer but lacks the wood core of the hasagawa so it warps in hot water. I was hoping the black hasagawa fixed all these issues but I didn’t want to pickup another edge destroyer.
Soak it with bleach and use some paper towels on it you can dampen with bleach and let soak a long time. Use a Hasegawa cleaning tool and sand it down after using the cleaning side. Sand it and repeat the sequence until it’s better. It looks like it needs a good resurfacing from gouges on it.
I wonder if you could ask a woodworker to run it thru a planer…
Only reason it festered is because of 1) how our pit is set up, there’s a lot of moisture, which is usually fine but then 2) negligence from our shiety dishwasher
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