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From stunning kitchen countertops to safe and sensible food prep surfaces for culinary professionals to sturdy industrial workbench tops—discover why wood just works.

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Bally Block Butcher Block Countertops

Bally Block butcher block countertops combine timeless beauty with exceptional durability, making them a great choice for kitchens, islands, workspaces, and more. Crafted from high-quality hardwoods, Bally Block countertops offer a warm, natural look that complements both traditional and modern designs. With proper care and maintenance, they provide a long-lasting, functional surface that can be sanded and refinished over time to keep it looking beautiful for years to come.

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Bally Block Butcher Block Workbench Tops

Bally Block butcher block workbench tops are built for durability, strength, and dependable performance in demanding work environments. Crafted from quality hardwood, these workbench tops provide a solid, stable surface for workshops, garages, commercial spaces, and DIY projects. Their natural wood construction offers a classic look while allowing the surface to be sanded and refinished over time, making Bally Block a long-lasting choice for a wide range of work applications.

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Emmet's "Good Stuff"® Wood Finish

Emmet’s “Good Stuff” is an easy-to-use urethane gel that is compatible with our DURAKRYL 102 finish. Developed as an aftermarket finish to reseal areas that have been cut or modified for custom installation by a contractor; to touch up a worn block; or to completely refinish a top.

Formulated with fast drying synthetic oils, Good Stuff is designed for easy application with a lint-free cloth or rag. It’s crystal clear satin finish will enhance the natural beauty of wood while offering an outstanding protective finish that is resistant to moisture and most solvents. Please follow the instructions on the can for application instructions.

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Maple Butcher Block

Hard maple is a strong and dense wood with a fine grain structure, perfect for a sturdy butcher block work surface. Colors vary from clear blonde and light brown sapwood to more reddish-brown tones in the heartwood. Maple continues to be a popular choice for today’s kitchen and bath designs for its aesthetic versatility—fitting into both modern to classic motifs.

Color: Blonde and light brown to reddish-brown. Close, faint grain pattern. Uniform texture.

Janka Hardness Scale Score: 1450

Black Walnut Butcher Block

Often considered a more traditional wood species, black walnut has been hugely popular in modern contemporary design. Black walnut is favored for its rich and stunning chocolate tones and ability to play well with other materials, finishes and textures—providing a more layered, interesting room. American black walnut grows “in our backyard”, reducing costs, shipping distances and environmental impact.

Walnut can have significant color variation in its natural state. Sap staining can be specified to balance the lights and darker tones for additional consistency.

Color: Chocolate brown with light to white color variations. Diverse grain pattern.

Janka Hardness Scale Score: 1010

EcoLyptus® Butcher Block

EcoLyptus, or lyptus, is a certified “green” wood. This fast growing, renewable wood is grown on plantations using a method of forestry that more closely resembles farming than commercial logging. Ultra hard and dense, lyptus has proven to be the perfect material for hardwearing butcher block surfaces. Its exotic, dramatic color adds depth and makes a bold statement in any design plan.

Color: Deep reddish-brown. Warm tones with a tight, fine grain pattern.

Janka Hardness Scale Score: 1550

Cherry Butcher Block

American cherry is a timeless classic wood, popular in early American furniture design. Today, cherry is one of the most popular choices for kitchen and bath cabinetry, thus making it a natural choice for a butcher block surface. Softer than many of the other species we offer, cherry is completely suitable as a functional work surface, but is most prized as an accent to add depth to design.

American cherry is grown and harvested in proximity to our manufacturing facilities, thus reducing cost, shipping and environmental impact.

Color: Rich amber to reddish-brown tones. Satiny, fine texture. Straight-grain pattern

Janka Hardness Scale Score: 950

Red Oak Butcher Block

Red Oak is a proven timeless mainstay for interior designers. Favored for its distinct and pronounced grain structure, oak creates a rich and textured butcher block surface. Colors range from golden-brown to salmon, making it popular in traditional and rustic design themes.

Color: Tan and golden-brown to salmon color. Distinct and coarse grain structure.

Janka Hardness Scale Score: 1290

Ash Butcher Block

White ash is characterized by saying it is the “woodiest” of all the species offered. The distinct grain, bright golds and pale yellows make white ash a showstopper – popular in modern contemporary furniture design. Ash offers beautiful contrast with darker, yet complementary materials and finishes.

Color: Light blonde and pale yellow to light brown. Straight, consistent grain pattern.

Janka Hardness Scale Score: 1320

Teak Butcher Block

Teak butcher block is perhaps the most exotic, with its remarkable color variations and prominent grain features. Stunning and rare, a teak butcher block top will get your dinner guests talking. Our teak comes from sustainable sources.

Color: Highly varied light-to-dark brown. Satiny. Unique grain characteristics.

Janka Hardness Scale Score: 1155

Finish Options

Standard Factory Finishes

Durakryl 102®

Our standard finish on countertops, islands, commercial foodservice tops, workbench tops and locker bench seats is DURAKRYL 102, a proprietary urethane-based satin finish. It is food-safe, resistant to stains and most solvents, and cleans up with warm soapy water. Stubborn spills or stains can be removed with nail polish remover.

DURAKRYL 102 resists marring, is moisture resistant, and meets the test requirements of the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing Association (KCMA).

The formulation, when cured, leaves an inert film. The constituents of the cured film have been tested by an independent university laboratory and found to be non-toxic. The film is approximately 95% cured during the manufacturing process and 100% cured within two weeks of manufacture. Only inert film is present on installed tops as manufactured.

DURAKRYL 102 has been tested against many common household and industrial products. The results are listed as passed or no effect (P) and failed or moderate to severe effect (F). A moderate effect would be a softening or discoloration of the finish.

Rubbed Oil

Our standard finish on butcher block cutting boards, chopping blocks and specialty boards is mineral oil. Mineral oil has been the traditional finish used by butchers for over a century to keep their blocks looking and functioning at their best.

All Wood Welded® butcher block products with a rubbed oil finish are fabricated with a generous coating of oil. Mineral oil penetrates the block, thus sealing the pores of the wood, inhibiting moisture penetration and extending the life of the block.

While mineral oil is a fine finish, it does require occasional maintenance. It is possible that the block may have dried during storage and shipping, thus we recommend re-oiling the board prior to its first use. Maintenance thereafter depends upon the environment and the amount of use. When the block begins to look dry and “chalky”, the block should be re-oiled. Pure mineral oil can be purchased at your local drug store. We DO NOT recommend using any oil made of vegetable or animal fats, as these types of oils run the risk of going rancid and can be a health issue.

Wood Welded has also developed, Emmet’s Elixir, a product specifically for oiled cutting surfaces. Emmet’s Elixir is an all-natural anti-microbial cutting board conditioner made of food-safe mineral oil and beeswax.

Unfinished

Wood Welded butcher block is also available unfinished. Unfinished butcher block comes without our standard 1-year warranty. The reason for this is that wood is hygroscopic, meaning its moisture content will constantly fluctuate. A finish stabilizes the moisture content of the block. Without finish, the wood can end-check and warping can occur. If you choose to take delivery of an unfinished butcher block, the quality of the block is every bit as high as our finished block, and as long as a finish is applied immediately, the block will function as intended. Note: the longer the block goes unfinished, and the greater the difference in environment, the greater the chance the block will develop problems. This is natural to wood and is not a manufacturing defect.

Aftermarket Finishes

Emmet's Elixir Wood Conditioner

Emmet’s Elixir is an all-natural, anti-microbial formulation of beeswax and food-safe mineral oil that is ideal for our unfinished and rubbed oil butcher block products. This easy-to-use, cream-based conditioner provides a protective sealant and restorative luster. It is designed to penetrate the wood and give the surface a seal of wax to prolong the period of time between re-oiling. The clean rosemary-lemon scent is also an anti-microbial agent.

Emmet’s Elixir Wood Conditioner is an aftermarket product. It is the only cutting board conditioner certified by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF®), making it approved for use in commercial foodservice operations. Available in 4 oz., 16 oz., and 1 gallon units.

Emmet's "Good Stuff"® Wood Finish

Bally Block offers a wide array of Custom Options:

Custom Configurations Available (Contact Us for Details)

Width/Depth: 6" to 48"
Length: up to 144"
Thickness: 1 1/2″, 1 3/4", 2 1/4", 3"
Lamination: Edge-grain
Edge Types: Square, Radius, Bullnose, Ogee
Finishes: Durakryl 102™, Rubbed Oil, Unfinished

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