Birch bark for backsplash

[ozarkgem]

I am a rustic nut. I have been trying to come up with something different for the my cabinet back splash. I got a brainstorm this morning to use birch bark. Any one have any experience using birch bark for anything. Thinking of gluing it and using birch limbs for trim. I will have to find a source for Eastern birch. We have the wrong kind here.

[sprucebunny]

I've glued it on to furniture fronts but I don't think it will either wash well or take a washable finish well.
If it's just a dry cabinet, go for it  ;D

[ozarkgem]

so you can't use a polyurethane for similar finish on it?

[sprucebunny]

Real white birch bark is dusty feeling and not shiny.
Maybe flat urethane ??? But it's very 'peely' stuff so no telling if it would stay put.

The thing I made is the front of a built in TV table and looks ok after 8 or so years .
Definately bachelor furniture  :D

[ozarkgem]

so does it flake off over time? Was going to use if for the cabinet doors also. Maybe.

[sprucebunny]

It hasn't peeled or anything but we never dust or wash it  ;)
It probably gets vacuumed every couple of years.

[69bronco]

so does it flake off over time? Was going to use if for the cabinet doors also. Maybe.
[It wont flake unless it is being handled. I have had good luck spraying doors and panels with a flat/satin sealer. Don't think I would use it on a backsplash./quote]