Serving Tray Care
Every Charis Studios serving tray marries live-edge timber to a hand-poured resin river, finished in our Leo, Indiana workshop and ready for a long life at your table. Here's how to keep both halves beautiful for decades. Questions anytime: we're a quick note away.
The one rule
Resin is for serving, not slicing. Knives will scratch the pour. Pair your tray with a cutting board and they'll both live long lives.
Everyday care
- Hand wash with warm (not hot) water, mild soap, and a soft cloth — never abrasive scrubbers on the resin.
- Dry immediately; never the dishwasher, never the microwave, never a soak.
- Hot dishes and pans get a trivet — always.
The wood half
Your tray's timber wears Rubio Monocoat — a plant-based, food-safe hardwax oil that bonds with the wood itself. When the timber looks thirsty:
- Refresh with Rubio Monocoat Universal Maintenance Oil: a thin coat, a brief wait, then buff completely. Any that lands on the resin simply buffs off — and leaves it shining.
- Skip ordinary mineral oil — it can't bond with a hardwax finish and will interfere with future refreshes.
The resin half
- Cured epoxy is food-safe and exceptionally UV-stable — formulated to hold its clarity and resist the ambering that dulls lesser resins. Its real enemies are heat and abrasion, not daylight.
- Fine haze or micro-scratches buff out with a soft cloth and a dab of plastic polish.
The long view
Built to be repaired, not replaced — re-oiled timber, re-polished resin. A Charis Studios tray in year twenty should look like it has hosted well, not worn out. If yours ever needs more than a home ritual can fix, write to us. We'd rather restore a piece than see it retired.
Caring for a wood cutting board? See the Cutting Board Care guide.
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