Resealing tea tray (thing that catches water)

Duct tape? They have some in bamboo color, I believe. Toci

Can you put something on the inside, so that you're not relying on the bamboo to retain water? Maybe a little tray, or some other sort of internal recepticle.

Toodlepip,

Hobbes

P.s. Isn't the word "recepticle" satisying?

Or silicone............ Shen

If there are no mechanical forces to take care of silicon should do the trick. I´ve been using two-part epoxy for some more critical jobs - waterproof, contact with foods etc... - without any problems so far. I´d be far more concerned about how your bamboo had been treated, due to the great surface area. My tea tray [bamboo] smelled like a paint shop when I bought it, I guess it´s not the only one.

Karsten

I actually have had very good luck with Gorilla Glue, available at any hardware store. It is totally waterproof and I just smear it along the cracks and the edges of the tray. One caveat is that it foams up as it dries, so the inside of your tray will look like crap - like you blew fiberglass into it or something. However I've never had a tray leak after this treatment.

Good luck,

Alex

How about a bamboo or rosewood top and a plastic catcher?

I am not him, I am me, but here are my 2 leaves worth.....

There are several options. There is some sort of a ceramic that many trays are now being made of, then painted to look like wood (

Mike

I think I'm going to try the Gorilla Glue method first. Thanks for the input everyone!