Are gas stoves supposed to produce a sticky residue?
It’s bad wood. It also happens in bathrooms. Bad primer, using the wrong wood, heat and steam make it weep.One of these kitchens has lots of doo-dads on top of the cabinets (statuettes, decorative plates, etc.) and these get covered with the stuff, too (as does the drywall; no wood involved), so I think we can safely eliminate “bad wood” as a possibility. plasticbags, that excerpt from Chowhound is just great. And jamjam, your answer is really interesting; though counter to all other responses, maybe that’s why I like it. 🙂 This is very educational!
