12-22-2015, 12:14 PM
I was wondering you any of you guys had a beeswax mineral oil recipe for cutting boards or if most you guys just used mineral oil.
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12-22-2015, 12:14 PM
I was wondering you any of you guys had a beeswax mineral oil recipe for cutting boards or if most you guys just used mineral oil.
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12-22-2015, 01:08 PM
This is what I did when I made cutting boards for presents a few years ago.
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12-23-2015, 02:31 AM
Quote: This. It's not critical, you just want it to come out as a sort of thick oily paste that you can spread around and rub into the surface. Not enough wax, and it's more like just putting oil on the board, which does no harm anyway. Too much wax and it wont spread, that's easy, add more oil until it does.
12-22-2015, 07:07 PM
If you don't want to make your own, this is a product I have used for bowls and cutting boards.
https://www.hollandbowlmill.com/xcart/home.php?cat=2
Brian
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12-23-2015, 08:42 PM
Every time I post a recipe other than mineral oil I get some EPA freak telling me that my recipe could be poisonous if ingested in sufficient quantities. So, I stopped doing that. Funny thing, I'm still alive.
pssstt... So is Brian.
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12-23-2015, 10:06 PM
Edwin Hackleman said: I hear that Hydrogen Dioxide can be fatal if you ingest too much of that as well. ![]()
12-24-2015, 07:25 PM
Edwin Hackleman said: I use walnut oil in my mix. Let all the haters hate! Mineral oil, walnut oil and bees wax. I also use a heat gun to melt it in as best as I can without weakening the glue.
12-23-2015, 11:01 PM
I always use 9 parts of mineral oil, to each part of wax. My reasoning is the mineral oil you want to completely saturate the wood, just not get onto the outer surface. The wax sort of seals things over, so in greater quantities I feel it hampers the absorption of the oil. If I was going to finish with just one of these products it would just be the oil, so for me it is much more important it do it's job fully. Just my $0.02
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12-26-2015, 07:03 PM
I've used the paraffin wax and MO solution many times. It's pretty hard to screw it up. I use a dedicated Bunn brand coffee warmer with an old coffee cup to warm it up. Works like a charm. I start with more MO in the solution compared to wax in hopes it will saturate deeper. After a couple coats I'll up the wax content to where it starts to become quite "pastey" on the last coat. Buff it to a shine. My favorite finish for a cutting board and it's easily renewed. What's even better, on a thicker end grain board, is to take the board back down to the work bench and give it a quick resurfacing with the low angle smoother or jack. Then hit it again with the finish. The board will look brand new again and your wife will look at you like you're amazing......for about 10 seconds.
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