Woodworking

[SeanKroll]

I used to work at a wilderness therapy program where everyone ate with sticks. Most people fashioned wooden spoons and/ or forks each week.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

 

[stikine]

You can use Danish oil to firm up spaltet wood.

Oh boy, I'm just waiting for @Burnham to show up with the spalted wood comment.

 

[davidwyby]

What oil do y’all recommend for teak butcher block countertops?

 

[pigwot]

I use this in butcher block.

 

[stig]

Walnut oil.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

For me, it feels weird to use a mineral oil on a food related product, even if it's a "clean" one. "Food grade mineral oil" is a strange association of words, in my mind at least.
But I saw yesterday some vids about making cutting boards. They use the mineral oil too (and then a mineral oil - bee wax compound as a finish).

 

[pigwot]

If you use walnut oil -get the heat-treated, filtered version.
Like Mike Mahoney’s:

UTILITY FINISH OIL - 4 OZ - Bowl Maker Inc.

UTILITY FINISH OIL - 4 OZ. Made from pure California Walnut oil, Mike's Utility Finish oil offers a food-safe way to protect and beautify your turning.

bowlmakerinc.com

 

[Bermy]

Is there some treatment that doesn't result in such a shiny finish? I may be weird, I think it detracts a bit from the final result.
Having said that, what a fabulous outcome for that bit of timber!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Probably like a tung oil

 

[stig]

Danish oil.