Either way this is the time of year you can expect almost one forum post a day asking a question about cutting board finishes or food safe finishes.
Wood cutting board finishes.
How to finish and maintain a wood cutting board or butcher block posted on january 29 2014 you ll find thousands and thousands of tutorials and products to help you finish protect and maintain wood food surfaces on the web may it be cutting boards butcher blocks or other surfaces where food is cut.
Mineral oil it is a popular choice when it comes to finishing a wood cutting board because it is colorless odorless flavorless and its prevention of water absorption.
If you ve purchased a wooden cutting board you ll need to apply a finish to prevent the board from becoming damaged with use.
Water won t hurt it and no finish will keep water out anyway after a few knife cuts.
Seems like cutting boards are on everyone s minds these days.
You don t need any finish on a cutting board.
After scores of conversations with chemists regulatory agencies finish manufacturers finishing experts and woodworkers i found that there are a few finishes that everyone agrees are food safe.
A seemingly never ending question concerns how to finish cutting boards.
Nor will the finish continue to look nice after numerous knife cuts.
If you plan to use your butcher block as a cutting board you could conceivably ingest small amounts of the finish and the wood when you use it.
If the cutting board begins to warp due to the water contact on just.
Such kitchenware as a cutting board may be roughly used with metal utensils so consider oil finishes instead of film finishes that have a chance of cracking.
So you may want your finishing material to contain only ingredients that you personally consider to be edible.
A few vegetable based oils were listed previously that can be used as a wood finish.
The first step is to choose your preferred finish.
Beeswax another popular alternative when it comes to finishing wooden cutting boards.
That makes it an adequate finish for items that will not be roughed up like serving trays for example.
Note that there are various types of mineral oils and some are toxic so choose the one that is food safe.
Kitchen utensils bowls spoons platters etc raw meat prep surfaces cutting boards butcher blocks etc eat on surfaces bar tops tables counters etc childrens toys.
You can check some at amazon.
Oil finishes soak into the porous wood surface.
Here are the 4 main project types you should consider using a food safe wood finish on.
Probably because we are all making holiday gifts.
However these food safe wood finishes sometimes called cutting board finishes tend to be the least protective and the great majority are in a kind of limbo with many experts saying most are.
