I had a cutting board made from some nice wood, but which was starting to lose its bright appearance.
A bit of research later, and I get some food-safe mineral oil and wax to restore the surface. Long story short, I was so impressed by how my cutting board came back to life, now I’m looking for any excuse to touch up all the wood in our house. I don’t even mind if I clean the cutting board and wash off some of the wax, because then I have an excuse to apply another layer. There’s something fun about buffing and polishing a surface.
I’m thinking of getting into woodworking just so I can do this more. I don’t even really want to make anything, just apply a bunch of tung oil to a random plank and then wax it to a shine.
I find polishing my wood a few too many times in close frequency gives me soreness of the shoulders and elbow. Doing a little jerking off first can help loosen up for the important bits.
Whats your tung oil routine?
Solid advice.
This is why I came to lemmy.This is why I came to lemmy.
nice
I love doing this to random items.
I loathe doing this to the deck outside.
Have you been introduced to cast iron?
If not, I think you’ll enjoy it.
Oh yesssss. Get middling quality cast iron, grind it flat, and reseason. A couple of hours of work and you have primo quality cast iron cookware.
Also: you can clean cast iron with soap.
Obligatory mention: !castiron@lemmy.world
Well, that’s an instant subscribe. Thx!
As someone that’s been doing woodworking for the last couple of years: buy a pack of sandpaper of various grits to smooth and watco natural or medium walnut color danish oil to finish. Will cost you like $40 on Amazon or at a hardware store, but will let you see how you like the hobby without having to learn a ton. If you like it, get a saw and a 2x4 and make some simple little household object like a key hook or poop knife. Once you’ve started making handy little things for yourself, you’ll get sucked in and develop a nuanced taste in glues and sandpaper while spending all of your money on the “one more tool I need” and growing to fully occupy all space in the garage. The custom furniture is a nice plus.
Is a poop knife what it sounds like?
Do you not have a poop knife at your house?
What do you use in stead?
Poop hand
No, it’s a specific type of croquet hammer. Don’t worry about it.
I’ve got a bunch of wooden utensils I need to do this to. I’m more of a wax/oil paste guy myself though. Guess I know what I’m up to tomorrow afternoon
Get you some quality wood handled tools. If it has that shiny slick varnish whatever on the handle, scrape that shit off with a sharp knife and season the fuck out of those handles!
Agreed. Did my wood knife handles recently. Gotta do my spatulas, maybe some spoons even.
My wife would love if I did this to her cutting boards. You mind sharing what oils and wax you used?
I got a mixture called “Butcher block conditioner” for food-safe surfaces, and another called “Feed-n-wax” for surfaces that don’t touch food.
Thanks!
Are you me? This is blow-for-blow exactly what has happened to me over the last year or so. I am hanging on by a thread against the desire to get into woodworking, someone send help.
What wax did you use?
I made bbq from scratch a couple days ago. I’m talking boiling the tomatoes down with garlic and onions, brown sugar, fermented tamarinds, little liquid smoke. It’s silly but I enjoyed myself.
Try the barbecue pork shoulder recipe from serious eats, it’s UNBELIEVABLE
See if there is a woodworker you can team up with. Sanding and finishing is loathed and dreaded by us, at least in my carpentry circle. We want the cutting and glueing and clamping jobs.
I have a bunch of magnets and I want to put bumpers on them for protection, and make some kind of sliding puck game. Could this technique shine up something and make it slippery like a shuffleboard surface?
