I made a tofu press and have some Howard butcher block conditioner on hand. Is that enough for a finish or do I need something more?
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I have a related question!
I bought some wood kitchen stuff from an amateur home gamer with a small stand at a fair. The finish is non-existent and it needs more sanding with finer grit... but my issue now is that I don't know how to deeply saturate it with food-safe oils. I slather the stuff on, but it doesn't seem to absorb. I'm more used to using product like orange oil, which woods seem to take well, but that's not food-safe.
Do I need some sort of vacuum chamber to extract the air in the wood fibers and cause the oil to deeply penetrate? Or is there a particular oil that is good about absorbing into wood? I've been using a beeswax/mineral combo which has been fine for cutting boards, but it's not doing the job for the woods in these utensils.
Only sand up to about 200 grit. Any finer and the wood pores get clogged and will make it harder to absorb finish.
Good to know. They may be that fine already; they feel rough, but that could be because there really is no finish at all; they're just dry wood.
Yeah not sure about for curved surfaces, but planing flat surfaces will make it feel super smooth and ready to take a finish. Note that it can also be wood dependent.