Bioshield Cutting Board and Salad Bowl Finish is made from natural oils that are non-toxic and food-safe so fresh green salads won't end up tasting like chemicals. Now the fact that it is so water resistant is a major plus in terms of sanitation. I usually use 3 to 5 light coats. A good variety of wood was carved as well as a variety of salad bowl finish lowes zip. Counted rings from the slab there. I took a large order for 25 platters in April.

I think she has amazing potential. I have made most of her tools myself they fit better to her hands. This is a Mulberry bowl with a hand carved rim, had a lot of fun finishing this bowl.

It is finished with sanding sealer and GF salad bowl finish. This is a Maple Burl vessel with carved feet. People that have seen this piece have said they see a face on the one side of the vessel. This is a Ambrosia Maple bowl and is probably one of my favorite woods to work with.

I love the coloring In this bowl. This is a very rare piece of local Colorado wood. I call it my Mostly Natural Edge Bowl because while i was creating this piece i pushed it off axis to cut only part of the rim cut flat. The bowl I made was made from Box Elder Burl which can be soft in spots so I used GF's clear sanding sealer first to harden up the grain, I then did my final pass with the gouge to clean up the surface of any Comments Maple Bowl "This maple bowl is sitting on the log it was cut from.

Pretty cool seeing the before and after in the same photo. Maple bowl, 8 inches in diameter and 4 inches deep. Although natural edge bowls can be hard on the knuckles to turn I enjoy turning this type of bowl. This bowl is 17 inches across and 4 inches deep.

This hollow form is 9 inches tall and 8 inches across. The lid was turned out of maple and painted black with high gloss paint. It is 13 inches tall and 6 inches across it also had a twist top lid.

Took a lot of trial and error on cutting the segments to get it to the Mohawk Salad Bowl Finish Zip Code finished piece that is shown. Many many coats of salad bowl finish and lots of sanding but I am very proud of this piece. And the responses to these posts are nearly always the same: Person 1- The best finish for a butcher block is mineral oil. What are you, stupid?!?! Person 3- Mineral oil and wax are the best!

Ok so I am generalizing here for fun, but you get the picture. I have noticed as well that many of the people posing these questions may be doing so because of my advice from Episode 7- A Cut Above. To sum up, I said that my favorite finish for end grain butcher blocks is salad bowl finish aka varnish. But remember my caveat. I said we are NOT trying to build a film.

If you build a film, the film will then be cut by a knife. The cut will allow moisture to seep under the finish and become a wonderful home for all kinds of bacteria. But with my method, you never actually build an appreciable film. Think of it like a vertical bunch of straws that you are filling up with finish.

Within a minute or two, you will notice that finish is actually seeping out of the bottom of the board. This is exactly what we want. At this point, I usually set board on its side and allow it to dry overnight.

I do this times with a light sanding in between each session. You are now starting to develop a film. One last wipe with a clean cloth and call it DONE. So how does a board like this fare in the kitchen? There are two main concerns here: safety and maintenance. A butcher block treated this way will resist water all day long. In fact, on my boards, water tends to evaporate faster than it absorbs.

Mineral oil boards will actually take on moisture much more readily. Adding wax to your mineral oil can certainly help in this area if thats the route you want to go. Now the fact that it is so water resistant is a major plus in terms of sanitation. Remember that the bacteria like the moisture. So the less moisture in the Salad Bowl Finish Butcher Block Countertops Zip board, the better. So how about knife marks? Well like with any board, knife marks will happen. So what happens to my boards?

They get knicked up. They get dulled a little more in the middle where the most action occurs. But after about 18 straight months of usage, my cutting board looks pretty darn good. Apply enough coats to thoroughly seal the surface, softer or open pore woods may need several coats. Allow at least 72 hours curing prior to use with food.

Clean-up with Mineral Spirits. To insure that materials coated with Salad Bowl Finish may be used in contact with food, you must do the following: Apply to raw non-stained wood.

Use as is Salad Bowl Finish is a ready to use product , do not add reducers.

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