How To Finish Wooden Spoons
Use it for a touch up on spoons it is a finish that builds up layers fast.
How to finish wooden spoons. It also has a a very slight fresh sweet smell. Even though I had high hopes it would provide a tough barrier to. Butcher block olive peanut or vegetable oil.
There are two kinds of finishes. It may be silly no it is silly but not using sandpaper can be a source of pride for woodworkers of all stripes spoon carvers included. It creates a non-toxic finish that resists water and alcohol.
I wouldnt use beeswax for anything you plan on using near heat. Finally you can burnish it with a piece of metal rod antler horn basically anything hard than the wood. The film-forming finish is going to chip crack and with use in a very short time going to become a mess.
Just a damp rag rubbed over the spoon should raise the grain then you can sand with the 600 grit. It didnt soak in and after letting it sit and buffing off the excess the surface still felt waxy. Do not let them soak for a long time in water and never put them in the dishwasher which will cause the wood to deteriorate quickly.
Youve now sealed your spoons with milk. Applying the wax was a slippery affair like slathering your wooden spoon in hair molding paste. To get 10 off a site of your own vis.
Make sure youre using skimmed milk as its the milk fats which lead to that spoiled milk smell. Give the oil several hours to soak in. You can use polymerized tung oil if thats whats available and I occasionally.
