How To Finish Wooden Spoons
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How to finish wooden spoons. My favorite way of carving inside my workshop- more tools easier techniques. 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.
Youve now sealed your spoons with milk. Milk has a kind of protein called casein that forms a sort of plastic coating. Water has a way of messing with wood causing the wood to expand and then as the wood dries it shrinks and then your really cool spoon splits down the middle.
Butcher block olive peanut or vegetable oil. It also has a a very slight fresh sweet smell. Dunk your utensils in a vat of skimmed milk bring to the boil simmer for a couple of minutes then turn off the heat and let cool.
You can use polymerized tung oil if thats whats available and I occasionally. Dont use food-based oil like vegetable or olive oil since these types of oils can go rancid. Linseed oil is also a more traditional finish for wooden ware in Scandinavia.
The film-forming finish is going to chip crack and with use in a very short time going to become a mess. Repeat the process at least once a month. Doing this right before bed so it can soak up oil all night is probably the best.
I wouldnt use beeswax for anything you plan on using near heat. Use it for a touch up on spoons it is a finish that builds up layers fast. Just a damp rag rubbed over the spoon should raise the grain then you can sand with the 600 grit.