Knife Knowledge/Knife Basics: Sealing your cutting board!
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- This is a great opportunity for you to see some safe products to seal all your wooden cutting boards. Whether it's end grain cutting boards or edge grain, whether it's made of teak or bamboo or even composite wood, this will help to protect the wood from drying out and from bacteria. We have several recommendations as well as how to apply and store your cutting boards. We have a great product that we want to recommend from 3 Key Outfitters.
UTILITY WAX™
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Several of the cutting boards we have are brought to you from my friend Jack Mazza. You can email me through my social media as well as my email found on my social media icons. Jack can custom make a cutting board for you if you wish.
You can apply that product by hand rubbing the cutting board, using the wax more efficciently vs any rag wich absorb a decent amount of paste. More than that a thicker coat does not mean better as it's supposed to repeat this proces several times ( like 2,3,4 times). Adding a thinner coat is better because the exces of the thicker coat will be removed by sandpaper before applying it again. I do this by applying 1 thin coat of Linseed oil combined with beeswax, dry for 1 day, clean it with a clean rag for the exces of wax, then 400 grit sandpaper the board, apply another coat and so on 2-4 times. The fact that olive oil turns rancid is for me the same reason i do not use it for this aplication no matter what arguments one might add !
Other than that good job with your videos, and keep up with the good work, as we kinfe passionate/enthusiasts allways learn how to become more efficient in what we do, either if it's sharpening, using, testing different techniques, products etc.
It was explained to me by the company that because a person is washing their board with soap and water you're really not gonna have time for the olive oil to go rancid. Ransfer does not cause any health issues but it does not contribute any positive flavor. You're washing the board enough with soap and water that you're basically drying out the board and the oil will dissipate and not be there. This would be more true if the board was sitting for a long time and not being used but then it's also not causing a health issue!
I see you have one of those “Epicurean” type engineered wood boards. I use mine to cut raw meat on as it is really hard and doesn’t really absorb liquid. Certainly not to the extent of a wooden board. The price is ridiculous, but I found mine unused in a thrift shop 🙂.
You’ll see all of the cutting boards when I post my full cutting board review. I pretty much have every cutting board of every size and every material from around the world and we’re doing a complete review
I use beeswax with mineral oil. Never goes bad, and is food safe.
We know it's considered food safe. We just try not to put petroleum based products in our body. I'm not telling anybody what to do. Everyone has to make their own decisions. We were just trying to offer an alternative. We were also trying to point out food allergies. People do ask all the time, "what is a good non petroleum based products?" We wanted to be able to give you that choice. I do believe everyone has the right to make decisions for themselves. We're just trying to give you all the options.
Me again. After sanding a cutting board, use a cabinet scraper to make it super smooth before sealing. Scrapers leave a finish equivalent to using 1000 grit sandpaper.
You’re gonna like our video next week where we have the guy on who made the cutting boards
Great video
As always I appreciate you coming!
The towel you use to apply absorbs a lot of the wax and it's a waste of the wax, you should use a non - absorbent cloth or apply to your hands with rubber gloves
Believe it or not, I had a microfiber towel ready to go and then I couldn’t find it. My wife and I are hairdressers and we normally have gloves that we use to apply hair color. We have a box in the house at all times and we had run out. We were set up and ready to go when all of that happened. I had the microfiber towels but I forgot I’d wash the car and they were filthy. Thank you for looking out.
Need to seal all sides of a wood cutting board to prevent warping too.
I know I did that. I’m pretty sure I talked about that. I apologize if I didn’t but I remember doing all the sides of all the boards. Thank you for looking out for me though
He does mention doing both sides @14:14.
Half your oil ended up in the towel. Put it on with your hands and don’t wipe it off until you’ve left it to sit
Thank you for your comment. I kept using the same spot so that way we can keep working it. I worked that towel until the towel was dry. But I always appreciate comments and advice. Thanks for looking out for us.
I'm considering using tung oil with bees wax in a 4to 1 ratio. Any thoughts? I know it drys more slowly, but am told it is a longer lasting finish. Thanks. Enjoyed the video.
My thoughts are that if you were washing the board with soap and water after use, then you'll never have to worry about any of the oils because they're coming off. They don't even have time to get bad or rancid. I think he might have a problem if he put the cutting board up for a long period of time and then use it but, that is typically not the case. If you used olive oil, then you might think oh it's gonna go bad. Well, you're going to wash it off with the next cut I mean you are constantly cleaning it to kill bacteria, so any oil is not gonna be there long enough to make any type of distaste.
Bamboo can go through the dishwasher. At least mine does.
Congratulations! I never once even considered it. You're going to definitely like the big cutting board review we have coming up. Next week we're going to visit a cutting board maker. Then we're going to do the big cutting board review. We're going to have all the cutting boards from all over the world.
I have a 1 inch thick walnut board & don't not cut meat on it...is mineral oil enough or should i seek out bees wax?
My wife is not a fan of using anything that's petroleum-based. There is food safe mineral oil but it is still petroleum-based. You can technically use olive oil or any of the natural oils because if you're washing it with soap and water after your uses then the oil will never have time to go rancid. I'm going to leave the decision up to you.
Does the hinoki board still smell so good after waxing it? I love the cypress smell when I use mine. I just wet it completely before I use it. This prevents food colouring as well.
Yes but I shouldn't of done it. Everything says to leave it alone. It has its own qualities. Thank you for that tip. I'll definitely use it.