Cutting Board material

[Larry Jaques]

Not oleander?

-- Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks. -- Jimmy Wales

[Doug Winterburn]

Maybe for your Mother-in-Law ;-)

[Swingman]

What he said.

IMO, the best hard maple and walnut cutting boards, butcher blocks, and counter tops available, bar none.

[Lew Hodgett]

--------------------------- Quarter sawn timbers from the polypropylene tree.

Lew

[Josepi]

We were talking "porous" not "abrasive"

[Josepi]

That's the odd thing about your posts. You can go from discussion to complete asshole in two seconds.

Do you ever think before you jump up and down and start being a omplete jerk?

On 10/26/10 10:07 AM, Josepi wrote: I have tried all kinds of oil on my maple cutting board. It doesn't work well. Heat the baord in the oven for an hour (gently) and rub it with a good saturated fat (Crisco shortening) and you won't have to do it again for ten years, if ever. That also should fill some pores. Oils can go rancid and become toxic to humans when left out in air and warm.

[-MIKE-]

I apologize for offending you.

But maybe you shouldn't just make stuff up, if you don't want to be called on it.

[Swingman]

I'll stick with the real thing:

[Robatoy]

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I completely agree. I haven't done a lot of Boos installs, but those I did were done with a flawless product. Pricy as hell up here in Maple Land so we learned to go local for block. Still amongst my favourite countertops.

[Robatoy]

I had a copy of that in my drawer at the shop. When they say plastic, they mean polyethylene. The only thing that is good for, is for the knives. My pre-2003 shop was surrounded by butchers who had problems with inspectors because they used poly boards. Many butchers have asked us to refinish poly boards, something I haven't been willing to do. One of my guys did do it on the side, and his belt-sander smelled like a Happy Meal=99 from that day on.

[dadiOH]

Can I use lard? Or better yet, bacon fat?

[Robatoy]

Maybe you can talk a lyposuction joint to slip you a jug or two?

[RicodJour]

Every time I read that part I feel a brain cell die. The saturated fat is between his ears.

[chrisring]

I like Beech. Maple works too. I guess anything not too aromatic or porous with some weight (density) to it would work. In my opinion most Cherry and Walnut boards are too porous and soft. Mineral Oil is a safe bet for finishing, does not turn rancid

[Robatoy]

I don't read his stuff anymore. I only see his stuff when somebody actually bothers to quote it...=85=85 I gave up on him.

[J. Clarke]

One that I've often thought would be interesting is ipe. The stuff will take a pretty good polish all by its lonesome, the yellow dust that comes out is supposedly pretty much benign--even helps some forms of cancer (they tested it for that and found it effective, but no better than existing treatments so they didn't develop it further), it has the decay resistance of concrete (and darned near as hard), only real downside I can think of is that it won't take glue worth crap.

[John Grossbohlin]

Having had my hands stained from working with white oak I'd think that the corrosion risk from tannic acid would be just as bad if not worse with white oak. The hand staining was particularly bad while making and working with white oak basket splints at Colonial Williamsburg but I've also had them stained by air dried white oak boards that had gotten wet.

John

[Steve Turner]

Wonder how fast Ipe would dull your kitchen knives?

Of course, as a Texan I have to put in my plug for Mesquite; it make a great cutting board. I made one for my sister-in-law about 10 years ago and she's still using it, loves it, and wouldn't trade it for anything else.

[Steve Turner]

The corrosion comment is a bit of a joke from another thread; you kinda had to be there. :-)

Yes, tannin can be a bit of a problem, but it's not exclusive to white oak. I've gotten those purple-stained hands from various other species too. And if I could only remember what those species were, I'd be more than happy to list them... but I can't. :-)

[J. Clarke]

Local yard used to have Argentinian black mesquite--the stuff was lovely and wonderful to work with. Don't have it anymore though. If I'd known that they were going to discontinue it I'd have filled up the garage.