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On 12 May 2004 01:47:10 GMT, (PENMART01)
wrote:

> >IMO it's the washing and cleaning the keep them going,
> >along with an occasional oiling, not the oil.
> >Keep them clean, and oil them with any common cooking oil,
> >or mineral oil, and they'll last. Wooden knife handles too.
> >
> >Dave S
>
> It's not so much the oil that protects wooden kitchen implements. A good
> coating of beeswax blended with a small amount of mineral oil will protect
> wooden implements and prolong their usefulness. I not only coat cutting boards
> with this mixture I also use it on wooden bowls and wooden spoons. Beeswax is
> readily available and perfectly safe.
>
Do that and buff it with 0000 steel wool for 8 - 10 layers
and you've got a beautiful fininsh for a fine piece of
furniture.

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