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Watco Butcher Block Oil

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Paul A Andrews

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Does any body have any experience with this? It is advertised as ideal for cutting boards. I am wondering whether it's a hard finish or more like mineral oil/tung oil. I am looking to finish a bowl with it.
 
I was curious, too. Tech data sheet for that product says it has tung oil and mineral spirits in it. SDS may give proportions. I have not found it yet.

Unlike mineral oil, tung oil will cure. I recently used raw tung oil thinned with mineral sprits (50-50) on an end-grain table top. It is hard and dry after a month or so, but not a film. It was hard to get it to not look blotchy in some areas, but with more sanding and thin coats it came out fine. Now I am trying same finish on a couple bowls just for experience sake.

https://www.rustoleum.com/~/media/D...AT-04_Watco_Butcher_Block_Oil_and_Finish.ashx
 
Thanks George. That's a big help. Interesting information about flash point. 40C is not 150F. It's only 104F. 150F is about 65.5C. Not that i really care it's just that most Canadians are fluent in both scales and that was obviously wrong. I think I'll go ahead and finish my bowl with it. I like wipe-on products.
 
I have used it, but not on cutting boards. I used it on bowls. It is like Salad Bowl Finish to me. It provides a gloss finish if that is what you want, however I just like the sheen from mineral oil on my cutting boards. It does jell quickly.
 
I put my Waterlox in plastic bottles from water or soda.
When I close the bottle I leave the cap open enough to allow the Waterlox to come out as I squeeze the bottle then tighten the cap.

When the bottles are nearly the empty they get all folded up to force out the air.
Keeps the Waterlox fine for many months.
 
hockenbery said:
I put my Waterlox in plastic bottles from water or soda.
When I close the bottle I leave the cap open enough to allow the Waterlox to come out as I squeeze the bottle then tighten the cap.

When the bottles are nearly the empty they get all folded up to force out the air.
Keeps the Waterlox fine for many months.
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Well, didn't think of that. I just bought some of the Stop Loss bags.
 
Sometimes you just need to think outside the bag or repurpose the ones you have. I recycled a couple of wine in a box bags that have the built-in spigot on the bag for a similar chemical use. Cut the bag open at the top, rinsed out the wine, added the liquid to the bag and used a heat sealer to close the top of the bag, turned it upside down and opened the spigot and squeezed the bag slowly to remove all of the air left in the bag.
 
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