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My butcher block oil advice was totally backward from the get go
My buddy who restores furniture told me to use boiled linseed oil on my new cutting board. After 3 days it was sticky and gross. Turns out you can't use that stuff on food surfaces, had to sand it all down and start over with mineral oil. Anyone else get bad advice from someone who seemed like they knew what they were talking about?
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gavinwood4d ago
Wait wait wait @james_butler you used canola oil on cast iron? Dude no. That stuff goes rancid so fast its crazy. I tried that once on a pan I got from a thrift store and my kitchen smelled like old french fries for weeks. Had to strip it down with vinegar and start over. For cast iron you gotta use something with a high smoke point like grapeseed or crisco, and even then you need to do thin layers or it gets sticky just like your linseed oil mess. Your buddy's advice was especially bad because linseed oil is literally used as a wood finish for stuff like gun stocks not food boards. The mineral oil move is solid though, just make sure to reapply it every few weeks or the board will dry out and crack.
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