I find polishing my wood a few too many times in close frequency gives me soreness of the shoulders and elbow. Doing a little jerking off first can help loosen up for the important bits.
Whats your tung oil routine?
Solid advice.
This is why I came to lemmy.
This is why I came to lemmy.
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My wife would love if I did this to her cutting boards. You mind sharing what oils and wax you used?
I got a mixture called "Butcher block conditioner" for food-safe surfaces, and another called "Feed-n-wax" for surfaces that don't touch food.
Thanks!
I love doing this to random items.
I loathe doing this to the deck outside.
Have you been introduced to cast iron?
If not, I think you’ll enjoy it.
Oh yesssss. Get middling quality cast iron, grind it flat, and reseason. A couple of hours of work and you have primo quality cast iron cookware.
Also: you can clean cast iron with soap.
As someone that's been doing woodworking for the last couple of years: buy a pack of sandpaper of various grits to smooth and watco natural or medium walnut color danish oil to finish. Will cost you like $40 on Amazon or at a hardware store, but will let you see how you like the hobby without having to learn a ton. If you like it, get a saw and a 2x4 and make some simple little household object like a key hook or poop knife. Once you've started making handy little things for yourself, you'll get sucked in and develop a nuanced taste in glues and sandpaper while spending all of your money on the "one more tool I need" and growing to fully occupy all space in the garage. The custom furniture is a nice plus.
Is a poop knife what it sounds like?
Do you not have a poop knife at your house?
What do you use in stead?
Poop hand
No, it's a specific type of croquet hammer. Don't worry about it.
I made bbq from scratch a couple days ago. I'm talking boiling the tomatoes down with garlic and onions, brown sugar, fermented tamarinds, little liquid smoke. It's silly but I enjoyed myself.
Try the barbecue pork shoulder recipe from serious eats, it's UNBELIEVABLE
Get you some quality wood handled tools. If it has that shiny slick varnish whatever on the handle, scrape that shit off with a sharp knife and season the fuck out of those handles!
I've got a bunch of wooden utensils I need to do this to. I'm more of a wax/oil paste guy myself though. Guess I know what I'm up to tomorrow afternoon
Agreed. Did my wood knife handles recently. Gotta do my spatulas, maybe some spoons even.
Are you me? This is blow-for-blow exactly what has happened to me over the last year or so. I am hanging on by a thread against the desire to get into woodworking, someone send help.
I have a bunch of magnets and I want to put bumpers on them for protection, and make some kind of sliding puck game. Could this technique shine up something and make it slippery like a shuffleboard surface?
What wax did you use?
See if there is a woodworker you can team up with. Sanding and finishing is loathed and dreaded by us, at least in my carpentry circle. We want the cutting and glueing and clamping jobs.
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