I made a tofu press and have some Howard butcher block conditioner on hand. Is that enough for a finish or do I need something more?
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I have a related question!
I bought some wood kitchen stuff from an amateur home gamer with a small stand at a fair. The finish is non-existent and it needs more sanding with finer grit... but my issue now is that I don't know how to deeply saturate it with food-safe oils. I slather the stuff on, but it doesn't seem to absorb. I'm more used to using product like orange oil, which woods seem to take well, but that's not food-safe.
Do I need some sort of vacuum chamber to extract the air in the wood fibers and cause the oil to deeply penetrate? Or is there a particular oil that is good about absorbing into wood? I've been using a beeswax/mineral combo which has been fine for cutting boards, but it's not doing the job for the woods in these utensils.