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"Kylie" > wrote:
> "Katra" > wrote in message
> >
> > Just wash it... :-)
> >
> > I always make my own cutting boards out of a piece of 1" x 12" oak,
> > sanded smooth and cut to about 18 inches or so. Pine will work too, but
> oak seems to be more resistant to scoring.
> >
> > One of these days I'd like to spring for some black walnut, but I have
> > to check the wood toxicity charts first. <G> Ebony might be nice too, but
> OY that's expensive!
> >
> > I just keep them well scrubbed, no prep, no varnish, just the raw wood.
> >
> > K.
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> Oh, I did that. I thought (like woks & frypans) it's supposed to be
> greased up with something.
>
> I started using it but (apart from getting cut marks on my new board ;-) )
> I got slithers/splinters of wood. *shrug*
> Haven't used it for a while....... must go find it.
>
> Raelene - owner of Ozzie *meow*
> xxx
Ah, but what grit did you sand it down to?
I start with 250 and go down to 600 before I'm done. :-)
Nary a stray splinter. <G>
If you are getting splinters off your new cutting board, either the wood
is way too soft, or it was not finished properly? That is why I prefer
Oak to Pine, and why I was joking about harder woods. ;-)
K. (wishing that Manzanita grew large enough to make cutting boards...)
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