Butcher block oil question

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So, I'm making a rolling pin for my wife for Mother's Day (I also got a pot of flowers. If it were just the rolling pin, it'd get used on my head...)

Anyway, it's hickory. I glued together some 3/4" hickory to get to 2" thickness, and turned. Then, I sanded to 600. Now, I'm applying butcher block oil. The oil slowly soaks in. I repeat the application. (I use a paper towel; put the oil on the paper towel, and wipe on the pin).

How long do I keep on applying the butcher block oil? It keeps slowly soaking in, so the surface is no longer oily? Do I want the surface to be oily, then, wipe off the excess?

Thanks!
 
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I'd probably treat it like a butcher block .. or a gun stock.
Every day for a week,
every week for a month
every month for ever.
Re-oil after washing, too.

The first few times you won't be able to put enough on it.
It will drink it in. After a few days it will slow down and you
can wipe off whatever isn't absorbed in a few hours.
 
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NewLondon88 said:
I'd probably treat it like a butcher block .. or a gun stock.
Every day for a week,
every week for a month
every month for ever.
Re-oil after washing, too.

The first few times you won't be able to put enough on it.
It will drink it in. After a few days it will slow down and you
can wipe off whatever isn't absorbed in a few hours.
Click to expand...

OR, in my case until I run out of money. New butcher block laps up oil like a new puppy tasting his first Coca-Cola. DAMHIKT:)
 
Mineral oil is something like $.69 a pint.. that's all you need.
(I think that's all butcher block oil is anyway.. just fancier packaging)
 
Now, to be consistent with my smartass personality, NEXT time, make your rolling pin out of Corian. The cabinet makers will pay you to haul off the scraps, it rolls out a better biscuit, AND if the little lady hits you with it for giving the same gift, two years running, you will not have to worry about how to pay the hospital bills.... Funeral expenses are her problem:)

Just yanking your chain.... Flowers, or no, you deserve what you get for giving a woman that sleeps with you a rolling pin!

NOT even close to respectfully submitted:)
 
Yes, the butcher block oil is mineral oil. I have a 1 qt bottle from when we used to have wooden cutting boards.

Yes, I know that this present is, shall we say, living dangerously? :wink:

Thanks for the guidance re: daily, weekly, etc.

I've used marble rolling pins. I don't like them. (Neither does she, actually). Our previous wooden pin got put into the dishwasher (she tends to put everything into the dishwasher whether or not you can), so this is a replacement for a commercial pin.
 
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Just tell her that two hot dogs and a beer at a baseball game DO, in fact, constitute going out to dinner.

I was at an auction Monday, and I ALMOST picked up a water filled steel rolling
pin. (antique) You fill it with water, pop it in the fridge and it's good for pastry.
then I remembered that I don't eat pastry. Or make pastry. Or cook.
But it was a cool pin..
 
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Hy:
I don't really know what to think here?

Do YOU really think that the rolling pin just decided to "jump" into the dishwasher, one day?

Did SHE really think that you would actually REPLACE the one that was mysteriously destroyed?

AND have you ever tried to "walk naturally" with a replacement pin lodged where you wipe?

Personally, in Retrospect, I'd just give her the flowers and tell her "you want to make something special, but you want her to pick it out!"

And for the record, Charlie got it right!!! Two hot dogs at a ballgame DOES equal going out for dinner.

What a fun thread!!!
 
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I just shipped two rolling pins to my Daughter-in-Law last week --- She will use them to raise bumps -- not to hurt him mind you, just to get his attention.

I turn the tapered french style pins -- no moving parts and in spectra ply, they are quite attractive - I did leave a bit of heft to them knowing the alternative uses -- One was shorter for rolling out pizza dough for the grill.

I used walnut oil -- two wipes and ship. Hand wash and reoil as needed.
 
Yes, this is a French-style pin (but not as tapered as the French pins; mostly straight with some taper at the ends; more like the Mexican Palote). I decided to do this because a couple of months ago, she got the urge to make dumplings. I was patting the dough out with my hands, but she pulled out the marble pin, which was a real pain to use--heavy, not maneuverable, etc. We've been without the wooden rolling pin for a few years.

I've also got to think about cooking something creative that doesn't trigger the kids' various allergies or dislikes. Maybe popovers & smoked salmon?
 
Hy, my friend you turn that pin for replacement not for the mother's day present. Plus, remember when I was in Santa Fe, we promised to meet again. so, don't give your wife any ideas of using that rolling pin and also don't put a heft to it either, or if you do so, then you have to raise your insurance policy limit to cover the consequences. :tongue::biggrin:
 
You can save work & some time by soaking it for about an hour in the mineral oil. Just let it drain over the container for a while, then wrap in paper towel. then wax/buff & you are done. You can buy mineral oil in quantity on-line from a number of places, in a range viscosity's. That is the difference between over the counter mineral oil & the Butcher block finish. Butcher block is "thinner" & penetrates easily. Just be sure to get food grade not tech grade. It is the same content but not refined the same way. I have a rubber maid container that seals that I keep with oil in it ready to go.
 
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