Olive Oil Wood Finish Rancid

I unfortunately took bad advice from a well meaning person and used olive oil to condition and protect an old wooden toy box heirloom and some solid wood toys.

Olive oil wood finish rancid.

There is no residual smell of the olive oil on the furniture. 5 8 oil mixture of coconut olive unboiled linseed walnut mineral oil adjust to the wood s preference chips of pine resin be sure to filter out residue the finish is designed to condition the wood and leave a natural feeling non slippery surface that is water repellant. Olive oil won t go bad. Show notes available at http.

It has nothing to do with whether it comes from a fruit nut seed or plant. Olive oil has a tendency to go rancid after a few months which imparts a weird flavor to the food one is cutting. In this video i show how i make a beeswax paste finish for my woodworking projects and wooden toys using beeswax and olive oil. You could use walnut oil too but that is really expensive.

There are two 2. Combine two parts olive oil to one part lemon juice. You could substitute vegetable oil or linseed oil for the olive oil but you should avoid the use of virgin olive oil because it doesn t work nearly as well. Properly heat baked into the wood olive oil can t go rancid.

Comments for rancid olive oil in un finished wood. Now both the toy box and my children s toy s smell horrendous and i am worried about the oil being a health hazard and the smell is overwhelming my living room. It does not change color or texture or become dangerous. Therefore the flavor and aroma slightly change from time to time there is no exact answer as to how long olive oil keeps its peak quality once opened.

My recipe is a 3 2 mixture of mineral oil food grade to bees wax food grade. P it won t spoil like fresh produce but it does go rancid and becomes unsuitable for consumption it is a non perishable food item and refrigeration is unnecessary. Now you could make a cutting board finish by using mineral oil instead of olive oil. I carved 70 spoons and 30 forks and what stock i have left still smells sweet and fresh even with no use at all.

The oil in the mixture conditions the wood but does not linger on the surface. It all depends on the process by which the oil was removed. This recipe only works on finished wood. Backward application of charles law of gas physics.