Someone asked me about my food safe formula for the bowls I’ve been doing. I thought I’d just put it up here in my blog.
It is really quite simple.
First thing I do is take the wooden bowl and rub in Mineral Oil or my preferred method of Walnut Oil.
After allowing that to soak in and dry I use this formula:
12 oz of Mineral Oil
2 oz of bee’s wax
1/2 oz of Carnuba wax
I melt all of that over a medium heat in a metal bowl that is sitting on boiling/hot water. I then poor that into a Wide mouth Mason Jar.
Now, this is a mix that gives me a medium dense paste. Some may prefer softer and some may prefer a harder wax. All you need to do is to soften is to add more mineral Oil…. to harden… don’t use as much mineral oil.






















4 comments so far
TedM
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posted 79 days ago
Thanks, Kerux, appreciate letting us into your secrets! ;)
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lew
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posted 78 days ago
Thanks!
I am going to try this on my next bowl!
Lew
jerryw
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posted 78 days ago
why do you use the carnuba wax?
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mcoyfrog
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posted 43 days ago
Awesome thanks for the info, I’m always looking for finishing techniques
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