18" X 24" Maple Butcher Block Cutting Board

I have not tried the salad bowl finish but I agree – the mineral oil just goes in and you use a lot of it.

What is the comparison between what is needed? I am wondering if you noticed which application left a better quality board in the long run.

A great board well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Kate I prefer the Salad bowl finish. It lasts longer and doesn’t darken the boards as much as mineral oil, and need far less maintenance. When some knife marks show i just wipe a little mineral oil on it and it looks great again. When I use the salad bowl finish I go 50/50 with mineral spirits and just keep adding it til it starts to come out the bottom. Wipe off the excess and put it on end. Do this twice and you are good for a couple years. We have used ours almost daily for 6 months now and you can barely tell. I actually wiped a little mineral oil on it a couple days ago for the first time.

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Very nice. Looks great.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

I love it. Great job.

Curious if you could share how to glued up all the individual pieces?

-- Matt, Arizona

Matt under my buddies on my home page check out the woodwhisperer. He gives a great two part video tutorial on making endgrain cutting boards. It actually amazingly simple. Good luck

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