Shallow bowl (Poplar) ??

walnut oil or mineral oil. Nice bowl by the way

-- www.carvingandturningsbyrick.com, Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

I’ve taken a bunch of turning courses and the instructors all say that any finish is food safe once it’s cured. One did say that if you’re selling them, you can use a salad bowl finish and tell the buyer that you used salad bowl finish. It’s interesting that the can says that it’s food safe after it’s cured.

-- Mother Nature talks, I try to listen

Yeah that is why I am using Mike mahoneys walnut oil.

-- Chris ~ Central Michigan

Doe in my opinion they are wrong! Not all finishes are food safe take boiled linseed oil or vegetable oil are not!...Salad Bowl is blend made by two companies I know of General or Behlen they work well I think they are a blend of Tung oil, Urethane and thinned with mineral spirits….I think..
The tung oil goes into the fibers of the wood taking the urethane with it and then as it dries it really hardens giving you a very hard and deep finish…you should try it! Just wipe it on with a dust free paper or cloth check out most of my work is done with that finish…
The walnut oil and mineral oil look great for a day then gets dull in time and needs more then it gets dark dirty gummy…my opinion I have used both
Don’t use Salad Bowl over top of another oil they may not blend right and will not harden, I have had bad luck mixing…stick with one finish or sand it down then refinish

-- Cosmicturner

I’ve never mixed oils I only use Mike mahoneys walnut oil . It is a food safe finish. from time to time I might add a coat of wax on top for more shine but that is it.

-- Chris ~ Central Michigan