Butcher block finishing

Mineral Oil, Walnut Oil, Mineral oil and Paraffin, Salad Bowl Finish cut 50-50 with mineral spirits. Mark Spagnoulo (The Wood Whisperer) has a lot on this in the archived video blog A Cut Above.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Thanks Doug.

-- Maplewood, MN

I used General Finish Salad Bowl Finish not thinned on some cutting boards we made for Christmas presents.
3 coats and rubbed with 000 steel wool until ALL the surface finish was gone.
Everyone said it felt like marble and couldn’t quit rubbing and feeling the finish!

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

Just my own opinion but here is a video i did, you decide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq2pb_LfOBo

I just cant defend mineral oil, or blo , it simply dries too soft and mineral oil never does,

Thanks guys. I watched the Marc Spagnoulo video and went with salad bowl finish cut with mineral spirits. Two more coats to go.

-- Maplewood, MN