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caring for buffed bowls

A few weeks back I asked the group about tung oil and buffing in cold climate. Since it was cold I decided to wait until it warmed up so buffed an oak bowl with no tung or Danish oil on it and gave it to someone who loved it. When I saw her a couple of weeks later she asked me if she should put mineral oil on it after a while like I had told her to do with some other bowls.

I was not sure if she should put anything on it but told her I would ask this group since you guys usually know more than I do. My thought was mineral oil might raise the grain in the wood if it got through the thin wax coating I put on with the buffing wheel and it would shine less. Anyone have any experience with caring for buffed bowls they want to pass along? Thanks.

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TWW
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The wax is good till the first time the bowl is used and rinsed out. Any water will raise the grain, and a scotch brite pad will help get rid of the fuzzies. It isn't necessary to oil the bowl, but I do because I like the feel, and they look and feel better for sales purposes. I prefer Mike Mahoney's Walnut oil, you can look him up on the internet. His oil will set up eventually, though not over night. Mineral oil does little. Especially, if the bowl is used for salads, the oil from the salads works fine, but whatever is eaten out of the bowl, the oils from the fool will season the bowl. By the way, Mike doesn't put anything on his personal wood ware.

robo hippy

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robo hippy

My experience with wood finishing can be written on the back of a postage stamp. However, I am in the middle of reading an excellent book on the subject:

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Wealth of information in detail backed by science. Many myths exploded. Oil and wax treatments dealt with fully. I got one of the older editions out of the library but I am ordering the new 2005 edition ASAP.

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Michael Koblic

ok, let's get wild and crazy here and try umm.. logic! If oil will stick to a waxed bowl, it either wasn't buffed well or you forgot the wax, right?

I don't eat out of my stuff, but I box it up from show to show.. lot's of contact and rubbing together but the most I've had to do in the last 3 or 4 years is wipe with a soft cloth to bring the luster back..

mac

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mac davis

My original post had some incorrect words I did not notice right away. I was thinking the wax would wear off in a case like someone using a wooden tray with cheese on it and then wiping the wooden tray off a number of times. I cleaned a buffed wooden tray with a warm, wrung-out dish cloth and the the shine seemed to lessen which is what got me curious. This is different than something like mineral oil going through wax which is not what I meant to say. The wax would have been worn off first in some places. And then what is the best thing to do.

And thanks for the book title which I just ordered.

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TWW

I tell my customers to bring it in for re-buffing anytime.. Usually only a quick buff with the wax wheel does the job..

mac

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mac davis

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