Timber for bread boards

**KAJ** · 24th May 2018, 12:41 AM

Many Many thanks to all for the info and advice.

I will get what I can from local timber or 2nd hand timber merchants here in Newcastle, use external PVA glue, paraffin oil from a pharmacy and issue strict instructions not to put the board in the dishwasher.

Ken

**Fumbler** · 24th May 2018, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by KAJ

paraffin oil

Ken

ken,

not to put too finer point on things but you need to get "liquid paraffin" not parrafin oil. Liquid paraffin from the chemist is ingestible, I believe as an example, Diggers - paraffin oil that you would get from Bunnings is not edible and can be used in oil lamps. I wouldn't be spreading something that can be used in an oil lamp on a bread board. I may be wrong but check it out first.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_paraffin_(drug)

**KAJ** · 1st June 2018, 03:37 AM

My local Bunnies store had some pretty cypress pine pickets ... so I bought 3 for $7.92
Is cyprus pine suitable for bread boards ??

**Fumbler** · 1st June 2018, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by KAJ

My local Bunnies store had some pretty cypress pine pickets ... so I bought 3 for $7.92
Is cyprus pine suitable for bread boards ??

Don't be a tight wad, cough up, at least on some tas oak and Merbau both cheap and contrast very nicely.

Ps. I'm not a fan of fragrant bread boards. And as cypress pickets do have a nice scent when cut, I don't want my cheese sarny smelling like pine!

**presch** · 1st June 2018, 08:57 AM

Yes, the dose makes the poison.

**DaveVman** · 1st June 2018, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Alkahestic

Edit: Also, Ikea sells SKYDD mineral oil $7.99 for 500ml.

That may be. However a trip to Ikea would be $7.99 for the oil I went for plus $29.99 for lunch plus $299 for all the things the wife selected on the way to the oil.
So total cost of 500ml Ikea mineral oil $336.98.

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**cava** · 1st June 2018, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by KAJ

Is cyprus pine suitable for bread boards ??

It would be one of the last things I would use for a bread board.

**cava** · 1st June 2018, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by Fumbler

Don't be a tight wad, cough up, at least on some tas oak and Merbau both cheap and contrast very nicely.

Ps. I'm not a fan of fragrant bread boards. And as cypress pickets do have a nice scent when cut, I don't want my cheese sarny smelling like pine!

Agreed totally.

**Peter_Sinclair** · 1st June 2018, 08:16 PM

I've used olive oil a few times on bread boards and have been happy with the results. Does anyone know if that is not recommended?

Thanks

Peter

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**Fumbler** · 2nd June 2018, 02:52 AM

Originally Posted by Peter_Sinclair

I've used olive oil a few times on bread boards and have been happy with the results. Does anyone know if that is not recommended?

Thanks

Peter

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this argument will be fiercely contested as there is belief that olive oil goes rancid after a time, some say yes others no problem. Before I started making my own and using mineral oil, the wife used to wipe Canola oil over the cheap IKEA boards every now and then when they dried out and started warping. Never had an issue.

**KAJ** · 2nd June 2018, 03:27 AM

Fumbler
Good point - I didn't of that
Ken

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