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Thread: Flaxseed Oil ??

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    Greetings all,

    I have made 2 soup bowls for Xmas presents and was wondering if Flaxseed oil is good enough to use? (Food Safe).

    I currently have them finished with Shellawax Glow but after reading a few threads maybe I should sandpaper the inside and finish with Flaxseed oil if it OK to use.
    Cheers

    CREST:D

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    G'day CREST,
    Flaxseed oil is just an up market name for Linseed Oil, although in food grades it is usually cold-pressed...and has oxygen excluded during the manufacturing process.
    I believe, don't know haven't tried it except as our daily salad oil, that all the rules for linseed oil would apply.

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    Rub the oil over the Glow, if the Glow has been applied well, with 2 or 3 coats (for food vessels) and left the mandatory 3 weeks before use there shouldn't be too many problems.

    The problems will come with someone pouring boiling soup into the bowl or throwing the bowls into the dish washer. Will also depend on how dry the timber is, what kind of timber, thickness of the finished walls, etc. It is entirely possible that no finish will be the right one, especially if it's the wrong timber.

    Cheers - Neil

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