Help with cutting board

"Amberinauburn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have a couple of questions here so please bear with me.
I bought a

cutting

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board this morning at a yard/ garage sale. It is about 20
inches long, 16 inches wide, and is almost 1-½ inches
thick and sits on 4 little wooden

feet.

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About ½ inch in from the side on the top it has a groove
about 2 inches

wide

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that goes all the way around the top. And it says
FARBERWARE on one end.

It is

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wooden and has been well used, the finish on the top is
deeply marked and

I

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want to know what I need to do with it. Should I sand it
down and try to refinish it? And if so with what? I intend
to use this for cutting and preparing food so what is food
safe that I can use? Also I paid $4.00 for it. Good deal
or did I get taken?

Thanking you in advance Amber in central Illinois

Sounds like a great deal. It may need more than sanding. I'd
look for a local woodwoorking shop - maybe even at a high
school - and ask them to use a planer to take 1/8 inch off,
or whatever is needed. Then a good rub with mineral oil
(from the drug store) and you are ready to go.

--
Peter Aitken

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Amberinauburn said:

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refinish it? And if so with what? I intend to use this
for cutting and preparing food so what is food safe that
I can use? Also I paid $4.00 for it. Good deal or did I
get taken?

Do not "refinish" it. You can sand it down to get rid of old
marks and st= ains, and then rub it with some mineral oil.

On 08 May 2004 16:33:07 GMT, [email hidden]

(Amberinauburn) said:

It is wooden and has been well used, the finish on the
top is deeply marked and I want to know what I need to do
with it. Should I sand it down and try to refinish it?
And if so with what? I intend to use this for cutting and
preparing food so what is food safe that I can use?

Why bother to make it look new unless your intent is to
resell it? Clean it off and put it to use today.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Amberinauburn said:

I have a couple of questions here so please bear with me.
I bought a cutting board this morning at a yard/ garage
sale. It is about 20 inches long, 16 inches wide, and is
almost 1-½ inches thick and sits on 4 little wooden feet.
About ½ inch in from the side on the top it has a groove
about 2 inches wide that goes all the way around the top.
And it says FARBERWARE on one end. It is wooden and has
been well used, the finish on the top is deeply marked and
I want to know what I need to do with it. Should I sand it
down and try to refinish it?

Nothing wrong with the marks. You are going to create more
of them yourself. Wash it with soap and water. Dry it well
then rub oil on it. A little olive oil works fine. Keep
treating it with oil every few days as long as it takes up
the oil. Once it no longer takes up oil, then rub some oil
on it once every two or three months or whenever it starts
to look dry. After the initial cleaning with soap and water,
just rinse it with water after subsequent use. I store my
cutting boards on their sides so that I don't have to dry
them and have no problem with warping.

And if so with what? I intend to use this for cutting and

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preparing food so what is food safe that I can use?

I have a plastic cutting board that I generally use to cut
meat but if I do use the wooden cutting board for that
purpose, I wash it with soap and water after using it for
that purpose. You can cut anything you want on the cutting
board, just be careful with raw meat. If raw meat has
bacteria on it and leaves bacteria on the cutting board, and
then you cut vegetables on it that you do not intend to
cook, then that would be unsafe.

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Also I paid $4.00 for it. Good deal or did I get taken?

You got a good deal

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Thanking you in advance Amber in central Illinois

Peter Aitken said:

"Amberinauburn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have a couple of questions here so please bear with me.
I bought a

cutting

Quoted message said:

board this morning at a yard/ garage sale. It is about 20
inches long, 16 inches wide, and is almost 1-½ inches
thick and sits on 4 little wooden

feet.

Quoted message said:

About ½ inch in from the side on the top it has a groove
about 2 inches

wide

Quoted message said:

that goes all the way around the top. And it says
FARBERWARE on one end.

It is

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wooden and has been well used, the finish on the top is
deeply marked and

I

Quoted message said:

want to know what I need to do with it. Should I sand it
down and try to refinish it? And if so with what? I
intend to use this for cutting and preparing food so what
is food safe that I can use? Also I paid $4.00 for it.
Good deal or did I get taken?

Thanking you in advance Amber in central Illinois

Sounds like a great deal. It may need more than sanding.
I'd look for a local woodwoorking shop - maybe even at a
high school - and ask them to use a planer to take 1/8 inch
off, or whatever is needed. Then a good rub with mineral
oil (from the drug store) and you are ready to go.

The planer idea may have two problems:

It would likely remove the "legs" and it would almost
certainly render the groove useless.

Those things might not matter, and, indeed, putting it
through a planer (if done properly) would make it flat as
new.

All the best,

--
Kenneth

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Cookie Cutter said:

A little olive oil works fine. Keep treating it with oil
every few days as long as it takes up the oil. Once it no
longer takes up oil, then rub some oil on it once every
two or three months or whenever it starts to look dry.

Howdy,

The process suggested above is just begging for a rancid
cutting board.

I hope that the OP follows the good advice already offered:
Use mineral oil, and only a bit of it is needed.

All the best,

--
Kenneth

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Kenneth said:

Peter Aitken said:

"Amberinauburn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have a couple of questions here so please bear with me.
I bought a

cutting

Quoted message said:

board this morning at a yard/ garage sale. It is about 20
inches long, 16 inches wide, and is almost 1-½ inches
thick and sits on 4 little wooden

feet.

Quoted message said:

About ½ inch in from the side on the top it has a groove
about 2 inches

wide

Quoted message said:

that goes all the way around the top. And it says
FARBERWARE on one end.

It is

Quoted message said:

wooden and has been well used, the finish on the top is
deeply marked and

I

Quoted message said:

want to know what I need to do with it. Should I sand it
down and try to refinish it? And if so with what? I
intend to use this for cutting and preparing food so what
is food safe that I can use? Also I paid $4.00 for it.
Good deal or did I get taken?

Thanking you in advance Amber in central Illinois

Sounds like a great deal. It may need more than sanding.
I'd look for a local woodwoorking shop - maybe even at a
high school - and ask them to use a planer to take 1/8
inch off, or whatever is needed. Then a good rub with
mineral oil (from the drug store) and you are ready to go.

The planer idea may have two problems:

It would likely remove the "legs" and it would almost
certainly render the groove useless.

Those things might not matter, and, indeed, putting
it through a planer (if done properly) would make it
flat as new.

All the best,

So have them run a router and re-groove it after planing.
No big deal.

jim

Kenneth said:

Cookie Cutter said:

A little olive oil works fine. Keep treating it with oil
every few days as long as it takes up the oil. Once it no
longer takes up oil, then rub some oil on it once every
two or three months or whenever it starts to look dry.

Howdy,

The process suggested above is just begging for a rancid
cutting board.

I hope that the OP follows the good advice already
offered: Use mineral oil, and only a bit of it is needed.

All the best,

I have never had a problem. Anyone following the directions
I gave will not have any problems either.

"Cookie Cutter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Kenneth said:

Cookie Cutter said:

A little olive oil works fine. Keep treating it with
oil every few days as long as it takes up the oil.
Once it no longer takes up oil, then rub some oil on
it once every two or three months or whenever it
starts to look dry.

Howdy,

The process suggested above is just begging for a rancid
cutting board.

I hope that the OP follows the good advice already
offered: Use mineral oil, and only a bit of it is
needed.

All the best,

I have never had a problem. Anyone following the
directions I gave will not have any problems either.

Olive oil will go rancid - there's no getting around it.
Just because you did not notice it does not mean it did not
happen.nMineral oil is the accepted and preferred method.

--
Peter Aitken

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Kenneth said:

On Sun, 09 May 2004 02:02:41 GMT, Cookie Cutter
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>A little olive oil works fine. Keep treating it with
>oil every few days as long as it takes up the oil.
>Once it no longer takes up oil, then rub some oil on
>it once every two or three months or whenever it
>starts to look dry.

Howdy,

The process suggested above is just begging for a rancid
cutting board.

I hope that the OP follows the good advice already
offered: Use mineral oil, and only a bit of it is needed.

All the best,

I have never had a problem. Anyone following the
directions I gave will not have any problems either.

Olive oil will go rancid - there's no getting around
it. Just because you did not notice it does not mean it
did not happen. Mineral oil is the accepted and
preferred method.

I've heard this for the last 30 years and for the last 30
years, I've used any oil that was at hand including olive,
canola, soy, peanut, walnut or whatever. I wash my boards
after using them and re-oil as needed (about 3 times a
year). They smell clean. They're not sticky, they're not
smelly. They're just fine.

Pastorio

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Cookie Cutter said:

Amberinauburn wrote:

I have a couple of questions here so please bear with me.
I bought a

cutting

Quoted message said:

board this morning at a yard/ garage sale. It is about 20
inches long, 16 inches wide, and is almost 1-½ inches
thick and sits on 4 little wooden

feet.

Quoted message said:

About ½ inch in from the side on the top it has a groove
about 2 inches

wide

Quoted message said:

that goes all the way around the top. And it says
FARBERWARE on one end. It

is

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wooden and has been well used, the finish on the top is
deeply marked and I want to know what I need to do with
it. Should I sand it down and try to refinish it?

Nothing wrong with the marks. You are going to create more
of them yourself. Wash it with soap and water. Dry it well
then rub oil on it.

Absolutely, that's all it needs... not any steenk'n planing
n' re-groov'n. The OP bought it 'cause it was in good shape,
iffn it was all hacked up no one would pay 4¢ for it let
alone $4. The reason it was put up at a tag sale is most
likely it was rarely used, if ever... that size board weighs
a good 10 pounds, not your everyday kitchen implement. I
have a board those exact dimensions (with grooves that's a
*carving* board, not a "cutting" board), mine's made by John
Boos, probably who made that board with the Farberware
label. I use mine 'maybe' once a year, if I prepare a big
Holiday roast, otherwise it sits in the pantry... it's much
too heavy and cumbersome for everyday use, and the groove
makes it highly impracticable... and the friggin thing
barely fits in the sink.

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JimLane said:

PENMART01 said:

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So have them run a router and re-groove it after planing.
No big deal.

jim the jerk

Jim the Jerk, meet Sheldon the [censored].

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And have a $4 yard sale cutting board that needed nothing
but a good

douche and

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a dime's worth of mineral oil end up costing $104. Moron.

That's how you ended up costing $0.44, Shel.

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Only to idiots like you. It was suggested that it be taken
to someone local. A lot of high schools and/or community
colleges teach woodworking and I'll bet it costs maybe $5.
But that type of thinking is out of your league [censored].

I'd take off the feet (who needs 'em?), sand the top by hand
to remove the existing knife marks, wipe it all over with
cutting board oil (food grade mineral oil), toss it in the
oven at 200F for a few minutes to make sure it's sterile,
wipe off any excess oil with a paper towel, and prepare to
develop pride in ownership from then onward.

--Blair "We could screw the
feet on Sheldon's head and
then it wouldn't slip on the
toilet seat."

Blair P. Houghton said:

toss it in the oven at 200F for a few minutes to make sure
it's sterile

Hi Blair,

There are thermosetting glues that are often used to
assemble things like cutting boards. It is quite likely that
with your suggested sterilizing technique the OP will end up
with a pile of sticks...

All the best,

--
Kenneth

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Peter Aitken wrote:

SNIPAGE

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Olive oil will go rancid - there's no getting around it.
Just because you did not notice it does not mean it did
not happen. Mineral oil is the accepted and preferred
method.

Bob (this one) said:

I've heard this for the last 30 years and for the last 30
years, I've used any oil that was at hand including olive,
canola, soy, peanut, walnut or whatever. I wash my boards
after using them and re-oil as needed (about 3 times a
year). They smell clean. They're not sticky, they're not
smelly. They're just fine.

Pastorio

IMO it's the washing and cleaning the keep them going, along
with an occasional oiling, not the oil. Keep them clean, and
oil them with any common cooking oil, or mineral oil, and
they'll last. Wooden knife handles too.

Dave S

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Peter Aitken wrote:

SNIPAGE

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Olive oil will go rancid - there's no getting around it.
Just because you did not notice it does not mean it did
not happen. Mineral oil is the accepted and preferred
method.

Bob (this one) said:

I've heard this for the last 30 years and for the last 30
years, I've used any oil that was at hand including olive,
canola, soy, peanut, walnut or whatever. I wash my boards
after using them and re-oil as needed (about 3 times a
year). They smell clean. They're not sticky, they're not
smelly. They're just fine.

Pastorio

IMO it's the washing and cleaning the keep them going, along
with an occasional oiling, not the oil. Keep them clean, and
oil them with any common cooking oil, or mineral oil, and
they'll last. Wooden knife handles too.

Dave S