I made most of these objects besides the chemex collar and the dark coffee scoop. Wouldn’t want to mislead anyone on the internet, that would be crazy.
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Is tung oil good for cooking utensils? I love that tung oil leaves a crust that can be slightly polished. I just wonder how long that would last.
Seems to work for me. It’s food safe and polymerizes well. I oil them daily for about a week, then i let them fully cure for a couple of months before using them.
I haven’t experienced this crust you’re referring to. I flood coat the first coat and wipe it off, then all subsequent coats are very thin and even. I get a pretty hardy finish like this. I’ve noticed the layer looking a bit dull after i stir some pasta, so boiling water is probably not great. But that dullness just goes away again when i fry something in oil.
The flat plank spatula has survived about 3 years of near daily use. I’ve had to trim off a little bit of porosity from the tip once in this period. This is the third time I’m oiling this one, so it looks like a coat can last for about a year.
Yeah I’m talking about the polymerization. If you oversaturate the wood it can seep out a bit and start to harden. It can be polished down to give a semi gloss which is nice. I was just wondering about the maintenance mostly. Do you reapply the tung oil again and wait for the curing to finish or just use it right away?
Oh i know what you’re talking about, I’ve done this to a mallet of mine. I basically submerged it in linseed oil for a pretty long time. It still secretes this substance you speak of to this day.
Since then my flood coat is just a couple of big drops in the spoon that i spread around with my fingers. I use rubber gloves, but it still feels pretty good.
When i reapply i do wait another couple of months before i use it again. I have duplicates of most things, and if i don’t it can usually wait a couple of months. I’m fairly sure i’d be able to drink the stuff i have here, so I’m not worried about that. I just don’t want it to wear off before it is cured.
Some beautiful pieces! Love the rippled spoons.
How long have you been making your own wooden utensils?
Thanks! Been making those little plank spatulas for years. I make them from a really hard native wood, so stand up to a lot of abuse and last a long time. The one in the picture has been in almost daily use for about 3 years now, and still going strong. These are great as gifts, but be warned that some people don’t appreciate the effort that goes into making a really nice and thin little plank.
I only just started carving green wood, so all of these spoons are from the last couple of months. It’s going okay, but i ruin about 60% of the spoons I carve. Sometimes i accidentally take a chunk out of the bowl, sometimes the handle cracks, sometimes the wood just refuses to be a spoon shape.
I think a lot of the skill in spoon carving is choosing the right chunk of wood. I have much to learn.
