Is any wood finish REALLY food-safe?

Love your work, thank you for all your effort, I for one really appreciate it.

Avoiding plastic is even more important now, because of the Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in plastics. Like BPA, BPB, etc.

Excellent, excellent, excellent! I know it's been 2 years but thank you so much!

"... and you turned out fine; right?" 🤔

i still don’t know, just seems like heat would release some

Hi, is Minwax Polycrylic safe to use? Thank you.

Question: I was wanting to make a wooden mug for drinking purposes. I will most likely only do room temperature and cold beverages. Is there a wood finish that you would recommend for this purpose? Hopefully something that I would not have to constantly re-apply and will not dissolve in my drinks.

"Can plastics harm you? Sure, if you eat a set of tupperware bowels" 😂😂😂

Excellent Video

Thanks! Does anyone have recommendations for a stain? I want to change the color of my project that will contact food stuffs.

I realize this video is old but this shows the difference time can point out. "It's just plastic..." We are just learning the dangers of ingesting microplastics into our digestive systems. Cutting a plastic finish is going to introduce small amounts of plastic into your body. I don't know what the safest finish may be, but it isn't something that cures into plastic that is then cut up, thereby getting into your foods.

This guy just cured a huge percent of my anxiety, and is also really funny without even trying.

"Can plastics harm you? Sure, if you eat a set of Tupperware bowls." Best Stumpy Nubs one-liner ever.

"And you came out fine, right?" Making a loooot of assumptions there...

Turned out fine? That's debatable for many.

Hi, Any suggestion for a finish to put on plywood in a high humidity area? I am building a egg incubator so it has to be easy to clean and not off gas after it cures. Thanks.

Thank you for the information. I am planning on making serving platters (charcutier) as presents this year and needed to know how to finish them.

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Bravo - a great presentation. And don't be surprised if you get attacked by those who make a living threatening us and want us to be living in fear - about issues. they apparently have the solution - if you are able to pay for it - via their bank account.

i know this video was from 2 years ago but i hope you still see this question because i've been putting off a project for a while now. so my question is, what kind of wood finish would you recommend for a wooden kitchen counter (sorta like a counter, its a long table that covers one whole wall)?

i'm looking for something that can give it a lot of protection from water since its going to be a cafe kitchen counter and need to clean it with water and soap fairly often. i just dont know which specific one will do, we dont mind if it stains the color too much since its not going to be out in the open and/or mess with the cafe's aesthetics. so long as it does then job and is simple to clean and maintain. (we're not treating the counter as a cutting board or anything, )

I'd love to hear more about what happens when the finish starts to wear down on a cutting board: does it ever end up in the salad I'm cutting, or does it always go down the drain?

You know its refreshing to hear common sense answers

please, i want to known wich oil or is beeswax is safe for wood finish for hot lequid like coffee or tea or hot food knowing is not harmful 🙏

Found out boiled linseed oil goes rancid the hard way.

Never used it again.

I make mineral oil and beeswax paste, and throw that on everything.

I've got one wooden board. All I use is for is making biscuits. I scrape it to clean. All my other cutting is done on commercial grade plastic. In this day and age, only idiots cut meat on wood.

Used that boiled line seed oil on my spinning wheel and it STUNK Lol

If it’s a finish that dries with a hard surface like polyurethane or shellac it can chip as a knife is chopping on the board. I don’t want to be eating small bits of polyurethane.

Linseed oil is safe if food grade it's used for seasoning cast iron pans

What about nitrocellulose varnish please ?

Thank you. This was very helpful!

Anyone have recommendations for finishes that can handle hot drinks like coffee and tea? I’ve heard some people complain about certain finishes leave a funny taste when you put hot drinks in them

I'm here after watching Barny Gumble drink varnish...

So are you telling me shellac is bug $hit!?!?😮

I doubt i can put a varnish on a wood spoon and then use that spoon to mix boiling hot pasta weekly, even if the varnish cures fully. Over time that varnish comes off and i bet its gonna come off faster in boiling noodles. I dont think this is safe

Good sense of humor you would fit in good with my family. Thanks for the knowledge on preservatives.

All fully cured finished are food safe. Thanks for reinforcing the truth.

The marketing plot i love the most is "anti bacterial" hand soap. All soap is antibacterial 😅

Can I use boiled linseed oil as a chicken nugget dib?

I think the larger concern is when you’re using any of these oils on a wood cutting surface, and the consumption of the cured material eaten in trace amounts as it’s mixed with the prepared food when the board is cut on.

So polyurethane is food safe when fully cured

I subscribed purely because of the name.

I would appreciate an update on this video. A lot of us are looking for finishes that are food safe and that are not a risk for micro plastics, especially for cutting boards.

What is the best finish to use on a dyed wooden utensil to hold the color in? Like spoons and spatulas??

Just discovered how much I love working with wood. Just found your channel. Was just about to make my dad a cutting board. And now I just learned another use for this mineral oil! Everything is coming together❤

Tung oil is radiation free.
Mostly.

I want to do a acrylic paint pour on a rolling pin. I'm thinking rubbing a varnish on it is the best way to finish it. What do you recommend?

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I have used Walnut oil - salad type from the grocery - on my rolling pins and cutting boards. It takes up to a month to "dry". I was told that the drying is actually a polymerization and oxidation process. It seems to resist moisture but I don't soak these things in water. Does darken the wood a bit to a pleasant brown color. It doesn't become sticky like the board that I used olive oil on (ti was a food preparation board that was not intended to be a treated board). I once used a raw linseed oil - not boiled - on a piece of wood; it takes a month to two months to harden but does soak about an eighth inch into the wood in the process ( I cut the board in half after drying).