In this video, I use scrap hardwood from past projects, oak staves from whisky barrels, and purpleheart wood to build five ...

The wood will soak it in quickly, so keep adding and spreading the oil until it lays on top of the wood in a light film. Apply oil to the edges, then flip the board over and repeat. Wait 24 hours.

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As a result, sharp knives do not make permanent, lasting cuts in the wood — cuts that quickly become filled with bacteria, eventually rotting from the inside out. That said, end-grain boards are not ...

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Just remember that “end-grain butcher blocks tend to be a little more thirsty than edge- or face-grain boards, due to the exposed wood pores,” he says. Rehab it.

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