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I didn’t have walnut oil but I did have “Block Oil” a 100% natural oil from rice bran and lemon https://www.home-wood.com/products/

This was given as a gift and I want to use what I have before buying more.

This chore was desperately needed, something I’d neglected for a while. I knocked out 1 cutting board, 4 spoons, 4 handles for silicon spatulas, and two stainless flippers
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Dry items
Dry items
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Adding oil
Adding oil
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Oiling the spoon I carved
Oiling the spoon I carved
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Oiling the masher
Oiling the masher
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Other side of the cutting board
Other side of the cutting board
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Oily tools!
Oily tools!
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Block oil ingredients
Block oil ingredients
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Explicitly no mineral oil
Explicitly no mineral oil
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I oiled seven wooden kitchen utensils with walnut oil! I used paper towels because waste oil is better as a fire starter than on a rag in the laundry.
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Today I oiled wooden kitchen utensils.  I had coconut oil on hand that I used and in one of the articles in the instructions for this BB someone mentioned that it doesn’t go rancid.
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Wooden Kitchen tools in need of oil
Wooden Kitchen tools in need of oil
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Oiling a wooden spoon
Oiling a wooden spoon
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I just realized I missed the "action" shot, so understand if this isn't approved.  If that's the case, there will be a next time.  In that event, I'll need to get She Who Must Be Obeyed involved to keep the DSLR oil-free.

We've neglected our kitchen woods overall, so it was fortuitous to find this BB.  I checked a couple local grocers online and once I found one carried walnut oil, we were off to the races.  

The composite boards didn't absorb like the spoons and other board.  I was concerned about the big board as it feels like it had originally been waxed as well, but it absorbed the oil nicely and it really brought out the grain visually again.  This morning the spoons felt drier than the boards, so they can definitely take more before long.  

For the boards, I basically poured the oil on directly and spread it by hand.  It was wonderfully tactile to feel the dry board getting to a lower friction state as the oil was applied.  For the spoons I poured a bit of oil in my palm and went over them by hand.  The painter's stand-offs were quite handy to allow me to oil all at once and then let the items sit overnight to absorb the oil.

Edit:  Added additional photos to show action on another cutting board.
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Before oiling
Before oiling
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Walnut oil from the grocery store - hadn't really noticed before this topic
Walnut oil from the grocery store - hadn't really noticed before this topic
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Immediately after applying oil and washing hands to be able to handle camera
Immediately after applying oil and washing hands to be able to handle camera
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Items after wiping down the following morning
Items after wiping down the following morning
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Additional board in need of love
Additional board in need of love
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Extra cutting board receiving love in the form of walnut oil
Extra cutting board receiving love in the form of walnut oil
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Additional board nearly done...now wait for it to soak up that oily goodness and give it a wipe down.
Additional board nearly done...now wait for it to soak up that oily goodness and give it a wipe down.
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I used walnut oil to oil my kitchen wood
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I got a little trigger happy and poured some oil on the board before taking the initial shot
I got a little trigger happy and poured some oil on the board before taking the initial shot
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Coating the wood in oil. Just for fun, can you see the reflection of willow cuttings in the oil puddle?
Coating the wood in oil. Just for fun, can you see the reflection of willow cuttings in the oil puddle?
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Happy wood
Happy wood
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