How To Finish Carved Wooden Spoon

100 pure walnut oil is perfect for use on wooden utensils such as spreaders salad hands servers bowls and spoons.
How to finish carved wooden spoon. A time tested safe wood finish. It is expensive to get enough to soak the spoons in it. The finishing process involves sanding and coating with a non-toxic oil.
How to Finish a Wooden Spoon. You can use polymerized tung oil if thats whats available and I occasionally. Those Louis XIV antiques had walnut oil as their finish.
Do not push down too hard or you could damage your spoon. Do not let them soak for a long time in water and never put them in the dishwasher which will cause the wood to deteriorate quickly. There is the last step ahead which is finishing.
Walnut oil was used extensively in Europe as part of the French polish finish for furniture and other household items. Use minimal pressure and make several passes until you have rounded off that corner. Part 4 in a 4 part series focusing o the full process of carving a wooden spoon from log to finished product.
Start with a coarse grit sandpaper and progressively work your way through finer and finger grits until you reach the desired level of. Wooden spoons should be hand washed with regular soap and water. Carve away with your carving knife on the side and back.
Make sure youre using skimmed milk as its the milk fats which lead to that spoiled milk smell. Carve wooden spoon with a whittling knife. For my standard spoon finishing I cut the tung oil 5050 with a citrus based.