i have a cutting board which i like so much i never use it but oil it every week or 2, and any tips on trying to mend a warped board? i know the principle but when i try to fix it i usualy crack the cheap cutting boards (edit the boards that warped and threw away eventualy were all bamboo)
@@boatheWood does “move”, but often moves back. First try storing it with the not normally used side up, or standing on end. Leave it that way for a day or more to see if there’s any difference. If not, depending on whether it is thick enough, it is possible to joint and plane cutting boards, although I don’t know if I would do it on my machine because of any oil and wax that might be present on/in the board. But if it is wood, it can warp, particularly those that are less than about 1 1/2” thick. Good luck!
My plumber friend said that purposely putting stuff down the garbage disposal is asking for a visit from a plumber down the road. Of course, the stuff that ends up in there gets run, but I now have a sink screen that I let catch most of the stuff, which I just empty into my “organics” container.
This guy communicates so effortlessly that his words carry a compelling weight. Despite a lifetime of using plastic cutting boards, watching his video convinced me to make the switch to wooden ones
Steve is so easy to listen to and he explains everything so well. I am a very visual person so watching Steve is my favorite part. I love all his tips and videos. THANKS STEVE!
I've just bought my first ever wooden chopping board, (been using either plastic, glass or marble for years) and have been watching a few of these care videos. This video was definitely the best, most complete, most thorough and the only one I've seen that mentioned conditioning. Plus the humour made me smile. Subscribed.
Thsnk you Steve 😊 Your tutorial was extremely helpful. My husband accidentally set our bottom side of our cutting board on fire with our gas stove burner! Do you think we should sand it down & then follow your steps?
Clear, complete and to the point aside from the short fluffy intro. Nice video! Going to be recommending this video with every cutting board that comes out of the shop.
Great insight on the lemon and baking soda. If you have trouble finding cutting board oil, I’ve found that hardware stores almost always have a supply on hand.
Love your work Steve, thanks for the tip about washing both sides to prevent warping. When I'm oiling my cutting board I stand it upright, tilt a bit to add the oil and rub it in with my hands. No need to waste a paper towel or get oil all over a kitchen towel that way! I also just leave the excess oil on there and most of it absorbs overnight, especially in the middle which gets pretty thirsty.
Thank you very much for a wonderful video. Your instructions are awesome. My cutting boards were dry and lighty cracked. Now, thanks to you, they're perfect 🥰
When I oil my boards I set them on painters triangles. I put a ton of oil and rotate them 1-2x at night. They are too large and risky to set them on their side.
Rather than ordering a board with rubber feet (and missing out on using that side of the board if I wanted to), I bought five 1 1/2” suction cups that I stick to the counter where the four corners and the middle of the board will be. I cut with it that way, and also when oiling my board.
If you have any poor old wooden handled knives, do them at the same time. I had some very mistreated wobbly handles. Now they are beautiful and better than new.
Just use different boards for different types of food. I use wood board for heavy chopping. For meat, fish, onion and even tomatos plastic is OK and easy to clean.
Both the mineral oil and beeswax blend used here can be bought at most hardware stores for about $10 each. There are higher quality products available online that are considerably more expensive. Wish they would've specifically mentioned to never use scented mineral oil found at a pharmacy!
Another great tip for sanitizing wooden cutting boards is to use HOCL (Force of Nature or similar). Leave for 10 minutes and wipe off. It's totally safe for food and even skin contact (used in wound care, for burn victims and can even treat eczema), and a FDA approved sanitizer. Mineral Oil has recently been re-classified as a suspected carcinogen, so I would avoid it if at all possible.
Wow I'm a fan of made in in general but I hope you are not the product designer you keep referring to the flat side to the back when most of the time that the side you should use
That cutting board tho... it's thick enough to level out a motorhome on uneven ground. Filet that bad boy and have two, TWO, cutting boards in one! Call now! Operatorsarestandingby.
Thicker boards like this are ideal for cutting or carving larger pieces of meat. The weight helps them slide around less than plastic boards or thinner wood boards.
