Danish Oil Safe?

[HHazeldean]

I made a couple of spoons today and was wondering whether it was safe to oil them with danish oil? They will be used for eating so want to make sure the oil is safe for this.

Thanks for the help

 

[cyberwolfuk]

if it based on linseed oil and tung oil it should be food safe, google the brand you got see if it is safe as not all danish oil is food safe

 

[Dave Budd]

not ideal mate, it has poisonous thinners and dryers in it Your best bet is flaxseed oil (raw linseed oil, but food grade stuff)

 

[HHazeldean]

not ideal mate, it has poisonous thinners and dryers in it Your best bet is flaxseed oil (raw linseed oil, but food grade stuff)

Ah thanks, I think we have some somewhere so will try and dig it out. Cheers

 

[Mouse040]

If you are intending to use the spoons regularly flaxseed needs to be applied in thin coats and up to a dozen times before you get a good protection and it takes quite along time to dry between coats
Personally I use a mix of mineral oil and beeswax
Heat the mineral oil ( which you can get from any chemist ) and add about 1/5 beeswax and then let it solidify I use a small meat paste jar and keep one in my pack when out as two or three applications is a great finish and is 100% foodsafe and cheap to make and being a semi solid it drys of much quicker

 

[HillBill]

I wouldn't use danish oil for food utensils.

Walnut oil, raw linseed would be my first choices.

 

[Macaroon]

As stated, Walnut or I have also used Tung oil but it's spendy and I never found any advantage over Walnut. Whatever oil you use on eating utensils, it has to be a naturally drying oil otherwise it just sits near the surface and then goes rancid............atb mac