Good result for the entire project. No clanking of metal bashing on metal.
If you're willing to run the risk of cracking, preheat your oven to 300 - 325F.
Slop up the items with veg oil or beeswax. On a rack over a sheet pan, into the oven for 3 mins 30 sec, no longer.
Charles' Law predicts that the wood air will expand when heated.
Out of the oven, the cooling & contracting wood air will suck the oil finish down into the wood.
The finish actually replaces some of the original air in the wood cells.
Even a hot friction buffing uses this principle to some extent.
I did some 70 spoons and 30 forks in birch with olive oil.
No, they didn't go stinky rancid. Consistent results, a dozen at a time and no cracking at all.
I'm guessing that the wood needs to be heated all the way through for the stress.
If you're willing to run the risk of cracking, preheat your oven to 300 - 325F.
Slop up the items with veg oil or beeswax. On a rack over a sheet pan, into the oven for 3 mins 30 sec, no longer.
Charles' Law predicts that the wood air will expand when heated.
Out of the oven, the cooling & contracting wood air will suck the oil finish down into the wood.
The finish actually replaces some of the original air in the wood cells.
Even a hot friction buffing uses this principle to some extent.
I did some 70 spoons and 30 forks in birch with olive oil.
No, they didn't go stinky rancid. Consistent results, a dozen at a time and no cracking at all.
I'm guessing that the wood needs to be heated all the way through for the stress.
