"dave johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> try -
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=Pine.SOL.3.91.951010120930.721R-100000%40reliant&rnum=2&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26q%3Dbutchers%2Bblock%2Bfinishing%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dwg
> "fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:Qky%a.160874$uu5.24325@sccrnsc04...
> > I know you're supposed to use mineral oil to maintain these, but is
there
> a
> > step I'm missing between the joining of the panel and the application of
> the
> > oil? I can't find a step-by-step guide, but I'm thinking the panel
should
> > be sealed somehow before being oiled and used?
> >
> > thanks!
> > FL
> >
> >
I can't help you, but I am planning on making one of these. Did you use a
plan? How did you start? What is "the panel?"
"Barry Lennox" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 22:35:28 GMT, "fred" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I know you're supposed to use mineral oil to maintain these, but is there
a
> >step I'm missing between the joining of the panel and the application of
the
> >oil? I can't find a step-by-step guide, but I'm thinking the panel
should
> >be sealed somehow before being oiled and used?
> >
> >thanks!
> >FL
> >
>
> I made one with maybe 3-4 coats of shellac, can't recall the mix, but
> it was thin. Then soya bean oil rubbed in well. The old adage is:
>
> Once a day for a week
> Once a week for a month
> Once a month for a year
> Once a year forever,
>
> I have not followed that strictly, but close enough, and it seems to
> work very well.
>
> Barry Lennox
Isn't that just if you aren't going to put food on it?
try -
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=Pine.SOL.3.91.951010120930.721R-100000%40reliant&rnum=2&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26q%3Dbutchers%2Bblock%2Bfinishing%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dwg
"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Qky%a.160874$uu5.24325@sccrnsc04...
> I know you're supposed to use mineral oil to maintain these, but is there
a
> step I'm missing between the joining of the panel and the application of
the
> oil? I can't find a step-by-step guide, but I'm thinking the panel should
> be sealed somehow before being oiled and used?
>
> thanks!
> FL
>
>