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I need to oil a wooden item for the kitchen. Having heard of using 'Mineral Oil' as being food safe I just trotted off to the local Chemist looking for a bottle of said stuff. The only item they could come up with was 'Baby Oil' with listed ingredients of mineral oil and fragrance, obviously not what I want for food storage.
So what do people mean by mineral oil? Is 'Liquid Paraffin' the thing to use?
I buy mineral oil from ikea.
the name they use is Skydd.
"Mineral oil" is extracted from the ground and is a veritable cocktail of heavy oils and tars, medium light weight oils, plus a bunch of volatile organic components and loads of other stuff.
Mineral oil as used by woodies is the medium lighter weight fraction of that oil, but with without anything added like perfumes, or smoke scavengers as found in two stroke oil., or detergents as found in some engine oils, or modifiers . . .
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After a web search or two...
What Cutting Board Oil to Use:
The best oil to use on your cutting board is mineral oil (also called liquid paraffin).
That's what I use. Nobody's died ..... yet! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Fuzzie
Many years ago I read a magazine article from a turner who made a baby’s rattle out of hoop pine filled with beans, for the burnished oil finish he used unscented baby oil which according to his research was classified as food safe and contained sufficient plasticisers to give a glossy finish.
Well having worked out I needed Liquid Paraffin I visited a different pharmacy this morning and couldn't find it on the shelves. It turns out 'Chemist Warehouse' no longer carry any stock of Liquid Paraffin. Their advice was try another pharmacy chain...... :shrug:
Obviously the current population doesn't get as constipated as it used to. :U
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Originally Posted by Fuzzie
Search results - Bunnings Australia
From Crown Oil Ltd - Nationwide Fuels & Lubricants Supplier
Paraffin uses
Paraffin has a variety of uses across multiple industries and may refer to several different substances:
- Paraffin wax: a white or colourless soft solid used as a lubricant, candles, crayons, electrical insulation and petroleum jelly
- Liquid paraffin (drug): a very highly refined mineral oil used in cosmetics and medicines
- Alkane: a saturated hydrocarbon used as a chemical solvent and in plastics
- Kerosene: a fuel also known as paraffin
- Mineral oil: any of various colourless, odourless, light mixtures of alkanes in the C15 – C40 range from non-vegetable (mineral) source, particularly a distillate of petroleum
- Petroleum jelly (soft paraffin)
- Tractor vaporising oil: a fuel for petrol-paraffin engines
- Paraffin fuel: for prama-stoves or paraffin stoves, used in households in rural parts of South Africa
Liquid paraffin is a mineral oil that comes in two forms: either heavy liquid paraffin oil or light liquid paraffin oil. The terms kerosene and paraffin overlap where the latter is used as a liquid fuel. Whereas paraffin wax is a waxy solid, liquid paraffin is more viscous and highly refined and can be used as a laxative.
Other uses of paraffin include:
- A coolant for electrical systems
- A hydraulic fluid
Try a stock feeds supplier. They sell a lot of it for horses. Generally it is the purest and cheapest you can get commercially. Sceneys is one brand that I know of.
Try New Directions Australia, cosmetics supply shop.
Food Grade Mineral Oil | Stella Food Grade Oils
I bought some from ikea but when I needed more it turns out they were discontinued. I ended up buying from the above and spoke to one of the owners about how they got started in their business. Really nice guy and worth supporting them.
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Originally Posted by Fuzzie
when making cutting boards i just put them in a tub of mineral oil and let them soak for a while after which i let them dry .for mineral oil i just go to coles or woolies and get the generic baby oil ,it has a pleasant smell for baby bottoms that dissipates quickly.The contents say 100%mineral oil, i usually buy
4 250ml bottles [1 litre] about $12.To finish the cutting boards i give them a coating of homemade mineral oil/ beeswax paste and then buff off. Once dry all finishes are food safe .The problem used to be that in days gone past they used lead as a drying agent and what would happen is that people would paint bird cages with paint that contained lead and the poor budgie would drop dead after a few months of pecking lead infused paint off its cage
Pet shop for me also.
Cheapest by far.
I also make a mix of Paraffin and my Bees wax.
Excellent paste and easy to use that I give with my cutting boards.
Cheers John T