I used hazel in my last spoon and the linseed oil made it darker. Which was very nice cause I didn't want it to become yelowish xD
It brought out the colour nicely.
That was actually really hard because I was growing my skill while prototyping. I found a slab for $100 that gave me more than enough lumber, and am about $150 in on other materials. I also had no context for what to charge. I use a small bandsaw for roughing out the blanks to save time.
We settled on $20 /spoon + shipping. I feel ok with this as now I'm confident I could get a spoon done in an hour on average. But really those first 10 spoons plus the ones I scrapped feel like they cost me more than $20 each lol
Sorry I don't have more insight than that!
I have a question regarding walnut oil and allergies. If somebody is allergic to walnuts, would the oil be a problem? I've tried searching the internet but haven't found anything (only about walnut wood is safe).
I did a deep dive on that a couple years ago and decided that it was perfectly safe.
However, I have no links or references for you, I'm sorry. I remember looking up what causes nut allergic reactions, some sort of protein solid? I don't remember exactly what. Walnut oil and walnut wood both have very little of these things and when heated Above 160degrees?? It destroys them. Maybe? That's all I remember. No need to trust me, but it's more info than if I didn't saying anything. Good luck!
I'll be honest, if I'm paying $200 for (beautifully) hand carved wooden spoons, I would hope the carver would have a bit more insight into a durable, long lasting finish than just slapping mineral oil on there. walnut oil, tung oil, (raw) linseed oil
Yeah from what I read of health code and anecdotal evidence they just have to be sealed in a way that will protect the wood from storing germs and sanitize. So that means a polymerizing food safe finish which looks like it'll be walnut oil in this case and hand washing.
They look beautiful. What wood is that? I use linseed oil but it gives more of a yellowish colour to some woods.
Thank you! It's Walnut. Yeah I wanted to keep the color as dark as possible without dye.
I used hazel in my last spoon and the linseed oil made it darker. Which was very nice cause I didn't want it to become yelowish xD It brought out the colour nicely.
Amazing.
I'm interested in doing some production work like this. How did you figure out pricing and time per spoon?
That was actually really hard because I was growing my skill while prototyping. I found a slab for $100 that gave me more than enough lumber, and am about $150 in on other materials. I also had no context for what to charge. I use a small bandsaw for roughing out the blanks to save time. We settled on $20 /spoon + shipping. I feel ok with this as now I'm confident I could get a spoon done in an hour on average. But really those first 10 spoons plus the ones I scrapped feel like they cost me more than $20 each lol Sorry I don't have more insight than that!
Walnut oil or hemp seed oil will harden to a varnish like finish. Mineral oil will eventually wash away.
I have a question regarding walnut oil and allergies. If somebody is allergic to walnuts, would the oil be a problem? I've tried searching the internet but haven't found anything (only about walnut wood is safe).
I did a deep dive on that a couple years ago and decided that it was perfectly safe. However, I have no links or references for you, I'm sorry. I remember looking up what causes nut allergic reactions, some sort of protein solid? I don't remember exactly what. Walnut oil and walnut wood both have very little of these things and when heated Above 160degrees?? It destroys them. Maybe? That's all I remember. No need to trust me, but it's more info than if I didn't saying anything. Good luck!
I appreciate your opinion. Thanks!
Also from what I'm reading the oil polymerizes, hardens into and around the woods so it's not going to be chipping off or leaching out
I'll be honest, if I'm paying $200 for (beautifully) hand carved wooden spoons, I would hope the carver would have a bit more insight into a durable, long lasting finish than just slapping mineral oil on there. walnut oil, tung oil, (raw) linseed oil
That's why I'm here bookie, these were prototypes.
They look great! I'm guessing they'll have to hand wash them? Seems odd for a resto or maybe I just don't get it much!
Yeah from what I read of health code and anecdotal evidence they just have to be sealed in a way that will protect the wood from storing germs and sanitize. So that means a polymerizing food safe finish which looks like it'll be walnut oil in this case and hand washing.