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I would 100% avoid coconut oil or any organic oil for wood. It can go rancid and ruin your tools.

You can buy food grade mineral oil from your local pharmacy. Just rub some on with a cloth, and keep applying as long as the wood will soak it.

Reapply when the wood lightens.

Source: I make cutting boards and such as a hobby.

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Same. This stuff is excellent and I’ve used it for years on cutting boards and butcher blocks I’ve made. It’s all natural, obviously food safe, super easy to apply with a paper towel or cloth, and the bottle lasts forever.

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Mineral oil is a petroleum distillate, a byproduct of fossil fuel production. I’m not saying it’s necessarily unsafe or unethical to use, but calling it “all natural” is a bit of a reach.

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I see. Thanks, I didn’t realize that.

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You can (if you like) buy food grade beeswax and use a double boiler to melt the wax and oil together.

For fun more than anything else.

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The credited response!

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