Hi everyone,
what do you think, how much does one need to spend on the oil to saturate the board? I've been warned not to use normal cooking oil, since it can go rancid, and even though I used linseed oil on furniture before, I thought it would be better to be nice. So I got myself this nice oil from a Durch company named uulki, and... the stuff isn't cheap. 15 für 250ml, similar price as for other good quality, food safe wood oil.So far, my two end-grain boards (30x40cm and 35x45cm) have drunk more than 500ml of the stuff, the third bottle is half empty as well.
So, I thought that there has to be a less expensive way to do the initial saturation - once the board is saturated, I'm totally ok with using good stuff for touch-ups. But maybe it would be fine to use linseed oil or something similar while the boards are super thirsty? It should be food-safe though... the regular oil used for floors and furniture costs much less, but this doesn't seem like a good idea
So what can I use, what do you use, that is less than 60 / Liter?