walnut oil

[porthos]

anybody ever tried or use it. a have a bottle of Mahoneys walnut oil. have a "practice piece" of crabapple that i am soaking it into. never stops soaking in. rubbed a little on a piece of steel and left it under the furnace register overnight. still wet. put a small amount in a bottle cap and added maybe less that 1/2 drop of cobalt drier. rubbed it on the other half of the piece of steel, and after 2 hours it is starting to stiffen up. anyway, i think that i will not be using the walnut oil without a drying agent. any experiences with it??

 

[rons]

Use it on wood utensils and wooden bowls.

 

[Scottl]

No experience with it but on a show I saw about craftsmen a spoon maker says he uses a heated mixture of beeswax and coconut oil.

I believe walnut oil always stays a bit "damp", which is ok for salad tongs and the like.

 

[Bill D]

If it never cures it may go rancid on the wood and in the bottle.
Bill D

 

[rustytool]

Unlike every other food based oil walnut oil does not go rancid and does dry.
At least that's I've learned from internet research.
And no, I don't believe everything I read.

 

[aboole71]

it is from food grade used oil and you can send it to used oil recycling plant for a few buck