You can purchase mineral oil at any kitchen store or woodworking store. Many large grocery stores also sell mineral oil.
You don’t need to mix beeswax and oil yourself. Mixtures of beeswax and oil (most often at about a 1:5 ratio) are sold in woodworking stores and catalogs.
Carnauba wax may be a little tricky to find. Check woodworking stores. If they don’t stock the wax, find an online woodworking catalog and order the wax from the website.
You can purchase tung oil at most woodworking stores and through online woodworking catalogs.
However, linseed oil also has a few disadvantages. It takes a long time to set, meaning that the cutting board will need to sit out for a few hours after you’ve applied the oil. Linseed oil also isn’t very water resistant. Never apply boiled linseed to a cutting board. This processed oil contains metallic drivers and isn’t safe for consumption.
Depending on how light or dark you’d like your cutting board to be, this could be a positive or negative aspect of using walnut oil.
After you rinse it clean, let the board dry for about 30 minutes before applying finish.
Once the first side is finished, turn the cutting board over and rub another 2 in (5. 1 cm) dollop onto the second side.
While the cutting board is drying, leave it in on your countertop or another safe place where it won’t be disturbed by kids or pets.
If you neglect to reapply non-drying finish, your cutting board will dry out and fluids from the foods you cut will penetrate the wood. If you finished the cutting board with a drying oil, you won’t need to reapply the finish.
