I thought the video (shown at the bottom of this post) is a nice tutorial on cutting board maintenance. When we use ours, we wash them with mild soap, spray them with a blend of lemon water, tea tree essential oil (It’s my natural food antiseptic spray), and then wipe the board dry. The only thing I will say is she should use a fractionated coconut oil since regular coconut oil will go rancid.
I condition my bamboo cutting boards (pictures below of them just having been cleaned/conditioned) weekly. In our house, they typically get used daily. I also do this treatment to the entire board, not just the side used for cutting.
My cutting board conditioning paste is made by me. What’s in it? Natural beeswax, fractionated coconut oil, and lemongrass. Sometimes… I’ll add 100% turpentine essential oil. The polish is all natural and the ingredients used are all antifungal, antiviral, antibacterial. I let the paste soak in the board overnight and wipe off/buff in the morning. It conditions and keeps my boards looking brand new.
I’m getting a handcrafted cutting board!
Guess what? I’m getting a custom cutting board made for me! I must say that I’m excited to receive that. I decided to include the pictures that are being sent to me below.
The above picture shows the wood that is being used. It’s exotic wood, I’ll have to look at the names of exactly what’s being used. Here he’s getting everything ready. It doesn’t look like much now, does it?
In this picture, he had glued all the wooden pieces together and clamped them in place.
In this picture, with my cutting board, he had added the handles (located on the underside of the board) and had given the board it’s first sanding. It’s starting to look like a cutting board, right?
Here’s another picture he sent me right before it went under for its second sanding.
… and here’s the last picture that I received today. It’s been oiled and will receive another coat of oil tomorrow. Isn’t it gorgeous? This cutting board is 17″ x 12″.
I really appreciate that the wood crafter has been kind enough to update me with the behind the scenes process for creating this cutting board. Do you want to know something? I had just watched a few videos about them two weeks ago and at that time I had no idea I’d be purchasing a customized board, even though it was on my “to do” list for purchasing one later this year. Years ago, I did have a wonderful cutting board but somehow when I was reorganizing it was lost. I have a feeling it was inadvertently placed in a box of items that went to the Goodwill or Purple Heart. Well, someone received an awesome cutting board, and many years later, I’m finally replacing the one that was misplaced. This board, properly cared for, should last a lifetime.
Great post and YAY on the new cutting board! I had a bamboo one a while back that I won and totally ruined it! Boo hiss! I tried to only use water on it and it bowed out and morphed…next time I will be referring back to this post of yours when I get a new one!
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@Jennifer Bliss, How long did you keep it in water? I wash my wooden/bamboo cutting boards and dry right away. I then let stand on its side, so it can dry completely. We do love wooden cutting boards. My customized cutting board was supposed to arrive today, but… it didn’t arrive when the mailperson came. I do know that they make a few trips and am hoping that it appears later. The last update I have was from yesterday.
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Oh my!!! Your cutting boards are so so beautiful. That’s a set of different sizes, right? So convenient.
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@suituapui, Indeed it is a set. I do love cutting boards. I use them daily.
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