On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:10:28 -0800 (PST), TWW wrote:


ok, let's get wild and crazy here and try umm.. logic!
If oil will stick to a waxed bowl, it either wasn't buffed well or you forgot
the wax, right?

I don't eat out of my stuff, but I box it up from show to show.. lot's of
contact and rubbing together but the most I've had to do in the last 3 or 4
years is wipe with a soft cloth to bring the luster back..

A few weeks back I asked the group about tung oil and buffing in cold
climate. Since it was cold I decided to wait until it warmed up so
buffed an oak bowl with no tung or Danish oil on it and gave it to
someone who loved it. When I saw her a couple of weeks later she
asked me if she should put mineral oil on it after a while like I had
told her to do with some other bowls.

I was not sure if she should put anything on it but told her I would
ask this group since you guys usually know more than I do. My
thought was mineral oil might raise the grain in the wood if it got
through the thin wax coating I put on with the buffing wheel and it
would shine less. Anyone have any experience with caring for buffed
bowls they want to pass along? Thanks.


mac

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