Help With Walnut Oil

Re: Help With Walnut Oil

Andrew Hilton

>Most of my production kitchenware (turnings and otherwise) are finished in just walnut oil.

It's going to take a couple of weeks to fully cure and harden as much as it's going to. But that doesn't mean you have to wait that long to buff over it if you're going to do that. Give it a couple of days to a week (depending on environmental conditions), wipe off any bleeding or excess, and then buff it ... or not as you see fit.

Re: Help With Walnut Oil

Mike Schwing from Md.

>I find walnut oil takes a long, long, long time to harden/dry, as in "never" in my experience. Can't say I've ever buffed it out. It is a "final finish" for me when I use it. I let it soak in and then wipe it as dry as possible.

I am always/still a little confused about the claims that walnut oil hardens, as I have containers of walnut oil, in really shallow little amounts, that haven't hardened, ever. Watco, Waterlox, Daly's, varnishes, etc....they all harden eventually, but that little container of walnut oil never does. I use Mahoney's walnut oil. The rags never dry out either.

Re: Help With Walnut Oil

Jim Pugh in Elyria, OH

>Gents, I'm no expert on walnut oil but Mike Mahoney says that the salad oil version bought in the grocery store will not harden. There is, however, a different version that will harden and he happens to sell it thru Craft Supplies. He will also tell you the place in California that makes it if you want to deal direct.

Re: Help With Walnut Oil

Andrew Hilton

>As a person believing in backing up what one says, especially myself, I've included a picture of the walnut oil (gotten from the regular grocery stores in this region) that I use. Behind it is a piece of the paper towel that I used with that walnut oil 4 days ago to do some finishing on a platter.

The paper towel stands out on it's own pretty well even now and in another week, it'll be quite hard.

Not all walnut oils harden as much as others so, if in doubt, simply test it. You don't need "special" or expensive walnut oil.

Re: Help With Walnut Oil

Molly Winton

>I use walnut oil a lot. I buy it in 5 gallon jugs from the place in California. If you want it to harden you need to get "filtered" oil, not the salad oil (which is refined). I can't seem to find my contact information for the supplier, but I'll keep looking and when I find it, I'll post it.

Amazing

Mike Schwing from Md.

>I would have never believed that without seeing it. I need to switch to a different brand of walnut oil. Any and all of the rags I've used would still be as wet as when freshly soaked. Thanks!

Re: Amazing

Andrew Hilton

>No problem, Mike. I don't know if you can see it in the picture but the bottle says it is "100% Expeller Pressed" if that makes any difference.