John Taylor Butcher Block Conditioner: Food-Grade Mineral Oil & Natural Waxes for Wood Preservation

Rodney W.: Working and smells 👍 great

United States on Sep 16, 2023

LoriLori: I am not handy, but this product was easy to use, no mess and beautiful!!!

United States on Sep 06, 2023

T. WrightT. Wright: I bought this to cure a sharp shaped wood cutout I bought that I wanted to turn into a charcuterie board. I used it about 6 times to get it really soaked into the wood. I am happy to say that the food did not stain the wood, and cleaning the board afterwards was easy. I re-did it after we used the board. I also use this on my other charcuterie boards after each use. It goes into the wood very well and keeps the wood smooth and shiny. You do NOT need very much with each application. I've used my bottle about 15 times and it's still pretty full.

United States on Aug 05, 2023

Amazon customer: The search for the best product and best food safe finish is over. This stuff is unbelievable. It gives the wood a smooth feeling like polly and really brings out the grain. It enhances the natural color of the wood without changing it. We are amazed by the depth of grain in Walnut, maple, Ash, and elm. It has a slight and pleasant honey smell when using it but does not have a smell once dry. To get best results you need to put very little work into it but the results far exceeded the effort.

Here is what I did to get the best results and to reduce waste. In short use rubber gloves to hand rub for maximum coverage.

Heat up the product for best penetration, seal, and finish.

My recommendation for use.
Get rubber gloves, hair dryer, and a wide shallow pan. Have a towel and hot pad ready. Place the wide shallow pan on the hot pad on your work surface with the product closed (seal under cap removed) place it laying horizontal in the pan. Use the hair dryer to heat the wood surface or cutting board that you intend to treat. As the water is heating up warm the wood surface on high heat and low blower setting. Before the water boils, leave the hair dryer on and...

United States on May 19, 2017

R. Clay: The John Taylor Butcher Block Conditioner was a bit of a surprise when I first received it. It is much thicker than similar products, which made me feel confident right away that I had purchased a quality product.

Wood, by its absorbant nature, will either last a very long time, or else become cracked, easily scarred, or turn pale, if it gets too dry. Obviously wood used in a kitchen or food prep area is exposed to a fair amount of water, not only from food that is cut, but also from the wood being wiped down, or wiped clean. This seems to be "good" for the surface of a cutting board, but putting water into the board doesn't give it the natural protection that using food grade mineral oil and natural wax provides.

Think of the life of a cutting board. First of all, good ones aren't inexpensive. The best are plain, undecorated strips of wood that are glued together under a lot of pressure, and then planed and sanded to a nice smooth finish. By the time a cutting board is constructed, it is quite dry, so the best way to treat a new cutting board is to immediately begin the process of re-moisturizing the wood inside it. This is actually a very slow process that can take...

United States on Nov 15, 2012