re: Lets Talk "oil finishes"

Hi Kelly
Yes, I know what you mean however there are products worldwide , one being Livos that go to great lengths to produce products based on renewable raw materials. Some go to an additional length of fully declaring the ingredients. This is the only way customers, especially those with sensitivities or allergies are able to make an informed choice.

Re the Certification, whilst there are those that obtain certain “awards” or “acknowledgements” to make their products stand out, there are though legitimate companies that actually test products for certain criteriors…such as food safety, toy safe etc.

Please do not get me wrong, I am not a chemist nor a woodturner, but have worked with timber for over 20 years so anything mentioned here is my opinion and is only to be used as food for thought. For example, why use a mineral oil, a distillation of petroleum when one can use a product made from linseed oil, natural waxes and resins? If you are making something for yourself, one can do anything but it gets a bit problematic when one sell an item or gives it away.

In my experience pure linseed doesn’t harden unless it has some sort of additives. If for example you leave a bottle of linseed oil open, it will not even form a skin. Also, there differences in the molecular structure of boiled and cold press linseed oil.

And yes, I believe what is food safe or not will continue to be debated for a long time to come.