Your Cutting Board Care instructions:

Washing:

These cutting boards are hand made from natural wood and glue. The glue is waterproof, but may soften and fail if allowed to soak in water or steam. Please wash with hot soapy water and a dishcloth or sponge soon after use. Rinse thoroughly and preferably towel dry. If air drying, set the board up vertically being careful not to let one edge, end, or face fully contact a solid surface which may allow water to accumulate at that edge or face. For instance, don’t set it upside down, flat on a countertop if it is wet.

*** Do NOT put the cutting board in the dishwasher or allow it to soak in water. ***

Care:

The cutting board will dry out and may split if not properly cared for. Please oil every other week or so with a quality cutting board oil such as Howard’s Butcher Block Conditioner available on Amazon or Ace Hardware and other places. Follow the directions on the label. You can even use food grade Mineral Oil found the laxatives' area at Walmart and other stores.

Similar care should be taken with other hand made wood utensils such as spurtles and flippers.

Refinishing:

Eventually, after lots of use, (many months or years) the cutting board will be marred by knife cuts and possibly dented here and there. No problems with this, but if you want to restore it to new and if you are relatively handy with tools, you can. A full refinishing can be done with an orbital sander starting at 60 or 80 grit to get the oil off and sand down the marks. Move to 120 grit and finally 220 grit for a nice smooth surface. The top is probably all you really will need to work on as it’s the most abused surface. Once nice and smooth, you can wipe off the dust with a wet rag. This will also make the fibers of the sanded wood stand up. Once it’s dry, VERY lightly sand again with the 220 grit, just barely rubbing the paper on the wood. You only want to knock off the 'fuzz'; the wood fibers that are standing up. Remove this dust with a barely damp rag and let dry. The next day you can apply a coat of mineral oil and let that sit overnight. Apply another coat, and wait another 24hrs. Apply a third coat and let that sit for a few days, then apply a good oil/beeswax combo (like Howard’s Butcher Block Conditioner or similar.) and let that sit for a few days. Buff it with a clean cloth. Boom! Good as new!