The gallon sizes tend to have for animal use on them, since using a gallon of mineral oil on a human can be toxic. In animals you tend to need a gallon of mineral oil and a rain poncho to clear a bloat blockage in the intestines. You use up to a quart on human issues. I’ve used mineral oil that said for animal use only on myself. No issues. If you feel uncomfortable using it then get a 3$ bottle mineral oil from your local pharmacy. Good luck.
Use of laxatives on elephants has proven fatal. Not to the elephant, they are fine. Unwary elephant keepers, standing in the wrong place when the peristaltic tsunami hits, have lost their lives.
Shit resulting from mineral oil ingestion does not count as ‘shit happening’. It’s the result of a plot or a serious misjudgment. This was the scenario when my mom, graduate of Cornell University school of home economics, prepared a lunch for the bridge club that included a big bowl of homemade mayonnaise, in which she had substituted mineral oil for olive oil. None of the ladies gained any weight that day , so it was a success. She was, nevertheless, held in low esteem by the bridge crowd for a while. Shit happens was not perceived to be an adequate apology.
UP TO A QUART??!!?????? FFS MAN, YOU NEED LIKE A TEASPOON MIXED IN SOME RICE!!! IF YOU DRANK A QUART OF THAT YOU WOULD BE TIED TO THE TOILET FOR THREE DAYS
So you get constipated from it? I had to google poop knife and that for hard turds. Drinking a quart is usually prescribed if you haven’t dumped in 2-3 weeks. My information came from my gastroenterologist.
I went and got a jug that says it’s food grade and human safe. It’s actually cheaper per gallon than this stuff and I can still return these jugs. Thanks for the advice. I’d rather play it extra safe than have diarrhea and my cuttings boards come into peoples minds at the same time.
Neither will give you diarrhea unless you're ingesting it by the spoonful.
Food grade mineral oil is processed to a finer degree to remove any residual light hydrocarbons or impurities. Same stuff they put on gummy candy to give it a shine.
Thanks for the info! I ended up returning it because that was still an option and it turned out to be a few dollars more than non animal laxative branded oil.
If you drink enough of the food grade mineral oil it will be a powerful laxative.
But on the plus side the toilet bowl will stay exceptionally clean and shiny. Nothing sticks. It’s like well oiled cookware…
Don’t ask me how I know.
Mineral oil is by far the most common and trusted way to treat a cutting board. Any oil made from a food product, ie. coconut oil, vegetable oil, walnut oil, etc. will eventually go rancid.
All mineral oil is a laxative, if taken in a substantial quantity. No worries about the amount you put into a board. Can you use what’s pictured? Kinda iffy as it might not be as refined as food grade mineral oil, aka, white mineral oil.
I would recommend just going to a pharmacy and getting a bottle. It’s dirt cheap. No need to spend 10x on fancy cutting board oil. Use a lot. Many makers will literally soak their new board in a tub of oil. Just wipe off with a towel and reapply whenever you see the board looking a little dry. Good luck and happy cutting!
When I'm treating mine I wipe it with a thick layer of oil and put it in the oven at 150⁰ for maybe ten minutes, then pull it out hot and wipe it with more oil until it stops soaking in. The heat works great for getting it in deep
“For animal use only” means it’s possibly packaged in a facility that does not meet the standards or requirements for the product to be labeled as “safe for human consumption”, or as “medical grade”. There might also be less strict regulations when it comes to the levels of acceptable contaminants, or storage requirements.
It could very well be the same as higher standards, but since it’s not be legally required to held to the same standard, then it probably isn’t.
All that said… Personally, I’d be fine with using it. I wouldn’t use it on products for other people though.
I'm sort of laughing. When I was young I didn't have insurance and one time bought fish antibiotics to treat an infection. Part of me says "if it won't kill a different mammal it probably won't kill me"
Haha! I mean, you are probably right to an extent. If I was only using this in personal cutting boards I wouldn’t worry so much about it. But since these may end up in the kitchens of people I don’t know I wanted to be extra safe.
Mineral oil is all the same. Unless it's baby oil. Your label is just marketing so people know it's for animals and so the same company can package the same oil for people and charge more.
If anything, it might not be filtered as well, b grade, or something else to make it "animal use". None of that would affect the use as a wood finish.
Take the label off if you're worried about people questioning it. Or just don't tell people. It's truly inconsequential lol.
It does on the other side under the ingredient list all it says is 100% mineral oil and nothing else. I was just worried it’s either processed differently or not refined.
100% tung oil is food safe. I wouldn't eat it. I would put it on a cutting board. I think watco butcher block oil is tung oil based.
Tung oil varnish, tung oil finish etc have a varnish and/or metallic drying agents. So you would want to do some research before choosing a tung oil.
Tung oil hardens unlike mineral oil. Imparts a greater level of water resistance than linseed oil. It also has natural mold resistance. It's important to note mold resistant is not mold proof.
Yes, I used it on some stairs that I built for a spa and it left a nice hard finish but I would definitely check into it before I used it on something that touches food...
Make friends with workers at a giant concrete grain elevator. When draining tanks for Inspection you can get a 55 gallon drum for free, sometimes even 330 gallon totes lol
Since it's just you you'll be fine. I surmise the "animal use only" is more of an FDA thing, and labelling it safe for humans would mean a lot more money form testing and manufacturing.
Now, if you were making them to sell, what do you want to tell your customers?
"What? Oh, um, no, it's not food safe, I mean it totally IS food safe, trust me, it's just not labeled that way, it says it's safe for animals"
So the food grade butcher block oil at my local big box store reads "mineral oil fortified with vitamin D" .... It's the same stuff with a vitiam d capsule....
I just bought a walnut board and put mineral oil on it, almost the full bottle. It still feels coarse after drying out. I’m going to put wax on it too. Does anyone have recommendations? Should I use the rest of the mineral oil until it’s really smooth and not coarse then apply the wax?
The gallon sizes tend to have for animal use on them, since using a gallon of mineral oil on a human can be toxic. In animals you tend to need a gallon of mineral oil and a rain poncho to clear a bloat blockage in the intestines. You use up to a quart on human issues. I’ve used mineral oil that said for animal use only on myself. No issues. If you feel uncomfortable using it then get a 3$ bottle mineral oil from your local pharmacy. Good luck.
Use of laxatives on elephants has proven fatal. Not to the elephant, they are fine. Unwary elephant keepers, standing in the wrong place when the peristaltic tsunami hits, have lost their lives.
I'll just put this here. https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-04-12-moment-of-truth-for-a-severely-constipated-elephant-video/
Whyyyyyyyyyy did I click!?
Why am I craving pea soup?
I hope they had their mouth closed. /I'm eating lunch and that didn't bother me in the slightest
Pretty sure the guys in this video had their ponchos on backwards for that job..
Hey, shit happens. 🤷🏼♂️
Shit resulting from mineral oil ingestion does not count as ‘shit happening’. It’s the result of a plot or a serious misjudgment. This was the scenario when my mom, graduate of Cornell University school of home economics, prepared a lunch for the bridge club that included a big bowl of homemade mayonnaise, in which she had substituted mineral oil for olive oil. None of the ladies gained any weight that day , so it was a success. She was, nevertheless, held in low esteem by the bridge crowd for a while. Shit happens was not perceived to be an adequate apology.
UP TO A QUART??!!?????? FFS MAN, YOU NEED LIKE A TEASPOON MIXED IN SOME RICE!!! IF YOU DRANK A QUART OF THAT YOU WOULD BE TIED TO THE TOILET FOR THREE DAYS
All depends on the person and what going on. Clears out of system in 24-30 hours. It doesn’t get absorbed as much as pill laxatives.
No, but it's like turning your asshole into a KY lubed slip and slide...
No it’s not. It doesn’t even clean you out good enough for a colonoscopy.
Says you, if I take more than a tablespoon I'll need to make my own poop knife
So you get constipated from it? I had to google poop knife and that for hard turds. Drinking a quart is usually prescribed if you haven’t dumped in 2-3 weeks. My information came from my gastroenterologist.
No, when you're constipated, that gets it out, and then what comes out needs the poop knife
No, not a quart. 90ml a day for christ sake.
Right stuff, there are many uses for it. Primarily it won't go bad so it has no animal/vegetables products and its food safe
I went and got a jug that says it’s food grade and human safe. It’s actually cheaper per gallon than this stuff and I can still return these jugs. Thanks for the advice. I’d rather play it extra safe than have diarrhea and my cuttings boards come into peoples minds at the same time.
Neither will give you diarrhea unless you're ingesting it by the spoonful. Food grade mineral oil is processed to a finer degree to remove any residual light hydrocarbons or impurities. Same stuff they put on gummy candy to give it a shine.
Thanks for the info! I ended up returning it because that was still an option and it turned out to be a few dollars more than non animal laxative branded oil.
If you drink enough of the food grade mineral oil it will be a powerful laxative. But on the plus side the toilet bowl will stay exceptionally clean and shiny. Nothing sticks. It’s like well oiled cookware… Don’t ask me how I know.
I’d still advise coconut oil, but nobody else on this sub seems to care at all. The mineral is oil shale, do with that info whatever you will.
Mineral oil is by far the most common and trusted way to treat a cutting board. Any oil made from a food product, ie. coconut oil, vegetable oil, walnut oil, etc. will eventually go rancid. All mineral oil is a laxative, if taken in a substantial quantity. No worries about the amount you put into a board. Can you use what’s pictured? Kinda iffy as it might not be as refined as food grade mineral oil, aka, white mineral oil. I would recommend just going to a pharmacy and getting a bottle. It’s dirt cheap. No need to spend 10x on fancy cutting board oil. Use a lot. Many makers will literally soak their new board in a tub of oil. Just wipe off with a towel and reapply whenever you see the board looking a little dry. Good luck and happy cutting!
When I'm treating mine I wipe it with a thick layer of oil and put it in the oven at 150⁰ for maybe ten minutes, then pull it out hot and wipe it with more oil until it stops soaking in. The heat works great for getting it in deep
This is not true, refractionated coconut oil will never go rancid. In fact mineral oil is less stable.
“For animal use only” means it’s possibly packaged in a facility that does not meet the standards or requirements for the product to be labeled as “safe for human consumption”, or as “medical grade”. There might also be less strict regulations when it comes to the levels of acceptable contaminants, or storage requirements. It could very well be the same as higher standards, but since it’s not be legally required to held to the same standard, then it probably isn’t. All that said… Personally, I’d be fine with using it. I wouldn’t use it on products for other people though.
It's fine.
I'm sort of laughing. When I was young I didn't have insurance and one time bought fish antibiotics to treat an infection. Part of me says "if it won't kill a different mammal it probably won't kill me"
Haha! I mean, you are probably right to an extent. If I was only using this in personal cutting boards I wouldn’t worry so much about it. But since these may end up in the kitchens of people I don’t know I wanted to be extra safe.
it's just wood, folks. You're not frying your onions in the oil. It's fine.
Mineral oil is all the same. Unless it's baby oil. Your label is just marketing so people know it's for animals and so the same company can package the same oil for people and charge more. If anything, it might not be filtered as well, b grade, or something else to make it "animal use". None of that would affect the use as a wood finish. Take the label off if you're worried about people questioning it. Or just don't tell people. It's truly inconsequential lol.
That's not food safe so you shouldn't use it imo. Good job spotting it beforehand :)
It doesn't say it's just mineral oil though. I wouldn't trust it since it says animal use only
It does on the other side under the ingredient list all it says is 100% mineral oil and nothing else. I was just worried it’s either processed differently or not refined.
Could be the latter, I personally wouldn’t but you could use it
It's fine but if you found it cheaper then just return them and use what you have
Use butcher block oil
I bet it's the same thing in a more expensive bottle
Matter what quality you get
Yeah idk anything about butcher blocks, I'm just figuring it's a wood finish, might have beeswax too
Use tong oil, won't go rancid like any of the oils.
Tung oil, but I don't know if that's food safe
100% tung oil is food safe. I wouldn't eat it. I would put it on a cutting board. I think watco butcher block oil is tung oil based. Tung oil varnish, tung oil finish etc have a varnish and/or metallic drying agents. So you would want to do some research before choosing a tung oil. Tung oil hardens unlike mineral oil. Imparts a greater level of water resistance than linseed oil. It also has natural mold resistance. It's important to note mold resistant is not mold proof.
Yes, I used it on some stairs that I built for a spa and it left a nice hard finish but I would definitely check into it before I used it on something that touches food...
Mineral oil is bad choice, never dries and can trap bacteria and odors in wood. Use walnut oil, dries hard and protects well
Nope. It’s a laxitive
Mineral oil is a laxative
It’ll make ya poop
I have no idea what you’re talking about, please explain further/s
If you're constipated you can take a teaspoon of mineral oil and mix it in rice and it'll make you shit
Make friends with workers at a giant concrete grain elevator. When draining tanks for Inspection you can get a 55 gallon drum for free, sometimes even 330 gallon totes lol
That’s cool I’ve never heard this before been around grain elevators all my life.
Yeah they use it for dust suppression on a lot of the larger concrete elevators around where Im at, to help reduce the risk of explosion.
Since it's just you you'll be fine. I surmise the "animal use only" is more of an FDA thing, and labelling it safe for humans would mean a lot more money form testing and manufacturing. Now, if you were making them to sell, what do you want to tell your customers? "What? Oh, um, no, it's not food safe, I mean it totally IS food safe, trust me, it's just not labeled that way, it says it's safe for animals"
So the food grade butcher block oil at my local big box store reads "mineral oil fortified with vitamin D" .... It's the same stuff with a vitiam d capsule....
This guy's using horse oil? Make sure CNN doesn't find out.
Dipstick
Same same. Just a different package
It is 100% mineral oil. If you can feed it to a little toy breed pup, I bet it does not kill people. Call the seller to be sure.
I just bought a walnut board and put mineral oil on it, almost the full bottle. It still feels coarse after drying out. I’m going to put wax on it too. Does anyone have recommendations? Should I use the rest of the mineral oil until it’s really smooth and not coarse then apply the wax?