Sake Box
by mattw, published
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If you know of a good food and alcohol safe wood treatment, please leave it in the comments.
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This easy-to-use finish is safe for salad bowls, cutting boards, cheese boards, etc.
It is a blend of two food-safe materials, beeswax and mineral oil. After a thin coat is applied, the item can be used immediately or left overnight and buffed to a low sheen.
If you are making bowls or boards for
resale, the small size could be included with your product as a convenient touch-up wax.
You may want to look into "Brewer's Pitch".
Nice job. I always loved the little sake boxes. As for finish I would go for traditional - beeswax. I am not sure what I would use for joining, but the beeswax can give it a great, non-toxic finish that will stand up to almost anything you want to put in it. The proper way would be to hand rub the beeswax in. The other option is to soak the box in molten beeswax for an hour or two. Pull it out, let it cool and rub it down for a great finish.
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Nice job. I always loved the little sake boxes. As for finish I would go for traditional - beeswax. I am not sure what I would use for joining, but the beeswax can give it a great, non-toxic finish that will stand up to almost anything you want to put in it. The proper way would be to hand rub the beeswax in. The other option is to soak the box in molten beeswax for an hour or two. Pull it out, let it cool and rub it down for a great finish.
Matt-
Your best bet for a sake-resistant non-toxic primer is Urushi, the resin used to make laquer-ware in japan before Europeans contaminated the craft with petroleum-based derivatives. It's amazing stuff (resistant to heat, water, alchohol acids and bases) but it's expensive, cures with humidity, which can be weird, and most unfortunately, contains the same active chemical as poison oak. Oh well, sacrifices must be made :)
Hi Matt, nice. I have been making boxes like that for a while now. One thing I added that turned them into multiple use, I guess not for sake. Is that I left a tiny cut on the top of the sides to insert a tiny mighty magnet, so when you also make covers it closes magnetically. I use the similar design for jewelry boxes, table boxes, nut boxes...
nicely done!
c
Google reveals an article on food-safe finishes http://www.finewoodworking.com...
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wo...
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amp;cat=1,190,42950
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amp;ap=1
This easy-to-use finish is safe for salad bowls, cutting boards, cheese boards, etc.
It is a blend of two food-safe materials, beeswax and mineral oil. After a thin coat is applied, the item can be used immediately or left overnight and buffed to a low sheen.
If you are making bowls or boards for
resale, the small size could be included with your product as a convenient touch-up wax.