Sealer

[morrie]

I have just made some timber paddles, (used for smoothing icing on wedding cakes) for a group of cake decorators. Should they be left in their raw state or is there a foodsafe sealer that I may apply to prolong their life. Regards morrie.

[Mike Busby]

Pure Tung Oil could be the answer. http://www.howardproducts.com.au/documents/about_tung_oil.pdf (http://www.howardproducts.com.au/documents/about_tung_oil.pdf) It is approved by the Food and drug Administration in the USA but I can't find anything on it for Australia.

Probably contact your state health service will give you the more correct answer.

[morrie]

Mike thank you so much for your kind reply. Incidentally I have used organoil on earleir projects which I think is a similar product to Tung oil. Once again many thanks and I will give the Tung oil a try, regards morrie.

[groeneaj]

I have plans to make a chopping board and finishing it with organoils hard burnishing oil - I've been told by Ernie from trend timbers that it's a food safe finish.


Andy

[Manuka Jock]

I made a few of those cake makers small tools a few years ago .
Rice-bran oil , the one I use for cooking , is what I put on them .
It leaves no flavour or smell on the wood , so no tainting of the icing .
I put it on my bread and cutting boards too .

[ubeaut]

Click here 147396 Approved by FDA and throughout the world, for use on food implements and a whole lot more.
Bare in mind that most oils have a fragrance, taste and smell which can hang around for a long time. I not really sure I'd like to be using them on food implements where they could taint the flavour of the food with lemon or eucalyptus or other fragrances.Cheers - Neil

[barnsey]

Hang on a minute.

I've still got a wooden spoon that my mother and now I have used for years.

Was the only one left after my dad broke the rest of 'em on my behind :-.

But none of 'em had any finish on 'em

OK that maybe because none was ever reapplied. Not sure it matters then apart from the advice of Manuka Jock and Neil.

Not a big lover of organoil on things that are repeatedly exposed to water though - that might be me.

Things like lemon, orange, lime and peppermint flavorings are quite stringent and will also taint a timber if it is inappropriate. Not sure any oil type finish will cope with that:no:.

FWIW