After doing the inital 4 coats of oil does anyone have an effective way of removing all the fibers that the cloth left behind?
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There are great demos on YouTube for board maintenance. Best to use plastic bag or silicon baster (something Non absorbing) for applying oil. Your rags absorb too much of the oils. No need to buy expensive oils, just use food grade mineral oil. It can be found at any hardware or grocery store. The special oils are much too pricy and unnecessary. I've had my block for almost 3 yrs. and it's still like new!! :-) a nice kitchen brush with a little soapy water will remove the old oils with fibers, then just reapply with bare hands or plastic bag over your hands. I love the feel of the oil on my hands, sometimes. There are great demos on YouTube for board maintenance. Best to use plastic bag or silicon baster (something Non absorbing) for applying oil. Your rags absorb too much of the oils. No need to buy expensive oils, just use food grade mineral oil. It can be found at any hardware or grocery store. The special oils are much too pricy and unnecessary. I've had my block for almost 3 yrs. and it's still like new!! :-) a nice kitchen brush with a little soapy water will remove the old oils with fibers, then just reapply with bare hands or plastic bag over your hands. I love the feel of the oil on my... » Read More There are great demos on YouTube for board maintenance. Best to use plastic bag or silicon baster (something Non absorbing) for applying oil. Your rags absorb too much of the oils. No need to buy expensive oils, just use food grade mineral oil. It can be found at any hardware or grocery store. The special oils are much too pricy and unnecessary. I've had my block for almost 3 yrs. and it's still like new!! :-) a nice kitchen brush with a little soapy water will remove the old oils with fibers, then just reapply with bare hands or plastic bag over your hands. I love the feel of the oil on my hands, sometimes. « Show Less
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I used a tied woven chamois and didn't have this problem. Keep away from old bath towels and loosely woven cottons or polyesters. You will, probably, have to give the board a light hand sanding now with 220 grit or emery.
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Did you use butcher block oil? If so, a light sanding should take them off. The manufacturer recommends coating with butcher block oil and then lightly sanding the surface as well. If need be, just sand them all off and re apply the oil. By the way, I used an old kitchen towel that was made of tightly woven cotton/polyester to apply butcher block oil to my block.
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I wipe clean with Clorox degreaser on a microfiber cloth! Still looks new and we use it a whole lot! And one wipe dry to remove any left degreaser! If done this way, degreaser should not contaminate inside grease!
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We use a funnel to drain the oil and then we remove the silver container to clean it out. Once washed and dried we then readded the oil.
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I would start with the gentlest, sponge then if that was ineffective, I would use a cloth. My last choice would be the plastic scrubber
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I applied it using a micro fiber towel, working a 1 sq foot section at a time i just put 2 beads on the towel and rub it on the vinyl rubbing hard for the tough stains and it got them all out. You need to have a good quality micro fiber towel and i would recommend Chemical Guys MIC50706, they are great. I did not wash the vinyl prior to application.
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Let the oil cool down first get a milk carton and a funnel , and that's how I get rid of the oil.
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Oh my gosh, YES! You should try to pretreat the tough stain with a bar of laundry soap like Fels Naptha or Zote. Use the washer on the clothing and then let it soak for really bad stains. Then go back to washing.
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Yes it is, just double the cloth and strain the oil if like more fine do it four layer of the cloth.
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Make sure to drain all of the oil thoroughly out and then get a bucket with some water(is what I use) and suck up the water to flush any excess through and make sure to dispose of the oil water mix responsibly.
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You don't have to remove the clear thing. Just twist it. When i first got it i had to twist it a bunch of times at first but after that just a twist or two will let out the oil. Hope that makes sense!!
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I use regular window cleaner on a soft cloth. Microfiber cloths work to some extent for touch ups.
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I cut the first two coats with mineral spirits by 50%. After that, straight tung oil. Depending on the wood, you may cut it the whole time.
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No you do not remove the oil container. There is a rubber tube at the bottom that the oil flows out of, into a strainer, then into a plastic container which lets you reuse your cleaned oil. It actually wipes pretty clean without much work. After removing the oil, I put Dawn into the frier, wipe, then run the soapy water out the same way I remove the oil. Clean up is very easy and barely messy at all
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I haven't noticed any "oily" spots on the clothes. Most of the time I would boil the nuts to create a liquid detergent or if I put the nuts in the washer I used the little cloth bag. Did you use the cloth bag?
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A very good way is to take some polishing compound on a microfiber and rub it off comes it off easily.
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I have not had to so far, but I would probably use either a baby wipe or wash cloth. It's a durable fabric and would clean easily.
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It is hard, but I find that baby oil and a microfiber cloth and some scrubbing with the cloth works for me.