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   HowardAcheson | Feb 04, 2004 01:33am | #1

   You will probably not be successful. Mineral oil soaks down into the wood and thinners and solvents generally can not get it out completely. What is the problem and/or what do you want to do?

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   user-1149688 | Feb 04, 2004 01:58am | #3

   Am a beginning woodturner and turned a ginger jar and lid from some scraps of butternut.  Just too porous a species for that finishing method, so would like to apply a sanding dealer or ....?  Need to fill, even the absorption, sand, seal and move on. 

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   Sphere | Feb 04, 2004 04:24am | #4

   woodstove..

   no, after cleaning the wax off with naptha, use a polymerizing oil..BLO with japan drier even to harden over the Min.oil..then shellac (sealcote) then whatever you want..but if it may contain a spice or condiment stick with the shellac..shellac is edible FYI.

   Go Stab yourself Ya Putz! Ya think I Parked here?

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   user-1149688 | Feb 04, 2004 08:17pm | #5

   Yummy!  Thanx for the tips.

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   UncleDunc | Feb 04, 2004 09:05pm | #6

   If I were making a ginger jar that I actually intended to put ginger in, I would definitely not finish the inside with linseed oil, or tung oil or any oil based varnish or oil/poly finish. It could take anywhere from months to forever for the smell to fade, and then as soon as you put the lid on, the smell might come back anyway. Shellac, or lacquer or nothing on the inside, IMO.

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   user-1149688 | Feb 04, 2004 09:34pm | #7

   Assuming most but not all of the mineral oil will come out of the butternut, will shellac adhere, or would an oil based finish more likely tolerate the oil?

   This started out as a simple, cheap practice piece and has turned[;) into a real learning experience!  Not unusual in the woodshop.

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   JohnWW | Feb 04, 2004 01:36am | #2

   Phil,

   Wiping the bowl with any petroleum based solvent will remove  much of the wax and oil.  If you want to remove as much as possible, submerge the bowl in the solvent and let it soak for several hours.  You can remove even more if you soak the bowl a second or third time in new batches of the solvent.  Naptha or paint thinner would be my first choice for cleaning the bowl.

   John W.