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   _mj_ | May 28, 2022 02:58pm | #1

   I use mineral oil and paraffin. I shave the wax from a block I bought meant for candle making & canning veggies. I fill a jar about halfway with oil and add wax, sloshing the bottle whenever I pass it. If the wax dissolves I add more and slosh. I stop adding wax when it won't dissolve anymore. In the winter I can get more wax into the oil by putting the jar on a radiator.

   The oil can be had cheapest from a pharmacy.

   
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   dkhedstrom | May 28, 2022 03:22pm | #2

   I seal my bowls with one or two cured coats of Half and Half tung oil and citrus solvent from Real Milk Paint. The finish coat is bees wax dissolved in walnut oil as MJ described. I buff out the surface with Beall wheels (only the red compound) or by hand with white Scotchbright followed by lambswool. I like the satin surface finish. All the components are food safe.