Where can I buy lijnzaad?

Hey Geppetto,

For finishing cutting boards, there's a variety of ways. I'm not sure linseed oil is the way to go here - most of the standard stuff is full of desiccants to help cure the oil, and I wouldn't put that on food stuff. There is the "traditional" BLO from the Cokerije (http://www.hout-olie.nl/), but I'm not sure if I'd do that either. Over here, most people seem to finish their cutting boards with a natural oil like grapeseed oil, which is quite foodsafe.

I'm sure many more forummembers with more expertise can comment further on this.

I use always the paraffine oil from IKEA. They sell it especially for cutting boards under the name of SKYD. It is quite cheap.

The best product to finish cuttingboards is imho Tung oil, which also can be purchased at De Cokerije.

Hi Nic,

it's lijnolie, and it gets pressed out of lijnzaden.

Mine comes straight from the farmer up the road who grows and presses himself.

But I don't put it on my cutting boards, there I put, niks.

I normally use grapeseedoil but tungoil is also good. Lijnzaadolie on cuttingboards ? I wouldn't do that

I used walnutt oil a couple of times.

That would work just fine for most people, but it's often avoided because of nut allergies. Apparently even the slightest hint of a nut can be enough to send someone into an anaphylactic shock.

The kind of oil you use is not that important (it should be edible), the most important thing is to oil your board regularly, eg at least once a month. Oiling is what keeps it clean (capillary action of the wood fibers).

Why would you use tung oil but not linseed oil? I mean 100% pure in both instances.