It all depends on the process by which the oil was removed.
Olive oil wood finish rancid.
Now you could make a cutting board finish by using mineral oil instead of olive oil.
In this video i show how i make a beeswax paste finish for my woodworking projects and wooden toys using beeswax and olive oil.
The oils will sweat out of the wood even years later not rancid when the wood gets warmed up.
Comments for rancid olive oil in un finished wood.
My recipe is a 3 2 mixture of mineral oil food grade to bees wax food grade.
5 8 oil mixture of coconut olive unboiled linseed walnut mineral oil adjust to the wood s preference chips of pine resin be sure to filter out residue the finish is designed to condition the wood and leave a natural feeling non slippery surface that is water repellant.
I unfortunately took bad advice from a well meaning person and used olive oil to condition and protect an old wooden toy box heirloom and some solid wood toys.
P it won t spoil like fresh produce but it does go rancid and becomes unsuitable for consumption it is a non perishable food item and refrigeration is unnecessary.
I carved 70 spoons and 30 forks and what stock i have left still smells sweet and fresh even with no use at all.
There is no residual smell of the olive oil on the furniture.
Properly heat baked into the wood olive oil can t go rancid.
Olive oil won t go bad.
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Now both the toy box and my children s toy s smell horrendous and i am worried about the oil being a health hazard and the smell is overwhelming my living room.
Taste is the main issue in a rancid olive oil.
Olive oil has a tendency to go rancid after a few months which imparts a weird flavor to the food one is cutting.
This recipe only works on finished wood.
Combine two parts olive oil to one part lemon juice.
The oil in the mixture conditions the wood but does not linger on the surface.
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Backward application of charles law of gas physics.
You could use walnut oil too but that is really expensive.
It has nothing to do with whether it comes from a fruit nut seed or plant.
Therefore the flavor and aroma slightly change from time to time there is no exact answer as to how long olive oil keeps its peak quality once opened.