"New" Boos Block 24x18x2.25

flatwounds

I just brought this home. I found it on CL. A bit of 150 grit and mineral oil to be followed by Howard's Butcher Block Conditioner. The reverse side has never been conditioned. No splits! The 150 grit got most of the knife marks on the groove side and I sanded the reverse side for the heck of it. I'm in between mineral oil
coats on side one and wanted to share my excitement. She's gonna look great on my counter and see daily use. Cheers! 

bgebrent

Nice Boos block!

YEMTrey

I was just looking at one of those this weekend.  Nice pickup.

GoooDawgs

So whats so good about Boos?  Are they the Yetis of cutting boards?? I don't get it...

JohnnyTarheel

Great board there!!

flatwounds

Thanks, fellas! I'm really stoked. Here's one more of the virgin side with some mineral oil.

flatwounds

GoooDawgs said:

So whats so good about Boos?  Are they the Yetis of cutting boards?? I don't get it...

JohnnyTarheel said:

Great board there!! Thanks, Johnny. Cheers!

Well, I was pretty psyched to get this one and with a minimal effort, bring it back to great shape for 40 bucks. I don't know if I would be quite so excited at full price.

Eggcelsior

Not bad! I have the same one that I got a deal on new for 100 bucks. Color me jealous.

flatwounds

Ha! No hard feelings. : ) I'm enjoying conditioning it now and it will be ready for kitchen duty tomorrow.

Lit

Nice score. Make sure you condition both sides and you want to elevate it so both sides have air flow afterwards for a little while.

Eggcelsior

Lit said:

Nice score. Make sure you condition both sides and you want to elevate it so both sides have air flow afterwards for a little while.

This. I might get some rubber bumpers to put underneath it for air flow. I don't want to drill into it since I use both sides. Right now, I just use some paper towels that I change out every few days.

waegger

This is a board I made with walnut and  maple, about 50  dollars in materials. 

flatwounds

Lit said:

Nice score. Make sure you condition both sides and you want to Eggcelsior said:

Lit said:

Nice score. Make sure you condition both sides and you want to elevate it so both sides have air flow afterwards for a little while.

This. I might get some rubber bumpers to put underneath it for air flow. I don't want to drill into it since I use both sides. Right now, I just use some paper towels that I change out every few days.

elevate it so both sides have air flow afterwards for a little while.

I have it elevated now. I think it is just about dry from the board cream I applied last night (Howard's) It looks great. A little sanding and a little love brought it back really well. Looking forward to my first cut!

flatwounds

waegger said:

This is a board I made with walnut and  maple, about 50  dollars in materials. 

That's beautiful! I wish I had your skills.

WeberWho

@waegger I'd really like to make an end grain cutting board like that. Did you run it through a planer to make everything completely flat? I'd love to make one but lack a planer. I've seen some router jigs that act as a planer but that's a project in its self making the jig

bigbadben

WeberWho said:

@waegger I'd really like to make an end grain cutting board like that. Did you run it through a planer to make everything completely flat? I'd love to make one but lack a planer. I've seen some router jigs that act as a planer but that's a project in its self making the jig

I have done it with a belt sander, but it is not worth it. Next time I will but a plainer. 

waegger

I used my 16 inch performax sander for cutting edge and orbital sander for sides. A planer might tear n the end grain.

WeberWho

Thanks guys. Good to know it possible. Most Youtube videos I watch on end grain cutting boards have $800+ planers they are using to construct a board. Nice to hear that it's possible without one. Yeah don't want to send end grain into the planer

Focker

V,
I touch mine up annually with a 320 wet/dry paper cut to fit my mouse sander with a velcro strip put on the back....and use mineral oil as a lubricant.  Don't see why you couldn't start out with a coarse grit, work your way up, going lengthwise along the board, evenly.

waegger

A block plain can be useful on a end grain board.