Oh no! Cracked cutting board

It seems that the grain is so much wider on the light pieces that it couldn’t stay together. It would be interesting to do a test with similar sized grain pieces. (Too bad that it happened under this situation. Grinch stole Christmas.)

Yes, anything is wide compared to this ekki. It’s super hard wood. Several times harder than oak on the Janka test. Very, very tight grain.

sorry brian you will get it you will make a better one for them hang in there

I think you’re right and in addition to that the wood database says ekki has a very high natural oil content which is bad for pva goes. The combination of the both probably had something to go with it.

Also, while trimming the board after it was built, I noticed a lot of moisture coming out of the maple as I was cutting it. The maple sucked in a lot more mineral oil than the ekki so I didn’t think much of it. Anyway, more moisture should have the opposite affect on movement, right?

That sucks!

wash it in the dish washer?

I would think if the board was saturated with oil it should not happen
so soon as the moisture here won’t swell the board so much.

I thought it had plenty of oil in it. I used a rag. Next time I’ll build a little tub and submerge the board completely.

The board was not washed in the dishwasher.

I pour mineral oil on and wait until it soaks in, keep doing this until the oil penetrates the bottom. Then you know it is compleatly oiled.

I usually do as Berta mentioned above.
The only time I reach for the rag is at the end to wipe off the excess.

The tub method is great. it does require quite a bit of oil. That’s the only reason I never used it. I am very sure the oil is re-usable.

That’s a great idea. I was wrong the bottom as well as the top. I guess I just didn’t put enough. Letting it soak from top to bottom will surely let you know when you’re done.

It works with end grain cutting boards, I still don’t like making them.

Here is my oiling station, leave the board in overnight then drip dry for 24hrs. I have used this since I had a couple boards crack and I noticed when I cut them to try and re-glue them that the oil had only penetrated about 1/8".

I don’t have room for a barrel. I’ve seen that in a few videos, though, and I was thinking maybe I could get complete submersion using a garbage bag. I don’t do enough to justify several gallons of oil sitting around.