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Home » How to Clean Wood Cutting Boards & Utensils

How to Clean Wood Cutting Boards & Utensils

By Kelley Wilson · Published: August 5, 2014 · Last Updated: July 1, 2016

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Hi everyone, I’m so excited to be joining the Real Housemoms team. I’m Kelley from Miss Information and once a month I will be sharing with you organizing and cleaning tips. Today, in honor of Audrey’s love for cooking,  I am going to teach you how to clean wood cutting boards and utensils. Then I will show you how to condition them so that they last for years.

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 I do this about every three or four months. In-between washing by hand is fine but it drys out the wood. Make sure to see my list of 10 things you should wash by hand which includes wood cutting boards and utensils. This is a two step process the first is to clean your cutting boards, wooden or bamboo spatulas and wooden spoons. This will remove any disinfect and deodorize the wood. Get out a 9×13 pan and fill it with boiling water. Add 6 drops of DoTerra Lemon Oil or the juice of one lemon.

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Put your wooden utensils down into the pan for 10 minutes and let them soak.

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Take the utensils out of the pan and place them on a cookie sheet in the sun to dry. Pour the left over water over your cutting board and let it dry in the sun as well.

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Once they are dry, the second step is to condition them. This will add back the moisture that is lost from cooking and washing in regular soapy water. I use Parker & Bailey Wooden Ware

 for this. It is a food safe conditioner.

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Put a little on a clean cloth.

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Wipe on your cutting board and wooden utensils. Buff lightly when dry.

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  Here is the cutting board before dry and scratched.

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Here it is after with my wooden and bamboo spatulas. The scratches are gone and the wood is back to it’s conditioned beautiful color. Taking care of your favorite kitchen tools will make them last for years.

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I hoped you enjoyed leaning how to clean wood cutting boards and utensils. If you would like to see more of my cleaning tips  you can check out get more by clicking here.


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Kelley Wilson

I'm so ADD I have to share it all! Cooking, crafting, organization, and tips to make your life easier. I'm a 40 something mother of three, one by marriage, two by birth. I love to get catty & sarcastic with my girlfriends over a few bottles of wine & I've recently taken to binge-watching British TV shows on Netflix.

Comments

  1. Kieran says

    April 6, 2017 at 9:10 am

    Some great tips. I would never have thought of lemon juice – or wood conditioner for that matter.

    Reply
    • Aubrey @Real Housemoms says

      April 6, 2017 at 4:41 pm

      Thanks Kieran!

      Reply
  2. Brushless drill says

    September 19, 2017 at 2:06 am

    The tip shared above for cleaning the wooden board is very good and very effective. I followed the same procedure and it really worked for me.

    Reply
    • Aubrey Cota says

      March 21, 2018 at 6:56 pm

      Awesome!

      Reply
  3. Frazier Mark says

    November 2, 2017 at 12:12 pm

    Are there any other oils that would work for this? My extremely coconut allergic daughter could die from this suggestion but I haven’t had great success with sunflower oil and feel like olive oil would go rancid. Any suggestions for another alternative so I can kick the mineral oil out?

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    • Aubrey Cota says

      March 23, 2018 at 11:51 am

      Try walnut oil or avocado oil.

      Reply
  4. Aarsun Woods says

    December 10, 2017 at 11:54 pm

    Great tips that you have sharing us!! You can just use walnut oil alone or add a few drops of orange/lemon/any citrus essential oil for clean wooden kitchen tools. Thank you..

    Reply
    • Aubrey Cota says

      March 23, 2018 at 11:48 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  5. Jenny says

    March 29, 2019 at 9:41 pm

    I’ve been surfing online more than hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. I’m looking for cleaning the wooden board. Thanks for the great post

    Reply

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