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From a guest and blog reader:<\/strong><\/p>\n Thanks for your blog on using Walnut Oil on wood furniture. \u00a0I tried it and it works phenomenally! \u00a0I used the Olive Oil and Walnut Oil – half and half. \u00a0A friend of mine used Walnut Oil straight from the Spectrum bottle. \u00a0She loves her way, I love mine.<\/p>\n She uses hers on her wood chopping block and wood bowls she uses for mixing salads. \u00a0The Walnut oil dries hard – but you have to let it sit a couple days – and it lasts awhile. \u00a0She used to use Mineral Oil and I gave her a hard time about that because Mineral Oil is a petroleum derivative (ed note: from Wikipedia “mineral oil is a liquid\u00a0by-product<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0distillation<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0petroleum<\/a>\u00a0to produce\u00a0gasoline<\/a>\u00a0and other petroleum-based products from\u00a0crude oil<\/a>.”)<\/em>and I don’t think it should come in contact with food. \u00a0Although with all the medicines made from petroleum derivatives and other things we use coming from distillates of petroleum we should be immune – still, I tried her straight Walnut Oil on my chopping block and it was great.<\/p>\n I used the mixture of Olive and Walnut Oils on my antique wood furniture and the shine is unbelievable. \u00a0It also looks as though nothing will penetrate or cause the furniture harm. \u00a0I even used it on my grand piano. \u00a0I did take an additional step. \u00a0After I oiled the furniture – which was rubbing in a half and half mixture with a few drops of an essential oil – I let it sit for a couple \u00a0days and then rubbed it again with just Olive Oil.<\/p>\n I did this by accident trying to undo what I thought was a great mistake. \u00a0The furniture was very sticky and yukky after oiling it and days later it was still sticky and yukky. \u00a0I didn’t know what to do and thought I had ruined my furniture. \u00a0I went back to the Olive Oil, rubbed the furniture with Olive Oil on a soft rag and couldn’t believe the results. \u00a0The furniture is beautiful. \u00a0The shine is incredible and old looking furniture now looks soft and with a beautiful sheen.<\/p>\n I put essential oil in the mixture because I would like my house to have a faint smell of lemon oil and essential oil of lemon does the trick. \u00a0I might try organic rose oil next time – even though it is wickedly expensive. \u00a0The smell of roses through the house should be great.<\/p>\n What fun to experiment like this. \u00a0I lost interest in cleaning and caring for my house. \u00a0I have now regained that because it has become a creative endeavor and with the products you are talking about I am not worried about giving myself a serious disease from my cleaning products. \u00a0I wouldn’t even let the woman who helps me clean use products she has been using for years. \u00a0She thought I was being silly, but has since changed her mind and won’t use anything else. \u00a0I am sure the other people she works for are happy with the change.<\/p>\n I don’t know where you get his stuff from but wherever, keep those great tips coming. \u00a0I am guessing, from breakfast conversations.<\/p>\n When I stayed at XXXXXXXXXXXX in the Bettina Network we talked about recipes for making banana bread. \u00a0I expected to talk about solving the huge problems in the world. \u00a0Maybe next time. \u00a0My banana bread, however, is great! \u00a0Your guests were right about the ingredients making the difference. \u00a0I used the same ingredients that I used before that conversation, in the same amounts, but they are now organic and the best I can find and the difference is astounding. \u00a0Worth the few extra quarters. \u00a0I eat less of it because the taste satisfies and doesn’t leave me craving white sugar, lard and flour. \u00a0We didn’t solve the worlds’ problems at the breakfasts I had in the Bettina Network, but the new discoveries around banana bread is a start. \u00a0And – my now using Walnut Oil instead of XXXXXXXXXXXXX means a minute amount of petroleum is no longer being used and maybe that is also a different kind of start to solving some of the world’s problem. \u00a0Who said to the flower “bloom where you are planted.”<\/p>\n ________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n