How Do You Protect Eating And Cooking Utensils With Wooden Handles?
If you have knives, spoons and other kitchen utensils with wooden handles and metal blades and heads, you should keep them out of the dishwasher. Extreme heat and prolonged soaking can cause the wooden parts to swell, split, splinter or dry out. But even regular washing can stress the wooden handles, which is why it pays to treat them. All you need is some common water sealant to make them last a lifetime. Make sure that all of the utensils you wish to treat are clean and dry before beginning. You should also empty the kitchen sink of all unwashed dishes, as you will be pouring some water sealant down the drain. Shake the can of water sealant well. Pour some of the sealant into a tall cup or drinking glass, making sure that the liquid level is at least as deep as your longest utensil handle is long. Select one utensil and hold it by its head or blade. Slowly lower the wooden handle into the container of water sealant just until the entire wooden section is submerged. Hold the utensil h
