you can't really use an advertisement for a service as a valid source of information. so much in this is questionable. Its just designed to get you to use the guys service not show you anything valid.
first thought.
If you take an oil saturated piece of wood from one location like this guys shop to a warmer location like a hot orchestra pit you are going to have slimy vegetable oil dripping all over the place.
also saturating wood with oil is just wrong for a wooden instrument. wood like all plants naturally carries some oils but not enough so it cannot "breathe" and exchange both air and water. otherwise air and water can become trapped deep in the wood fibers and the wood becomes dead and drowned.
the add says:
(or where did it go?) When I put mineral oil on the surface of my open grain wooden cutting board it is absorbed until the wood is saturated then if i put more on top of the cutting board it actually flows through the cutting board and out the bottom. I think that qualifies as absorbed by the wood and interacting with wood fibers. after i put the mineral oil on my cutting board the board becomes waterproof due to oil saturation.
I'm not saying don't use vegie oils and don't oil your clarinet but this article is nuts.
first thought.
If you take an oil saturated piece of wood from one location like this guys shop to a warmer location like a hot orchestra pit you are going to have slimy vegetable oil dripping all over the place.
also saturating wood with oil is just wrong for a wooden instrument. wood like all plants naturally carries some oils but not enough so it cannot "breathe" and exchange both air and water. otherwise air and water can become trapped deep in the wood fibers and the wood becomes dead and drowned.
the add says:
now, when i put mineral oil on and in the bore of my clarinet it IS absorbed.
(or where did it go?) When I put mineral oil on the surface of my open grain wooden cutting board it is absorbed until the wood is saturated then if i put more on top of the cutting board it actually flows through the cutting board and out the bottom. I think that qualifies as absorbed by the wood and interacting with wood fibers. after i put the mineral oil on my cutting board the board becomes waterproof due to oil saturation.
I'm not saying don't use vegie oils and don't oil your clarinet but this article is nuts.
