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If you want to know how to get rid of smells on a wooden cutting board, the fastest reliable method is a 3 step routine: scrub with coarse salt and half a lemon for 60 seconds, rinse and dry upright for at least 4 hours, then oil the board lightly once a month. Used consistently, this removes onion, garlic and raw meat smells from boards up to 45x35cm, including heavy boards around 2kg. Why wooden boards hold smells (and how to stop it) Wood and bamboo are naturally porous, so strong foods like garlic, onion, fish and raw meat juices...

If you want to know how to remove smells from wooden cutting board surfaces quickly, the most effective home method is a 3 step routine: scrub with coarse salt for 60 seconds, rub with half a lemon for 60 seconds, then air dry upright for at least 8 hours. On a well made board like a 45x35cm Deer & Oak bamboo or acacia board, this usually removes 90 to 95% of onion, garlic and meat odours in a single treatment. Why wooden boards hold smells (and how to stop it) Wood is naturally porous. Strong ingredients like garlic, onion, fish...

If you want to know how to remove onion smells from your carbonised bamboo board, the fastest reliable method is a 3 step routine: sprinkle 10 to 15 g of fine salt, scrub with half a lemon for 60 seconds, then rinse and dry upright for at least 2 hours. On a Deer & Oak Carbonised Bamboo Board this usually removes 90 to 100 percent of onion odour after a single treatment. Why carbonised bamboo holds onto onion smells Carbonised bamboo is heated during production, which gives it that rich dark colour and a slightly more open surface than natural...