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If you want your wooden cutting board to last 5 to 10 years instead of just 1 to 2, you should oil it regularly, about once every 3 to 4 weeks in a typical home kitchen. Oiling creates a moisture barrier that stops your board from warping, cracking and soaking up food juices, so it stays safer, flatter and easier to clean. Why oil wooden cutting boards regularly? Wood is a natural, porous material. Every time you wash your board, water pulls oils out of the wood fibres. If you do not replace those oils, the board dries out, which...