A friend asked me if I could replace the wood on these utensils. Her parents have had them forever and she thinks they are from Thailand. She thinks the wood was painted black, and looking at the picture it looks to me like they are painted too.

I told her if they are painted to stop using them immediately! The wood looks to be in decent shape - not cracked or chipped - so I suggested sanding them down to bare wood and put a food safe finish on them. Oh, and I think she also has a painted bowl too!

So now she wants to know if I sanded them down, could I put a black finish on them? Is there a food safe black finish? I thought about dying them or tinting my oil black, but I don't know if that is food safe or not.

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