I recently made some sweet potato chips. Dipping the chips in olive oil proved too oily. I switched to a silicone pastry brush with improved results. With a Tormek:
Place a very small amount of mineral oil in a container. Use a small paint brush , half inch to an inch or twelve to twenty five mm. Apply a very small amount of oil to the leather. Very small, less than you think you need. Adding more is easily than removing too much.
Ken
I use a rag. It puts on a nice even coat of oil. Pretty much the same as using a brush I suspect, just another way to accomplish the same thing. Umm... this is for oiling the honing wheel, not sure if the rag would work on potato chips. :)
Good post, Mark. Two ways to reach the same goal, not overhauling the leather wheel.
Ken