Jesse
Your reply about the rust on tools ought to be a great suggestion to
the folks who are looking for Patinas.
You mentioned product called “Barricade” by Birchwood Casey - having
metal Patina supplies! Great addition to the thread!
Rose Marie
Eezox is mainly Trichloroethylene--a substance used to clean airplanes and one that the US military and EPA have been trying to keep from spreading to base area water tables for decades.
Years ago as a young A&E mechanic, in preparation for periodic
maintenance on jet aircraft, single engine, we would remove the aft
section and the engine and then go into the aft section with a
bucket of trichloroethylene and rags, no protection not even gloves
and clean the inside of the aft section.
I had never hear the word ecology, toxicity, or proper disposal then
and apparently neither did the USAF.
Perhaps that contributed to my surly personality.
KPK
Quite a good way to protect steel tools from rust is to copper plate
them. It wears off in the areas of most use, which can still be
lightly oiled, but avoids rust attaching the majority of the tool.
No-one here really needs to be told how to copper-plate steel,
right?.
Cheers
Brian
Auckland NEW ZEALAND
Trevor, please re-read that wood working reference…botanically
speaking, tung oil is not food safe at all. on the contrary it is
quite toxic While It is very accepted as a wood finish, please do
your household (and wood working clientele) a favor and stop the use
of tung nut oil as safe, but botanically speaking it is on every list
of toxic plants and plant by-products.
Though we never hear of anyone being poisoned by eating from
unlaquered or unvarnished vessels, the tung nut is toxic, Flax seed
oil or more commonly known as raw linseed oil, (the term "linseed"
is linguistically related to linnen, which is woven from beaten flax
plants, the lignins of which are long enough that they can be spun
into the fabric popularized since the 10th century (though found in
many geo-cultures before then), disseminating outwards from Europe,
It also shows up in ancient Egypt, so depending on what country’s
archaeology you look at flax seed has been known to man for a
variety of uses for centuries) is not. Boiled linseed oil (which
dries much faster than raw linseed oil) is another story!
Trevor, please re-read that wood working reference..botanically speaking, tung oil is not food safe at all. on the contrary it is quite toxic ...
RER, thank you for your concern but I assure you that I have done
my research regarding tung oil and am quite confident that it is food
safe when dry.
Dried state or wet state is the crux of the issue here: when it has
dried (pure) tung oil finish is considered to be FDA food-safe and
suitable for contact with food. In its liquid state it is generally
considered an “irritant” and carries warnings for people that have
nut-based allergies. Since I only use pure, untreated tung oil and
allow it ample time to dry and cure I believe my household and
woodenware customers are in safe hands, thank you.
For your interest may I suggest you have a look at the following
reference from Tauton Press, the publisher of Fine Woodworking
Magazine which is probably the most widely respected woodworking
publication available:
You’ll see there that Pure Tung Oil is top of the list for food
safe oils. This is widely supported throughout the woodworking
industry where pure tung oil is considered one of the best finishes
for wooden kitchenware.
While we’re on the subject I should mention that processed tung oil,
often called “Drying” or “Finishing” Tung Oil, usually contains
heavy metal additives and solvents to increase it’s drying speed and
this (of course) makes such oils inappropriate for kitchenware. Pure
(untreated) tung oil takes some weeks to dry and longer to fully
cure. As such it is often considered inconvenient for this kind of
work.
Cheers,
Trevor F.
in The City of Light
Visit TouchMetal.com at http://www.touchmetal.com
Good Morning All… This is late for a previous thread, but I just
received the latest catalogue from Lee Valley, and they have an
Anti-Corrosion Emitter system there that may be of interest for
folks with tools that rust. Here is the web site address.
Take care everyone…I’m off to take a break from creating and
dig in the garden in the very welcome sunshine. Sheila (in Ontario
Canada where spring is here at last)