[TheForge] Scale

[Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer]

At 04:49 AM 6/19/02, you wrote:

>Having heard of this from St Francis himself, I now take hammers that have 
>loose heads and soak the heads in old antifreeze overnight. That seems to 
>do it for a season at least.

A note on antifreeze ( ethylene glycol). Don't leave open containers of the 
stuff around. Dogs and cats think it tastes sweet and then die horribly. 
Don't drink it yourself either, um, please.



>I keep my hammers (head first) in a solution of ethylene glycol (same as the
>anti freeze in your car).  Some wooden boat people use it on the inside of
>their boats in the off season to keep the wood tight and to act as a
>preservative.  My hammers are always tight doing this.
>
>
>
>Seal with Marine Grade epoxy on the head end....
>
>Mark
>
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