[TheForge] Finish on a fork

Tue Jan 7 09:14:00 2003

Quite a few years ago I made a fork and spatula to use on the bar-b-que.
I sand blasted the m clean, burnished them with a wire wheel, then heated em
till blue, then applied a thin coat of veg. oil , no heat just a thin coat
of oil, this looks pretty nice.
Since then my  bar-b-que tools have had absolutley no care, I made them to
use.
They've been in the dishwasher a million times, left in the sink over night,
left outside over night, hand washed, etc.
Now they have a little rust, they have the look of old used iron, this looks
pretty nice too.
I guess if the fork was made to use I wouldn't worry about the finnish, just
use it.
Randy Mundt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Spencer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Finish on a fork


>
> >At 15:52 01/06/03 -0700, you wrote:
> >> I did like you guys said.  I coated my fork in vegi-oil, wiped it off
and
> >> threw it in the oven for half an hour at 400 deg.  When I pulled it out
it
> >> had an amber colored film all over.  I went ahead and steel-wolled it
off
> >> cause it was kind of tacky.  Should I have left this on or did I do
right?
> >> It feels smooth now, I dont know, never done this before.
> >
> >  That amber tacky stuff was the polymerizing oil.  I'd have left it on,
but
> >  you may have left a reasonably useful layer of the polymerized oil
> >  there.  Let it go a while and see if it works.  If not, do it again,
but
> >  leave the sticky piece out for a while and it may harden some more.
>
> Too complicated.  Eat a pork chop with it.  Lick off any knobby bits.
> Wipe it on your jeans.  It should do fine.  Just don't leave it soak
> in ther dishpan overnight.
>
> I have a commecially made black iron table knife and fork -- wooden
> slab handles with zinc (?) trim from (maybe?) mid or late 1800s.  A
> little pork fat seems to keep them fine if they're stored in a dry
> place.
>
> (Anybody know when this style of cutlery was made?  Phlip? )
>
> - Mike
>
> --
> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada
>
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