[TheForge] Seasoning tasting spoons: EXPERIMENT

[Kevin Donahoe]

Bruce,

As a blacksmith, have you tried it?  Do you know what number (inside the
recycle triangle) polyethelene would be on the container?

Sounds like another experiment?  who wants to grate up a 5 gal bucket, or
two, one white, one black and set the stuff outside for a year ;)?  I
suppose there's a chipper/shredder out there that would eat strips of the
stuff, and put out some chips that could be suspended in, whatever solution?
to distribute it evenly on the warm iron with a brush.

Just rambling...Kevin D



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 [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
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 Purely paraffinic (saturated) mineral oil won't "dry" (i.e.,
 polymerize).   Unsaturated "mineral" oils should dry, but I don't
 know a convenient source of these, other than chemical catalogs.

 There IS a work-around, though.  Polyethylene is essentially
 "polymerized mineral oil".  It can be melted onto a hot surface.
 Works pretty well, and looks nice.  I don't know why blacksmiths
 don't use this more often.  It could be the answer to all those
 questions of protecting steel outdoors.

 Bruce

 >>> lance at bentoaks.org 8/15/2005 11:12:14 PM >>>
 try mineral oil, clean and doesn,t turn or get sticky


  Lance


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