[TheForge] food-safe finishes

[craig.schaefer at verizon.net]

It seems that you should be able to treat these items the same as cast iron cookware and 'season' them with oil and heat.

CraigS
Gresham, OR

>From: Steven.Walker at its.state.ms.us
>Date: Tue Nov 01 15:32:58 CST 2005
>To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [TheForge] food-safe finishes

>
>Wow! This is a difficult subject and there doesn't appear to the a right or
>wrong answer. Everyone has "their" way of finishing.
>
>I don't have customers....just family and friends that I'm give stuff to.
>But even though they aren't customers,  I still don't want something I give
>them turn to rust in two months. And I haven't been doing this long enough
>to have tried a bunch of different methods.
>
>This is what I've been doing:
>
>Anything that is destined for exterior use, like a plant hook, I spray
>paint to prohibit rust.
>Anything that is destined for interior use, like key racks, hooks, pulls,
>etc, I put a beeswax/llinseed oil mixture on.
>
>But my big concern is a finish for the cooking utensils (bbq forks, spoons,
>skewers) I've been experimenting with.  I have two concerns: 1) to keep it
>from rusting before I give it to someone (like waiting two months for
>Christmas or  birthday) and 2) what tell them to care for it to keep it
>from rusting with usage.
>
>I'm thinking I should apply beeswax/linseed oil initially while I'm waiting
>to give it to someone to keep them from rusting.
>
>But what do I tell them how to care for the item once the get it?   I'm
>assuming they should wash with hot water and soap to remove beeswax/linseed
>oil. But what should they do from this point forward initially and after
>use each time that will keep it from rusting.  I don't want to spend time
>making stuff to give to people for it only to rust and then them throw it
>away because they can't keep it from rusting.
>
>Thanks!
>Walker
>
>
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