[TheForge] food-safe finishes

[Mike Linn]

Pure beeswax is hard to beat. It is also the ONLY known food that doesnt 
spoil.

'cept maybe my wifes banana bread...

I use beeswax and sometimes I spray it with Pam when hot.
I use Pam on my own steak turners at home.

mike


At 03:24 PM 10/31/2005, you wrote:
>I'm new to blacksmithing and have recently been practicing making spoons
>and bbq forks.  I'm was wondering about food safe finishes on these. I've
>google'd this topic and have read lots of opinions, some of which seem to
>be conflicting.  For example some folks use beeswax/linseed combination on
>cooking utensils and others say that is toxic.  Some say use vegetable oil
>and other say that turns rancid.  Some say just to rub oil on the object
>hot enough to smoke it and other say the object needs to be rubbed with oil
>and then baked for a couple of hours.  The more I read the more I wonder.
>
>Just curious what is the opinion in this group.........what finish should I
>apply to cooking utensils and how should it be applied?
>
>Thanks for any info!
>
>Walker
>
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            Mike Linn
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