[TheForge] Finishes for food contact items

[Mike Linn]

The bees wax cooks on like the aforementioned oils. If you treat your item 
like you would cast iron cookware you shouldnt have any problem. I use the 
wax mainly because I have a bee keeper friend that gives it to me, and its 
easier to transport to demos and forge meetings. I keep a block in my tool 
bag at all times. As long as your not allowing your piece to get above the 
"cooking" temp of the wax.. (the temp at which it burns) it should be ok. 
Ive used it for years and never had a complaint.

But as mentioned before you can use olive oil, and Ive used spray on PAM to 
the same effect.

mike



At 07:40 PM 10/11/2006, you wrote:
>Thank you for your response Mike. An additional question, if I may.
>Once the roaster is used by the end-user, perhaps even once over a
>campfire or bbq, would I assume the wax would melt off? Even after
>its use and washing by hand, won't the beeswax wear off and have to
>be re-applied for fear of rusting? Beeswax to keep on-hand for the
>average end-use consumer, may be difficult to find. This may be a
>good solution to get the item initially out the door, but perhaps not
>a returning customer.
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>On 11-Oct-06, at 7:25 PM, Mike Linn wrote:
>
>>I use bees wax.
>>
>>heat until wax smokes and spread all over. Buff with a cotton cloth
>>and it looks great.
>
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>            Mike Linn
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>          McCalla, AL
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