[TheForge] Finishes for food contact items

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

When I'm working at home I use Pam and bake in the oven.  Pam can give a golden color to bright metal.  At demos I use a mixture of bees wax and canning parafin applied to hot metal.  Small utensils with baked on Pam will last through many rounds in the dishwasher before requiring retreatment.
 
Aubrey

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of Mike Linn
Sent: Thu 10/12/2006 8:08 AM
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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