[TheForge] quench malaria considerations

[Bruce Freeman]

What's the difference.  You're poisoning him with copper either way.

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 4:28 AM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer
<artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
> Isn't that hard on the shop dog who would probably drink out of it?..pf
>
> Bruce Freeman wrote:
>>
>> Of course, if you want to speed it up a bit, or lack copper to use,
>> get some copper sulfate from the hardware store and dose your slack
>> tub with that.  Shiny iron may emerge with a copper tinge, though.
>> Bruce
>> NJ
>>
>> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer
>> <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> My  little copper quench tank experiment is entering it's 4th year..
>>> The beginning was using a beat up copper canning kettle i patched.
>>> Put in a raised stainless screen bottom..and, no bugs! Tried copper scrap
>>> with the fire buckets in the work yard..same result.
>>> Report ;
>>> Putting copper sheet scraps in the quench tank bottom ,controls
>>> mosquitoes
>>> pretty well.....here anyway.
>>>
>>> Kevin Gallagher wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Another obscure request…I am looking for old wife's tales, lore and
>>>> myths
>>>> about blacksmiths and smithing related things.  For example: soaking in
>>>> slack tub water cures poison ivy.  Anyone know of other home remedies
>>>> and
>>>> superstitions that blacksmith related or good sources for such?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> KG
>>>>
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