[TheForge] Garlic & Olive oil, again

[peter fels]

It's possible that the olive oil is the active ingredient,
but if that's the case it would be part of the tradition.

On Aug 26, 2011, at 4:20 AM, Ron Childers wrote:

> I have heard of mixing olive oil and bees wax for a metal preservative.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 6:12 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Garlic & Olive oil, again
> 
> Sure can!  NJBA just held a workshop in which we made 20-ton
> air-over-hydraulic-driven garlic presses.
> 
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> 
>>> * Treat one or more with garlic alone (don't as me how!)
>>> 
>> 
>> Get a garlic press and smush (technical term) the fresh garlic cloves
>> into a paste and apply that to the steel. If You don't have a garlic
>> press, there is no doubt in my mind that some of you guys can come up
>> with interesting ways to smush garlic into a paste ;-) Any volunteers?
>> 
>> --
>> Saint Phlip
> -- 
> Bruce
> NJ
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