[TheForge] Gummy plastic coating for augers, etc.?

[Bruce .]

Good thought.  Thanks.

I did find one such product on-line, but it's a dip and melts at >300 F.
That may be fine for tools, but wouldn't work for my application.

Bruce
NJ

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Ed Eccleston <edeccleston at att.net> wrote:
>
>    I don't know what it's called,  but check with any tool sharpening
> company.  Every blade I have sharpened comes back with that on it.
>
> Ed
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Dec 17, 2014, at 6:29 PM, Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Today I had a need for a product I've seen but never used myself.  It
> seems
> > to me that in years past I would get (wood) auger bits in which the
> cutting
> > end (auger screw and cutting blades) had been dipped in some sort of
> > plastic material -- that was soft and easily removable.  The idea,
> > apparently, was to minimize damage before first use.
> >
> > Does anyone know what this material was or whether it's still available?
> >
> > Bruce
> > NJ
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