Do you have to mix mineral turps. to linseed oil?

[Iain]

Ubeaut Emu wax, look forward to seeing it at the next WWW

[Simomatra]

Well done Neil

Cheers sam

[ubeaut]

Bodgy - Would gladly eat the wax (minus turps) but not the linseed oil. Would also rather a child sucked on the music stick coated in the wax than the linseed oil or for that matter most other oils. There is a big difference between linseed oil used for cooking (pretty hard to get) and that used as a finish. It will make you sick and will make a child bloody sick. Wax won't.

Still, probably doesn't matter what goes on them, the children will probably end up putting some of their own tongue oil finish on anyway. Hehehe

Cheers - Neil

[echnidna]

Agree totally with Neil.
Edible linseed oil may be purchased under the name of "flax seed oil"

[outback]

Has anyone ever seen an obese emu we can melt down? I mean they all look so fit and lean and agile, I never imagined the "Norm" of the emu world.

[Iain]

Has anyone ever seen an obese emu we can melt down? I mean they all look so fit and lean and agile, I never imagined the "Norm" of the emu world.

I have heard that Neil intends to cheat and use Ostrich, but don't tell anyone, especially the Ostrich.

[outback]

All I can imagine is feeding said ostrich into one of the old time mangler wringers, head first and having the fat come squirting out an orifice located elsewhere. :eek:

[Grace E]

Thank you for your help.

I thought this was a serious site until I read some of your replies...lol You guys are funny, thanks for the laugh. I needed it after a day working with 2-5 year olds at play group.

Grace...

[ozwinner]

Thank you for your help.

I thought this was a serious site until I read some of your replies...lol You guys are funny, thanks for the laugh. I needed it after a day working with 2-5 year olds at play group.

Grace...

I thought we were being serious.? :confused:

Al

[Groggy]

...I needed it after a day working with 2-5 year olds at play group...

It's like doing overtime isn't it

[outback]

I thought we were being serious.? :confused:

Al

I was being vewy sewious

[Iain]

Grace E, love the avatar, reminds me of the real me
Mum always said I was her little cherub

[Hickory]

Food oils are a bad idea as it may go ransid if exposed to kid spit and host bacteria galore. Mineral Oil, (same stuff you use to regulate your bowels, get it at the Pharmacy). Makes also a great finish for cutting boards and Salad bowls. If you wish you can create a luster by polishing with a rag or to get a better finish, disolve pariffin (ma used to use it for canning, get it at the grocery) in the oil. It will luster over quite well when you briskly rub the piece with a soft rag.

Food safe, baby safe, Cheap and easy to apply. MIneral Oil

For far too many years I had students make cutting boards from Offcuts and scrap as a filler project in my WWing classes, Mineral Oil was the best finish to apply. Also, you can reapply when the surface dulls or dings or gets too many gnaw marks

[Cliff Rogers]

....Mum always said I was her little cherub

I do NOT want to meet your mother..... :eek:

[Hickory]

Perhaps Science and such is different in the Southern side of life but...

Edible linseed oil may be purchased under the name of "flax seed oil"

Linseed oil is made from Flax seed. Linseed oil is a yellowish drying oil derived from the dried ripe seeds of the flax plant (Linum) Linum is the source if the name Lin or the seed of the Linum plant thus Lin-seed.

Raw Linseed is not stable and has been known to spontanious combust when soaked in rags. It is very slow to dry. So the oil is "cooked" Autoclaved by passing hot air through it. The hot air bubbles looked like it was boiling, thus the name Boiled Linseed Oil which is more stable and dries easier & quicker.

I suppose more detailed refinment will provide an oil that Health food stores can pander along side snake oils and other remedies.

As a food source remember that any plant oil is food for mildew. Mold spores thrive on these oils and can become quite toxic. Bacteria loves to dine on these oils.

This is why I advocate the use of Mineral Oil as food safe finish. The addition of Paraffin provides a harder surface. Both are sourced from Minerals not plants.


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