Food Safe Finishes

[JackLeg]

Good article in this month's Woodsmith about foodsafe finishes. I learned from it! :wsmile:

 

[DaveO]

Well, hopefully it was as well grounded and honestly informative as this article by Bob Flexner - http://www.popularwoodworking.com/features/finish3.html


Dave

 

[Joe Scharle]

They omitted shellac for heavens sake!
In case you're not aware of it, shellac is used to coat pills.

They also left out films that contain metallic driers.

 

[ehpoole]

They omitted shellac for heavens sake!
In case you're not aware of it, shellac is used to coat pills.

Can you say OOPS! :eusa_doh: Shellac would be second on my list after mineral oil -- not sure how they overlooked it -- but then we are all only human.

 

[Howard Acheson]

In the text of the article Woodsmith points out that they were detailing finishes that contained food safe components. Shellac which is mixed with denatured alcohol is a poison until all the denatured alcohol has evaporated. I suspect that the reason that shellac did not get included.

 

[JackLeg]

In the text of the article Woodsmith points out that they were detailing finishes that contained food safe components. Shellac which is mixed with denatured alcohol is a poison until all the denatured alcohol has evaporated. I suspect that the reason that shellac did not get included.

Good catch, Howard! Thanks for "sobering" us up on that!! :wsmile: