On 27 Mar 2006 04:25:29 -0800, "Andrew VK3BFA"
wrote:


wrote:
Hello, I am new to metalworking and had a question... I am making an
indoor furniture piece from steel and had intentions to paint it. Does
anyone know of any environmentally-friendly/ non-toxic paints I can use
to achieve a pretty vibrant finish? Also, any tips on application?
Thanks

Bit of a contradiction here - think about it. Your making it out of
steel - mined from the earth, (I could say ripped from the bowels of
Mother Earth, but that would be a bit too nutty even for this group) )
transported huge distances, made in huge energy hungry mills fueled by
burning coal, belching pollution, (probably with a poor standard of
occupational health and safety)

You then weld it together - a environmentally unfriendly pratice due
pollution from welding fumes and UV and RF radiation from the welder.
Plus the pollutants from the factory that made the welder, and the
rods. Oh, and the coal fired power station that generated the
electricity to run your welder. And you will be frightening small cute
furry endangered species animals while doing this. And what about the
whales and the dolphins that will be effected by the toxic runoff from
the whole process?

And your worried about eco-friendly PAINT?????

I suggest you reconsider your destructive plan, and just sit quietly in
the corner until these anti-environmental urges pass.

Andrew VK3BFA.


Thank god for Computer Condoms...I got Dew and cigarette ashes all
over this one......

Gunner



"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
- Proverbs 22:3