On 20 Nov 2008 04:28:46 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

On 2008-11-19, Buerste wrote:

"Christopher Tidy" wrote in message
...
Buerste wrote:

I still have to follow through with polishing a good stainless pan to a
mirror finish then having it TiN coated. I'm thinking it would be a
high-temp, non-stick surface impervious to metal implements or damage of
any kind.

If you do that, you'll post a picture at r.c.m, right? It would be a sight
worth seeing :-)

Chris


I'm blessed to have a good friend that does coatings. My favorite is a TiN
coated tea bag squeezer.

Hmm ... reminds me of an estate sale (I wish that I had known
the man before he died) which included things like gold plated chem lab
clamps. (He apparently loved plating anything which did not move fast
enough. :-) His collection of tools was interesting, too.

Just out of curiosity -- has anyone checked how food-safe TiN
is -- especially with acidic teas? :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.


I was thinking the same thing, doesn't sound like a good idea. We had
a room mate long ago that left in a huff over nothing and took the
liberty to take my scuba mask for fixing pools, but left his fancy
gold plated tea/coffee strainer that fit perfect in the coffee maker.
The thing lasted a very long time, hey we didn't have to buy paper
strainers for years.