On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 13:40:43 GMT, "Leon" wrote:

No one has mentioned this yet and you may want to give this some heavy
consideration. I work with Ipe quite often and your findings are correct.
BUT, TRY this for yourself. When Ipe is cut you end up with a brown saw
dust and a yellowy green powdery dust. This dust reacts with salt and some
mild citric acids. Basically if you get the dust on your sweaty hands the
dust will turn BLOOD RED. Using citrus based blade cleaners will also turn
this powder BLOOD RED.

I never noticed that with ipe. but I have had problems with ebony dust the stuff
would not wash off. but if it reacts to your sweat that could be a problem for
sure.

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