any health hazards with ebonizied oak bowls
I used vinegar after soaking steel wool in it and it created a nice
color on a little oak bowl now used for wrapped candy. Has anybody heard of any health problems from ebonizing an oak bowl using vinegar and steel wool, covering the bowl with mineral oil and then using the bowl for eating salad? When I searched this site using 'ebonizing' I was not able to find discussions about health concerns with vinegar and steel wool. Thanks. |
any health hazards with ebonizied oak bowls
When you ebonize wood, you are working with the tanins that naturally
occur in wood. I doubt it's any more or less harmful than the wood was to begin with. FYI, the steel wool is a help with wood with fewer tanins like maple, oak will ebonize without it. I'd love to see a pic of the finished product, I've not yet gotten around to ebonizing. I do have a really bad article on it here somewhere. |
any health hazards with ebonizied oak bowls
I'd like to see a picture of ebonized Oak you do without iron, would be amazing !!!!! Now when this does not work with the aid of iron in wood like Ash, you could try bringing in tannin by steeping it in strong thee, then use the vinegar/iron mix. Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo woodturningcreature wrote: FYI, the steel wool is a help with wood with fewer tanins like maple, oak will ebonize without it. I'd love to see a pic of the finished product, I've not yet gotten around to ebonizing. I do have a really bad article on it here somewhere. |
any health hazards with ebonizied oak bowls
I have a dozen or so spalted red oak blanks I harvested and waxed about
a 9 mts ago. I notice now that anywhere there is wax on them, it is turning jet black underneath the wax layer. Are they ebonizing on their own? cad handturnedbowls.biz wrote: When you ebonize wood, you are working with the tanins that naturally occur in wood. I doubt it's any more or less harmful than the wood was to begin with. FYI, the steel wool is a help with wood with fewer tanins like maple, oak will ebonize without it. I'd love to see a pic of the finished product, I've not yet gotten around to ebonizing. I do have a really bad article on it here somewhere. |
any health hazards with ebonizied oak bowls
"cad" wrote in message ups.com... I have a dozen or so spalted red oak blanks I harvested and waxed about a 9 mts ago. I notice now that anywhere there is wax on them, it is turning jet black underneath the wax layer. Are they ebonizing on their own? Mildew. |
any health hazards with ebonizied oak bowls
warpedwoodturner wrote: I used vinegar after soaking steel wool in it and it created a nice color on a little oak bowl now used for wrapped candy. Has anybody heard of any health problems from ebonizing an oak bowl using vinegar and steel wool, covering the bowl with mineral oil and then using the bowl for eating salad? When I searched this site using 'ebonizing' I was not able to find discussions about health concerns with vinegar and steel wool. Thanks. Nice work on the ebonizing. I'm just going to have to try that sooner or later. |
any health hazards with ebonizied oak bowls
cad wrote:
I have a dozen or so spalted red oak blanks I harvested and waxed about a 9 mts ago. I notice now that anywhere there is wax on them, it is turning jet black underneath the wax layer. Are they ebonizing on their own? cad handturnedbowls.biz CAD ... I'm no expert (certainly not at this distance!) but it sounds as if the trapped moisture is sporting a very nice fungal growth. Bill ..... I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged. Bob Dylan |
any health hazards with ebonizied oak bowls
"cad" wrote in news:1165410030.547015.293430@
16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com: I have a dozen or so spalted red oak blanks I harvested and waxed about a 9 mts ago. I notice now that anywhere there is wax on them, it is turning jet black underneath the wax layer. Are they ebonizing on their own? cad handturnedbowls.biz wrote: When you ebonize wood, you are working with the tanins that naturally occur in wood. I doubt it's any more or less harmful than the wood was to begin with. FYI, the steel wool is a help with wood with fewer tanins like maple, oak will ebonize without it. I'd love to see a pic of the finished product, I've not yet gotten around to ebonizing. I do have a really bad article on it here somewhere. Spalt. |
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