A Brief moment of intelligence

Chris Railey

Chris Railey

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This will not help you make knives it is a blacksmith tip on something I made up today in my shop. If you are like me I hate applying a hot oil finish with an oily rag because the oil gets all over my hands. I love how it looks though. In some cases its the only food safe finish to seal up blacksmith work. I have tried to use paint brushes to apply the oil to the hot steel but I always end up melting the paintbrush. I had some old T-shirt scraps laying around the shop so I wrapped one of them tightly around a wooden dowel secured it with a wire tie and shredded the end a little bit. Now I have an oily rag with a handle so I don’t have to get oil all over my hands when I apply my finish. Dip in canola oil and apply. Its overly simple but then again...so am I
 

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I can relate to the melted paint brush lol,that's a good work around for oil finish but I dont think it will replace the melted paint brush sitting on top of the can of past wax lol .
 
AkWildman said:
I can relate to the melted paint brush lol,that's a good work around for oil finish but I dont think it will replace the melted paint brush sitting on top of the can of past wax lol .
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It should work on paste wax too. I just do not do the paste wax on food items. People are just too fussy now-a-days. I am gonna make another one for paste wax, if I make it a little stiffer should work fine.
 
BBQ mop!

Hey Chris - sounds just like seasoning an old cast iron skillet - might I suggest you use grapeseed oil (or even better is flaxseed oil) instead of canola for the 'finish' on the food safes? Nothing wrong with canola - but these two oils have a higher smoke temp and will withstand more heat and abuse - it's a little harder and might last longer - does on my cast irons anyway!! And I make a mean blackberry cobbler in 'em...
 
Greg Rice said:
BBQ mop!

Hey Chris - sounds just like seasoning an old cast iron skillet - might I suggest you use grapeseed oil (or even better is flaxseed oil) instead of canola for the 'finish' on the food safes? Nothing wrong with canola - but these two oils have a higher smoke temp and will withstand more heat and abuse - it's a little harder and might last longer - does on my cast irons anyway!! And I make a mean blackberry cobbler in 'em...
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It is essentially the same process. The main reason we do it is to turn the steel black. It also provides some rust resistance. Beeswax is another favorite of mine for food items. If your wife is like mine and has candles all over the place that wax will work too. Put on while the steel is at black heat it will turn the work black too.
 
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