So just to be sure, blue and pink Scotch Brite sponges are OK for knives, and you should keep a separate sponge that has no grease from washing dishes?
Might want to rethink that step. RW contains a significant amount of benzene which is highly carcinogenic. RW is not food safe
https://conservationsupportsystems.com/system/assets/msds/Renaissance_Wax.pdf
Yes, benzene has a high vapor point but its embedded in a non volatile matrix of wax. Thats going to slow down and impede its transition to gas phase. Some are concerned about PTFE's in their rice cookers, but I'd be a lot more concerned about benzene and its petro chemical brethren.I appreciate the MSDS information but, after applying a skim coating and allowing it to dry and buffing off I highly doubt that any of the benzene which has a high vapor point would be left over. If I was using it in a commercial kitchen I would probably avoid it but since RW has been on my furniture and knives for many years I'm not concerned about it for home use.
Aren't they for de-burring?Jon at JKI uses blue sponges in his vids.
The way 2020 is going, it might yet come to that...Nice knowing that if i had to I could eat a forearm.
I thought guns referred to biceps, not forearms...maybe different in FL??I use Martell's board butter on my guns. Nice knowing that if i had to I could eat a forearm.
Interesting. And he didn't include me in being above average. Hmm..I thought guns referred to biceps, not forearms...maybe different in FL??
+1.I know this is a thread for a couple months ago, but I wanted to ask the group a few more specific questions about wiping down blades. Do you all use a specific TYPE of towel? I know there are some self-defined OCD folks (@Corradobrit1) out there who might have tried 3,427 towels to find the best one to wipe a carbon steel knife with. What is it? Microfiber? Cotton? Williams & Sonoma bath towels? Secondly, is there a practiced method for cleaning (like heel to tip, web of thumb/pointer riding between the blade? I've been bitten a bunch by cleaning my blade (as much as cutting with it, if not more) and am curious how folks do that too. Try
Easy to say living in California. Here in Florida, I can wipe down a knife with a dry towel a few times and still have enough moisture to create rust if I put the knife on my magnetic rack without paying close attention. Only happens with poly-blend towels, so +1 on the consensus recommendation for cotton.I use the dry kind. I don't think it matters that much, as long as it's clean and not made of steel wool or shredded sandpaper, the towel doesn't have to soak up very much water.
Can't be that bad? I know someone in that state that hates using stainless and doesn't have a problem.Easy to say living in California. Here in Florida, I can wipe down a knife with a dry towel a few times and still have enough moisture to create rust if I put the knife on my magnetic rack without paying close attention. Only happens with poly-blend towels, so +1 on the consensus recommendation for cotton.
On contrary, the Microfiber towel doesn't absorb water as good as a normal towel. since they are plastic, they don't absorb moisture unless you force it. the reason people use it on car exterior is it doesn't scratch the paint job.+1.
So the Nonabrasive microfiber cloths for polishing car exteriors are not so good?
Does he live next to a swamp or in sand-flats sinkhole country? Does his house have naturally dehumidifying central AC or damp blasting window units? Is his idea of a 'cheap' towel 35% poly blend, 65%, or pure Save-A-Lot brand plastic garbage? Is he as lazy as me, and what exactly does 'a few' wipes mean? Lot of factors to considerCan't be that bad? I know someone in that state that hates using stainless and doesn't have a problem.
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