Re: OT: Potassium Dichromate Milkshakes

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From: "Nick Zentena" <zentena@sympatico.ca>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Potassium Dichromate Milkshakes

> On Thursday 28 April 2005 04:31, Ender100@aol.com wrote:
>
>>
>> Gee, I hope no one has a nervous habit of sucking on a
>> table leaf. Or how
>> bout finishing a baby crib this way?
>
> Walnut oil from the grocery store is a safe finish for
> something like a crib.
> It's more then the finish you need to worry about. Some
> woods are toxic. I
> have some in the house that can make the skin crawl with
> minimal contact.
> Using some of the tropical woods in a crib even with a
> food safe finish would
> be crazy.
>
> Nick
>
   You insprired me to do a Google search for _toxic wood_,
lots of hits with lists of various woods. It seems most are
hazardous only to work with (dust, etc.) rather than in
bulk.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com