pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on mon 27 oct 03
well, and...
Hi Louis,
Very nice...much more knowledgable and detailed than my
passing mention!
I have never used 'peg' but understand (some version of ) it
had been used to stabalize the Wood from ancient or other
old Marine wrecks brought up from the briney deeps, which
otherwise would turn to dust or sludge from the Oxygen of
being in the air.
Also it had found favor with Lathe Work where one wishes to
turn something in green, unseasoned Wood, and then stabalize
it, to finish turning it later.
I wonder if it would do well to make something on the order
of 'Bog Mummies' of the deceased?
It might keep them more of a 'natural' color I
suppose...(Just thinking acedemically mind you, or it would
be an entirely macabre notion!)
Hmmm...
Oh!
The Coco sounds very good! - What is unDutched?
I just had three or four cups of fresh brewed coffee and it
is about midnight...maybe that was not a good idea
either...oh well...
Sure tasted good!
Phil
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Katz"
> Poly Ethylene Glycol or PEG is not antifreeze. Anti Freeze
is not
> "poly", just Ethylene Glycol. The PEG stays in the wood
and does not
> dry It replaces the water content that changes with
humidity. PEG
> soaked wood requires care in gluing and finishing. I am
not an expert,
> just regurgitating what I remeber of what I read. PEG
comes in various
> size molecules and I believe PEG 500 is the designation
suggested for
> wood soaking use.
>
> Ethylene Glycol is much more poisonous than PEG. Ethylene
Glycol has a
> sweet taste and animals often get sick or die from lapping
up
> overflowed radiator fluid.
>
> Propylene Glycol is often sold as "safe" antifreeze.
Occasionally
> people use it as a brushing agent in glazes. PEG has also
been
> suggested. Please do not fire this stuff inside I don't
have a clue
> what it will give off.
>
>
> cc to the list
> Take a 2 demitasse Turkish Coffee pot. Bring a pot full of
spring water
> to a boil. Add 2 big tablespoons of unDutched powdered
cocoa ( not some
> mix). Stir it in. Reheat until it foams. Add pich of alt
and
> 1Tablespoon unsalted sweat cream butter. Don't drink
before bed.
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