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bone-utn-care-msg - 2/4/08

 

Caring for bone utensils.

 

NOTE: See also the files: horn-utn-care-msg, wood-utn-care-msg, iron-pot-care-msg, iron-pot-srcs-msg, lea-cook-uten-msg, utensils-msg, p-tableware-msg, cooking-pots-art.

 

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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 11:34:40 -0500

From: "Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>

Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] cleaning bone handled utensils

To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>,

      <knife-list at kepler-eng.com>

Cc: bilowich at earthlink.net

 

> I have some antique bone handled dessert knives and forks and the bone

> handles are really dirty. Do you know of any reference works or tips

> on cleaning them without destroying them?

>

> Russ Bilowich

 

Discussed it with Rob, who carves bone, and his suggestions were as follows-

note, there's no easy way to do this- most chemicals will simply dissolve

the bone.

 

Get a toothbrush and dishwashing liquid, and scrup it down. If that doesn't

quite do enough, you can use the Comet type abrasives with the toothbrush,

but don't use the colored ones since they stain- you need white. Also, Pearl

Drops will work.

 

Once you get them cleaned up, he suggests you seal the bone so it doesn't

happen again. Good sealant would be either varnish, which works OK, but

tends to be soft, or better, a straight polyurethane. Bone is very porous,

so if you want it to maintain its color, you must seal it.

 

I'll also fwd this over to the Knife List, see what other suggestions those

guys have.

 

Saint Phlip,

CoD

 

 

Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:14:51 -0500

From: "Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>

Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] cleaning bone handled utensils

To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>

 

> Just a thought, would something like a denture cleaning tablet work?

> Felicia

 

It could- we've never tried one. Most of them though, are colored, so you'd

hafta be careful of that.

 

Saint Phlip,

CoD

 

 

Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:42:52 -0500

From: "Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>

Subject: Fw: [kl] Re: [Sca-cooks] cleaning bone handled utensils

To: "SCA-Cooks" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>, <bilowich at earthlink.net>

 

From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>

To: <knife-list at kepler-eng.com>

Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 1:28 PM

Subject: Re: [kl] Re: [Sca-cooks] cleaning bone handled utensils

 

>> Get a toothbrush and dishwashing liquid, and scrub it down.

>

> I think that's the best solution.  Good old water and detergent.

>

>> Once you get them cleaned up, he suggests you seal the bone so it doesn't

>> happen again. Good sealant would be either varnish, which works OK, but

>> tends to be soft, or better, a straight polyurethane. Bone is very porous,

>> so if you want it to maintain its color, you must seal it.

>

> I'm not a big fan of complex manufactured sealers for these

> applications.  How about bees wax?

 

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