[Jewelry making - Article 00050] - Re: [Orchid] Rust on tools

[Carol Stall]

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    Bob, One thing I've been trying to find is a great tool protectant
    that is not too very toxic or greasy. 

    Very likely we absorb some of what's on our tools daily. Eezox is
    mainly Trichloroethylene--a substance used to clean airplanes and
    one that the US military and EPA have been trying to keep from
    spreading to base area water tables for decades. It does not go away
    very quickly and it is considered a health hazard. 

    While Trichloroethylene has not been definitively linked to cancer,
    according to the manufacturer's safety sheet, prolonged exposure can
    lead to kidney and liver damage, depression of the circulatory
    system and or ventricular arrhythmia--via skin absorption, and
    inhalation (see below table). 

    Way back in the 90s (in another incarnation) I wrote several
    articles on the military Trichloroethylene pollution problem. I
    think there's one still posted at the below link. 

    http://www.albionmonitor.com/9706a/underpoison.html#up1 

    Sorry to be a killjoy on that one, but knowledge is a good thing
    right? 

    Anyway, has anyone tried silicone spray? 

CS
Austin, TX
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