Re: new saw -- talcum powder


Mark & Juanita wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 02:19:58 GMT, "CW" <cmagers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Caustic baby powder... Right.
> >
>
> I suspect that was not the OP's thoughts. The possibility that the baby
> talc may also be loaded with other hygroscopic ingredients (reasonable for
> where you are going to put baby powder) might be of concern.
>

Seesh!

Talcum powder is powdered talc, a soft rock primarily composed
of magnesium tetrasilicate. It protects iron from rusting via
electrowhateveritscalled protection, similar to galvanizing.
There is a nearly rust free iron column sitting in the middle
of a villiage soemwhere in India that evidently has been
protected by magnesium compounds in the soil and traces of
the same left on its surface from when it was cast for a
few hundred years now.

I've used talcum powder on a drill press, after four years
still no rust.

Any baby powder or other powder will have the ingredients on
the friggin' label. Just READ it for crying out loud. A
trace of fragrance won't hurt your saw.

Some (maybe most) BABY powders these days is cornstarch,
don't use those.

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FF

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