Re: new saw -- talcum powder

fredfighter@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
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.



And sometimes used in steel manufacturing after the cleaning process...

RTFM? Whatever for?


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