I just purchased a Jaffrey wine and cider press. They say to finish it with
sanding sealer and a one part epoxy that they sell, both of which are
poisonous. Is this good advice, or should I try something else?

Thanks

JC wrote:
I just purchased a Jaffrey wine and cider press. They say to finish it with
sanding sealer and a one part epoxy that they sell, both of which are
poisonous. Is this good advice, or should I try something else?

Thanks


Hi JC

When dry the epoxy and sanding sealer will be inert. They should be safe.

Regards

Frank

"Frank Mirigliano" wrote in message
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JC wrote:
I just purchased a Jaffrey wine and cider press. They say to finish it
with sanding sealer and a one part epoxy that they sell, both of which
are poisonous. Is this good advice, or should I try something else?

Personally I've never heard of a one part epoxy. I worked in the biz for 5+
years and all the epoxies I mixed had at least a resin and curing agent,
which totals two parts. Some of them had fillers and modifiers too, but
_none_ of them were one part epoxies.

Why not keep things simple and just give the wood a couple of coats of good
marine grade spar varnish? I use Man O War, but there are others.

Tom S

"Michael" wrote in message
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There are one part epoxies but it is kind of a shell game. I've been in
the
high performance coating biz for thirty years plus and consider one part
epoxies BS. They catalyze the epoxy resin, then grind it up and use it as
a
filler in an air dry coating.

Aha! I _knew_ there was something fishy about "one part" epoxies.

Spar varnish is probably the best to use that
is commonly available. Since I have it available to me I used an amine
adduct cured epoxy.

Something like Epon 828 and TETA perhaps? That would work well, but you'd
need to work quickly!

Tom S

Tom S wrote:

"Michael" wrote in message
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There are one part epoxies but it is kind of a shell game. I've been in
the
high performance coating biz for thirty years plus and consider one part
epoxies BS. They catalyze the epoxy resin, then grind it up and use it as
a
filler in an air dry coating.


Aha! I _knew_ there was something fishy about "one part" epoxies.

Spar varnish is probably the best to use that

is commonly available. Since I have it available to me I used an amine
adduct cured epoxy.


Something like Epon 828 and TETA perhaps? That would work well, but you'd
need to work quickly!

Tom S


Many years ago we used an "epoxy based" paint on the walls of a
Domino's Pizza unit in the food contact areas. We just opened the cans
and rolled it on. IIROC we had to wear respirators during the
application as it was pretty nasty stuff. It was reportedly FDA
approved. Unfortunately that was in 1988 and I can no longer recall
what the product name or the manufacturer. Might have been
Sherwin-Williams but a search of their site didn't ring any bells. Sorry.

Frank