Looking for Child / Toddler safe finishes

Shellac and bees wax.

Perhaps use a food-safe finish that is OK for wooden bowls and wooden serving spoons .. walnut oil

read the "Tech" and "Inst" links that are embedded in the web page near the prices.

You don't state what you're finishing .. I've made folk toys and just left them unfinished. The very minor wear & tear makes them look natural and well loved. John T.

shellac linseed oil when dry probably lacquer bees wax

Well O.K. Here's My 2 cents.

Beeswax and Mineral oil

Here's a good article about Your Question and in it is directions to make it.

rick B.

Can't buy lead paint these days. Any finish today, once cured, is safe. Shellac is best as it is used as a pharmaceutical coating.

snipped-for-privacy@ccanoemail.ca on Thu, 31 May 2018 03:54:33 -0400 typed in rec.woodworking the following:

Ummm - I don't know yet. She Who Makes These Plans hasn't given me a complete list. I'm not sure it these are "playing peices", peg people markers or something else. But I thought I ought to plan ahead.

Rick the antique guy on Thu, 31 May 2018

Thanks. That seems to answer a number of questions I didn't know I had.

pyotr filipivich wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

If you turn the piece, you don't need a finish at all. Just sand your way through the grits until you get to 2000. This works best on pretty woods, I think the top I did this on was Sapele.

It's a bit time consuming for other pieces, even with one of Tom "Leon" Sawyer's Festool Makes Sanding Fun's sanders. Tell us, Leon... When was the last time you sanded Aunt Polly's fence? :-)

Puckdropper

pyotr filipivich wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

So is "boiled" linseed oil, which in most cases has had various metals or metal oxides added to it to speed drying.

These additives may or may not be child-safe. Google "boiled linseed oil MSDS" and you'll see what I mean.

The classic kid-safe finishes are shellac (frequently used to coat pharmaceuticals and candy) and beeswax -- both are totally non-toxic. But pretty much anything else, as long as it has dried, is non-toxic also.

Whaaaaaattttt? ;~)

the bug derived finishes come to mind

polys also are good but read the fine print as some require two weeks for full cure