Non-toxic finish for toy box?

Jerry wrote:>A friend recommended salad bowl oil finish, but he said it's around

Shellac. Tom Someday, it'll all be over....

Behlen's "Salad Bowl Finish" is a tung-based varnish.

Sort of reinforces the fact that _any_ curing finish, once cured, is probably safer than the splinters that would go with it.

If it may be cleaned with all-purpose cleaners, which are alkali, or contain alcohol to help evaporation, shellac is probably not your best choice.

Shellac. Pills and candy are often coated with Shellac.

Any of the finishes available today are non-toxic when dried You can use paint, urethane, shellac. Ed

Any standard off the shelf woodworking finish.

baby oil, but if you don't want the pink tinge, use mineral oil instead. This would be much cheaper than $60 a gallon mineral oil that is called salad bowl finish.... LOL

Lumberjack

On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 11:21:44 -0500, "Jerry Shaw" stated, with eyes & arms akimbo:

Waterlox Original (medium sheen) is only $34.99/gal, but a gallon will finish several dozen toy boxes. He has quarts for $14 which would probably finish 4 or 5 large toy chests.

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Shellac.

Give the little bugger a teething ring.

$60 a gallon? What is this stuff? Mineral oil is the standard and even in small bottles at a drug store it wouldn't come close to $60 per gallon.

See Pawlowski's and Mike G's comments. Toxicity isn't a problem today because you can't hardly f>