I am building a rib for my first grandhild, I am very pleased with how it is turning out. It has a base that has two drawers in it and a mini-dresser attached and beside the crib.
I used birch and baltic birch plywood. My plan was to use all mahogany and mahogany ply, but I took wifey with me to the store and she saw the baltic birch and that was it. I must admit it has a very sharp looking dark grain to it that makes it unusaul.
I plan to use just a clear coat, no stain. Any advice on a safe, durable, babyproof clearcoat.
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In my opiniion, in the US, all clear finishes, if given sufficient time for a full cure--about a month in good conditions for oil based or waterbourne finishes--will be sufficiently safe for baby. Finishes that dry by evaporation only, shellac and standard NC lacquer, will have completed that process in about a week. Catalyzed finishes, involve a cure process and should, to be safe, thought of as taking as long as oil based finishes.
I agree with Steve.
Every finish that I've ever looked into, clearly stated "non-toxic when cured" somewhere in the literature.
This is true with linseed oil ("boiled" or raw), latex paint, polyurethane, lacquer....... you name it.
But, if you are looking for the "most nontoxic" finish, then you are looking for shellac. It is used in the food industry and the drug industry all the time. (When you buy "coated caplets" of aspirin, there is a good chance that you're getting some shellac.)
Buy pure shellac, and mix it yourself with alcohol from the liquor store, and you will have the "most nontoxic" finish I can imagine.
Thanks guys
You need High Prof Store bought alcohol (like EverClear 190 Prof, not the 151 or it will not dissolve the flakes well) - use that or DNA from a box store.Capt. Rich Clark
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