any experiences with Toymaker’s Finish by General Finishes

[Chris McGee]

Need to finnish a toy I made for a friends kids birthday, its made of birch ply, white oak, walnut and pine. Was thinking of using the Toymaker’s Finish by General Finishes. Just wondering if anyone here had any experience with this finish, or a suggestion of something else kid safe.

thanks,
chris

[Scott Holmes]

Almost all finishes are safe for kids and or food once they have dried and cured. Maunufactures make specail labels and call if food safe or child safe to make more money. Many of the salad bowl finishes share the MSDS sheet with another product that is not labelled food/child safe.

The dangerous finishes are the ones that had LEAD as the metal drier. Not used in the USA since about 1978. China, I hear, is still using it.

[Jim Becker]

Almost all finishes are safe for kids and or food once they have dried and cured.

No "almost" about it. All of them currently marketed should quality once fully cured. (Which can be in the neighborhood of a month for most finishes)

I happen to like shellac for this kind of thing, however...after all, they put it on candy to keep your hands from getting messed up and on medications (pills) in some cases, too. What could be safer than bug poop? LOL :)

[Scott Holmes]

I used ALMOST because of the China - "Lead paint" news.