Thread: The evidence

Mustn't have been very nutritious .

Originally Posted by Waldo

Mustn't have been very nutritious .

No, but I bet his innards are well polished.

You'll be right, WW. It will probably still work just the same

Originally Posted by Ozkaban

You'll be right, WW. It will probably still work just the same

You're right! It still works a treat!

Excellent! Another stool WIP thread

Who said you couldn't get square things into round holes?!

Originally Posted by Woodwould

I guess he did eat that stick of honing compound...

WW,
I KNOW you have to keep the tripoli polishing compound away from the dog...it is a bar of animal fat (of some sort) with the grit in it.

That green stuff is chrome oxide, and I believe it isn't good for you at all if you ingest it.
Don't know if the same applies to animals...??
MSDS-Chromium_oxide

Regards,
Peter

It's not ideal dog food, I know, but the pup climbed up on a shelf in my absence and the first I knew about the missing compound was when I discovered the bright green one-legged stool above.

He doesn't appear any the worse and has eaten two full meals since he had the opportunity to eat the compound yesterday afternoon. He's also eaten two interlocking foam floor mats, an Aldi vacuum cleaner filter, a barbeque cover and a Mallard drake without any obvious ill effects.


He's off to the vet's in the morning to be tutored, so I'll make sure he gets a full check-up then.

Originally Posted by Woodwould

He doesn't appear any the worse and has eaten two full meals since he had the opportunity to eat the compound yesterday afternoon. He's also eaten two interlocking foam floor mats, an Aldi vacuum cleaner filter, a barbeque cover and a Mallard drake without any obvious ill effects.

He's obviously trying to build something in there. Watch he doesn't poop a shiny glider and escape.

Originally Posted by lightwood

WW,
I KNOW you have to keep the tripoli polishing compound away from the dog...it is a bar of animal fat (of some sort) with the grit in it.

That green stuff is chrome oxide, and I believe it isn't good for you at all if you ingest it.
Don't know if the same applies to animals...??
MSDS-Chromium_oxide

Regards,
Peter

It wouldn't really be chromium oxide would it? I think Its much darker! Its probably just coloured with an inert stain so you can tell what grit it is.

He doesn't appear any the worse and has eaten two full meals since he had the opportunity to eat the compound yesterday afternoon. He's also eaten two interlocking foam floor mats, an Aldi vacuum cleaner filter, a barbeque cover and a Mallard drake without any obvious ill effects.

Other than the glowing poo, and some steam engine remains no.... Oh, that sort of Mallard!

Originally Posted by tea lady

It wouldn't really be chromium oxide would it? I think Its much darker! Its probably just coloured with an inert stain so you can tell what grit it is.

tea lady,
the "green rouge bars" were being used at least in the 1930's, they are called that , and "green oxide bars" in a book I have. The thirteenth edition of a book on polishing and electro plating. ( Canning, originally published in 1889.)
Chromium oxide is a grayish / green powder, it is sometimes used for gem polishing, but is usually used for polishing hard steels and chrome plating.
For me it is the polish for platinum and hard (nickle alloyed) white gold. It has been used as a polish for platinum since it's use in jewellery became popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s when platinum replaced silver as the premium setting material for diamonds and other gemstones. Platinum has many wonderful properties, one is that, although it is relatively soft, it has a very high resistance to abrasion. So it resits polish...hence the use of the chromium oxide polish. (also it doesn't wear away easily like white or yellow gold claws on top of a diamond)
It has a major drawback in it's use as a jewellery polishing agent in that it contaminates / consumes the chemicals used in the refining process used to recover gold & platinum. So my metal refiner hates it...and charges extra ....but it seems the grease base used for these bars (animal fats used so it melts at a specific temperature to allow the cutting agents to be released) ..... is very tasty.
Jewellers with a dog or a cat in the workshop for company know this stuff has to be kept in a draw or a cupboard.
Regards,
Peter
(always have a giggle behind the hand when the VEGAN types who won't wear leather, but will wear jewellery, use eating utensils, sit on, and wear products made of steel and plenty of other things, that have been polished with compounds mixed in animal fats...if only they knew)

Originally Posted by lightwood

tea lady,
the "green rouge bars" were being used at least in the 1930's, they are called that , and "green oxide bars" in a book I have. The thirteenth edition of a book on polishing and electro plating. ( Canning, originally published in 1889.)
Chromium oxide is a grayish / green powder, it is sometimes used for gem polishing, but is usually used for polishing hard steels and chrome plating.
For me it is the polish for platinum and hard (nickle alloyed) white gold. It has been used as a polish for platinum since it's use in jewellery became popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s when platinum replaced silver as the premium setting material for diamonds and other gemstones. Platinum has many wonderful properties, one is that, although it is relatively soft, it has a very high resistance to abrasion. So it resits polish...hence the use of the chromium oxide polish. (also it doesn't wear away easily like white or yellow gold claws on top of a diamond)
It has a major drawback in it's use as a jewellery polishing agent in that it contaminates / consumes the chemicals used in the refining process used to recover gold & platinum. So my metal refiner hates it...and charges extra ...

Oh! Very interesting! So its an oxide that is hard enough to polish platinum. I use it as a pottery glaze colouring. Its usually a darker green. Actually I don't use it very much. Cos it s ay dark green. : Have used it in chrome tin pink glazes too. That was fun. And even MORE deadly.

So is that the same K9 that powers your tread mill?
Regards