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  • From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Getting ready for Spring
  • Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:11:39 -0500

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:43:17 -0500, Thomas Patrick Hurtgen wrote:
> What should I be using to wash and disinfect/sanitize plug trays and
>buckets?
>  I also remember a discussion many months ago about having interns oil the
> wooden handles of their "issued" set of garden tools. Is the oil anything
> different than the tung oil commonly used by woodworkers?  Are the handles
> sanded first?  Any varnish used after the tung oil?  Thanks for any help
>that
> you can offer.  Tom (central NC)

I used boiled linseed oil on my tool handles. Tung oil should work too.
Sanding first is nice, especially if the tool has spent time outdoors and the
handle has become rough. I don't varnish.



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Richard Robinson
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