ANST - Warning for Chainmail crafters

[j'lynn yeates]

On 6 Dec 98, at 23:10, Clarence & Lynn Bell wrote:

> Hi to all of you who make chainmail,
> A warning just came out in the Orchid jewelers list about the dangers of
> working with galvanized metals, in particular, galvanized steel wire.  ...

good information ... have chosen to not work with galvanized mail primarily 
because i was concerned about exactly the thing you mention - skin acids  
dissolving metal and allowing it to be absorbed through the skin (same 
reason i am meticulous about exactly what is in the bronze i have melted 
for casting projects through the years ... zinc fumes are bad juju).

additional reason i stay away from galvanized wire ... to my eye's it looks 
*horrid* when it's new and worse once it starts to wear (like most coated 
maile materials).  much prefer nicely "wear matted" stainless or bronze ...

not sure about details off the top of my head, but i seem to remember a 
similar warning about the black anodised links that were being sold by a 
major commercial maile maker ... to their credit once they realized that 
they were a potential health hazard they ceased sales of links and finished 
maile so coated and offered a exchange program for those who purchased 
same in the past ...

careful out there folks ...

'wolf


  

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