Sealant For Leather Mugs/bottles With Hot Liquids

[Aghrivaine]

Hello everyone! I'm brand new here, and this is my first post. I'm getting started with leatherworking, and want to make some tankards for my upcoming wedding as a gift for my groomsmen. (It's going to be a pirate wedding on Catalina!) We're doing a lot of this stuff in a DIY fashion.

I've seen leather jacks and tankards at Renn Faires and Pirate Festivals, as well as on Etsy, that claim to be safe for hot liquids. As I'm a devoted coffee drinker, this would be highly desirable for me. Does anyone have any idea what resin these crafters are using? I've googled to heck and back and found nothing. Zip. Bupkus! I turn to you, noble leatherworkers, and your infinite wisdom. Will anyone help a humble pirate in need?

[Luke Hatley]

this i do know, the folks that use the Jacks for Hot Drink are useing "Food Safe Epoxie"

hope this will help you in looking for a sealant.

[Aghrivaine]

this i do know, the folks that use the Jacks for Hot Drink are useing "Food Safe Epoxie"

hope this will help you in looking for a sealant.

I actually heard back from one artisan, who wouldn't tell me what they use - apparently it's a secret - but did let me know that many other leather crafters use "Envirotex" for a mostly heat-proof and food safe resin seal. So I'm going to give it a try and I'll report back on how it works.

[Luke Hatley]

I actually heard back from one artisan, who wouldn't tell me what they use - apparently it's a secret - but did let me know that many other leather crafters use "Envirotex" for a mostly heat-proof and food safe resin seal. So I'm going to give it a try and I'll report back on how it works.

THAT IS THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT.

after you get it, tell me how you liked it. and where you bought it.

[AndyL1]

THAT IS THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT.

after you get it, tell me how you liked it. and where you bought it.

Same here!

[cem]

I wasn't aware Envirotex was food safe I'd check with the manufacturer first just to make sure before selling stuff to the public, it's used on kitchen counter tops here and used to be sold in Bunnings (hardware store) but they have since changed to a different brand so I can't check. But I definately remember my sister using it as a finish on a wood kitchen counter top and google searches seem to show that it's the same stuff we have here.

[cem]

Here is the website for Envirotex http://www.eti-usa.com/index.html I couldn't find anywhere where it mentions it is food safe for items to be drunk from, so perhaps someone else might want to take a look as well and see if they can find anything that I may of missed.

Cheers,

Clair

[Suze]

http://www.eti-usa.com/MSDS/MSDS%20PDF/Envirotex%20Lite/Envirotex%20Lite%20Resin.pdf

found the MSDS sheet for the stuff on the website

not being "chemicaly smart" anybody else out there make heads or tails out of it?

http://www.eti-usa.com/MSDS/MSDS%20Index.htm the rest of the MSDS sheets

[AndyL1]

This page may be a better way to find out if the resin is food safe:

http://www.eti-usa.com/contact/contact.htm

[cem]

This page may be a better way to find out if the resin is food safe:

http://www.eti-usa.c...act/contact.htm

Yep definately the best way but thought it might be quicker for members to have a look around the website to see if it was mentioned anywhere first in case someone wanted to buy it straight away, was also a holiday here yesterday and I kind of forgot that the rest of the world didn't have it (for the queens birthday bah ha ha we don't even celebrate it on the proper day).