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Shoutout to the old timer at my supplier who proved me wrong about bone dust
Always thought bone dust from sawing was harmless, just cleaned it off with a rag. Guy at Buckhead Meat in Atlanta stopped me, showed me his microscope slide of dust particles in meat. Turned out I was leaving grit in my cuts for years. Now I rinse every bone-in piece after the saw, who else skips that step?
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davis.emma22d ago
Wait, @lucas_carr24 you're saying bone dust turns into like a paste when it gets wet? So if I'm just using water, am I actually making it worse somehow, like smearing that grit around instead of rinsing it off clean?
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lucas_carr2422d ago
Put a spray bottle of vinegar water right next to my band saw after the same thing happened to me at a class. That old timer was right, bone dust turns into a paste when it gets wet then dries like concrete on your blade and the meat. Now I run every piece under cold water before I wrap it, not just a rinse but a full spray down on both sides. Saved my sanity and my customers stopped complaining about that weird crunch. Do you use a brush or just water when you clean your cuts?
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