What is in Green Chrome buffing compound?

[Karl B. Andersen]

I just happened to notice that SOMETHING! is munching on my green buffing compound!
Those are - without a doubt! - tooth marks all around the edges of my compound.
WTF?

 

[Wolf Eyes]

Someone has rats in their workshop!

 

[otis williams]

maybe something thought it was rat poison

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Someone has rats in their workshop!

It's pretty obvious what's eating it - the question was what's in it?

 

[ken erickson]

If I drop a small piece of Green or white compound on the floor My German Shepherd will be all over it and eat it(course I don't let her). I have wondered also what the attraction is to critters?

Ken

 

[Patrice Lemée]

Maybe you are on to something.

Patrice

 

[J.Marsillo]

must be some kind of animal fat...That lil critter must have some shiny teeth!!

 

[Russ Andrews]

A it was explailed to me...way back.........Buffing compound is grease based...

Rats hungry for fat.....?

 

[mete]

Maybe they have a chromium deficiency . That's fairly common in the USA for people over 60. It's needed for things like carbohydrate metabalism.

 

[Raymond Richard]

Karl, I'm not real sure but I think the base for most buffing compounds is lard.

 

[65535]

Some sort of wax or lard base and the actual grit suspended in the base. In this case a form of Chromium Oxide. Cr2O3.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

must be some kind of animal fat...That lil critter must have some shiny teeth!!

Now that's funny.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Hard buffing compounds are tallow and abrasive. Green chrome compound has Chromium Oxide. Mice like to chew on anything A) hard, B) tasty,C) available.

Stacy

 

[Robert Mayo]

I have found a few like that in the shop usualy in the winter when it's slim pickins.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

I thought somebody might say it was made out of green cheese......

 

[sunshadow]

In had a problem for a while with mice munching my jewelers rouge (rust in tallow base)

-Page

 

[george tichbourne]

Buffing compounds are tallow, stearic acid and a couple of other animal based materials to hold the minerals together.

My dogs have really taken a liking to it over time.

George

 

[RJ Martin]

So Karl: When you set the traps, are you going to bait them with cheese or Green chrome rouge?

 

[JCavSD]

Maybe it just tastes good. Have you tried it?

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

So Karl: When you set the traps, are you going to bait them with cheese or Green chrome rouge?

Cat food!