I have been making a few wooden plates on the CNC machine & using glasscast to fill any cracks, knot holes & splits in the wood as it is food safe. Works really well but now I have been asked by a Restaurant if I could make them some live edge steak platters from wood that they can provide that has a significance to either them or the Restaurant ( not sure which but not important lol).

Problem is that although Glasscast is food safe I have been told by someone that it is not dishwasher safe & since these will be washed in an industrial dishwasher it's quite possibly not going to be an option.

So my question for the experts, Is what I have been told about it not being dishwasher safe true & if it is does anyone know of a clear food safe resin that is dishwasher safe. 

I suspect it is going to be the temperature that is the issue at the very least.  GlassCast is rated to a maximum working temperature of 55C so i would be also concerned if a hot "sizzling" steak went straight on it that it may damage the resin too.

On the "food  safe" front, although cured epoxies, in almost all cases, are totally inert and hence  can in practice often be considered "food safe", in the formal food industry,  the term food safe would need to be backed up by some independent  testing and certification particularly if it is to be sold or used with the public.   GlassCast does NOT have any formal "food safe"  certification. so you need to be careful  about how you word  what you say to a restaurant or similar .


Warren Penalver
Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant