What "something similar" did you have in mind @Mike HillYou beat me to saying something similar.
If you still have cactus juice, then you can just submerge it for a few days and bake it. That's too pretty of a bowl to get rid of. :) I once asked Curtis if he made vacuum chambers big enough for bowls and his reply was no because submerging a bowl in juice for a week or two works just fine. That's how he does his bowls. Of course you still have to do the same drying process beforehand.
Cactus Juice is a brand name. www.turntex.comWell.....here comes another question.
Cactus juice....really cactus juice, slang for ?, brand or trade name for something???
Google doesn't know everything!
Edit: Forget about my question.....found out about it. Seems to need a vacumn system and oven, so not likely something for me right now.
Unless......the vacumn is optional sonehow.
That's what Barb is referring to. Submerging the bowl takes the place of using a vacuum systemSeems to need a vacumn system and oven, so not likely something for me right now.
Unless......the vacumn is optional sonehow.
If you still have cactus juice, then you can just submerge it for a few days and bake it. That's too pretty of a bowl to get rid of. :) I once asked Curtis if he made vacuum chambers big enough for bowls and his reply was no because submerging a bowl in juice for a week or two works just fine. That's how he does his bowls. Of course you still have to do the same drying process beforehand.
Read Barb's reply just above your last post. ............. Jerry (in Tucson)Well.....here comes another question.
Cactus juice....really cactus juice, slang for ?, brand or trade name for something???
Google doesn't know everything!
Edit: Forget about my question.....found out about it. Seems to need a vacumn system and oven, so not likely something for me right now.
Unless......the vacumn is optional sonehow.
Minwax wood hardener, water-based wood hardener, superglue if not too big, or thinned down varnish (never done that one only heard about it).What "something similar" did you have in mind @Mike Hill
Heat... I don't follow why they would create heat. One of the major selling points was to limit heat. We use a twist in one in the bathroom exhaust light because it is cool to touch anytime, in use or not, cool. Therefore no discoloring to the plastic lens as seen with traditional lights.Today I replaced some missing drawer pulls on the cabinets under the miter saw station. Then I hung some more led shop lights, 6 of them.
Humidity in the basement shop has come way down from the 80% plus it was this summer.
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This space over the table saw needs another one.......
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So it got one, much better lighting on the saw now.
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I hung one over the lathe, much better there too!
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I only have 2 fixtures to change out at the far end of the shop now. I think 5 more led lights and I'll be good. I'm filling in spots with them like over benches and machines.
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I have noticed the color is much whiter now. Even though I used daylight flourescent bulbs they where still on the yellow side of the color spectrum. The pics above where taken with my cell phone and no flash. So far the only negative I have with these lights is they throw off a lot of heat. The end of the fixture where the cord goes into them gets really hot! Temp in the shop went up 3 or 4 degrees in just a couple hours.
I do have two 6 bulb t8 fixtures that I'm going to keep because they throw a lot of light in the area they are in.
So is the solution to buy LED lights not made in China? ChuckMost LEDs (diodes themself) don't produce much heat unless they are very high output diodes. However, the electronics driving them can produce a lot of heat, particularly if they are cheap Chinese electronics with undersized heat sinks (most LED shop lights under $100). The main cause of LED lights failing is high heat which usually fries the electronics, not the diode(s). I've got several shop lights with fried electronics even though the tube still works with an external DC power supply.
It's not the bulbs that get hot, it's the electronics in the fixture that puts out heat.Heat... I don't follow why they would create heat. One of the major selling points was to limit heat. We use a twist in one in the bathroom exhaust light because it is cool to touch anytime, in use or not, cool. Therefore no discoloring to the plastic lens as seen with traditional lights.