It sure it, that is industrial strength. Heavy stuff in a drum. We have a couple of hundred gallons at work so I just gave it a try. I was astonished at the fast reaction. I'd not even consider taking any home at that strength. Ed
Doesn't that start with "once every hour for a day...?"
-Chris
Drain cleaner doesn't work nearly as well as lye (in my oppinion). I used 1 tsp per cup and it worked perfectly. I did a king size panel bed this way and it was the easiest thing in the world. I used the lye to match up the wood, assembled, sanded as much as necessary and then re- applied the lye. The spots that were already dark didn't darken any more and any spots I'd sanded through darkened right back up.
I tried the same thing on some cherry plywood and it worked the same way, BUT the plywood had a lot of sapwood in it and that didn't darken. I assume that it looked the same after the lye treatment as it would have after 20 years. If so, I'd sure have been dissappointed as the piece aged if I was using the plywood.
BTW, I found that if the lye concentration was too high, it would leave white residue after it dried. I had to use white vinegar to clean this off.
Jim
Potassium dichromate in water. Best way to darken cherry, mahogany, etc.
RB
Toller wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 10:33:46 -0500, "George" Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:
Arrogance in a surgeon maybe,,,arrogant pilots are the first ones to ignore ATC's and end up making an aluminum shower. big difference between arrogance and confidence
i was visiting my wife at work a while ago. some of you know she's an ATC, but anyhow... i am sitting there and i hear one of the other controllers tell a plane he needed to circle around the outer marker due to weather. . . he replied in a REAL snippy voice " you know, it costs my company a thousand dollars every time i need to make a circle up here. . ." to which the controller replied, "so gimme 3 grand worth"
Inside the cockpit, arrogance is willing to make the decision. What kills is indecision as altitude decreases. Traffic control is for protection against others, not self-survival.
Hate to tell you how many "arrogant" controllers there are (were) out there.
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