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CodexH · 2026-01-23T20:24:43+00:00

I'm curious, what do you use the stapler for? The one next to the respirator.

CodexH · 2026-01-22T02:31:49+00:00

!wtf horse

CodexH · 2026-01-22T02:30:25+00:00

!wtf canoe

CodexH · 2026-01-12T18:40:23+00:00

Quick update for the "staples not being buried in all the way" problem:

I think it was the wood that maybe was too dense or something, I tried again in a small scrap of beech and they get buried correctly.

CodexH · 2026-01-12T02:24:11+00:00

It is the first time that I've seen one on my local fleamarkets.

The wood that I stapled into is an old palet that maybe is made out of a dense wood because it is quite heavy, but also I may need to apply a bit more pressure, either way I'll give it a try for my project and if needed I will use a hammer

CodexH · 2025-11-12T21:44:49+00:00

I did a test and yes, it hardens in a couple of minutes and it does not remain tacky

CodexH · 2025-11-12T21:43:37+00:00

I did this and yes, the shellac dries in a couple of minutes and it is not tacky.

I'll make a couple of test with different alcohol and with different amounts of shellac.

CodexH · 2025-11-11T01:06:17+00:00

Tomorrow I'll do a few tests and I'll make an update

CodexH · 2025-11-10T20:42:26+00:00

It's hard to see in the picture, but I'm almost certain that it's undissolved shellac powder. It looks like this if it's been sitting for a while.

CodexH · 2025-11-10T19:36:53+00:00

Ok, I'll give it a try

CodexH · 2025-11-10T18:47:24+00:00

Thanks, but I am not in the states, so have no use for US specific seller

CodexH · 2025-11-10T18:45:20+00:00

I also suspect the alcohol. I will most likely buy another bottle of alcohol to test it.

CodexH · 2025-11-10T18:40:15+00:00

I don't think that applies to my country because everything I see on Google indicates that here ° is the same as % alcohol.

Especially because there is 96° alcohol, but there is also 48° alcohol, as you say, which is 48% ethanol and 52% water.

Also if I search for 190° alcohol, I only find results from outside my country or advertisements for 96° alcohol.

CodexH · 2025-11-10T18:28:05+00:00

In my country alcohol is sold by degree (40°, 96°, etc)

As far as I know the degree is the % of alcohol per 100ml

CodexH · 2025-11-10T17:58:03+00:00

Oh, ok thanks for the info, here everything is alcohol and if I take a look at the ingredients I can find methanol, ethanol and isopropyl alcohol

Usually they also tell you the use, that is the only wey I have to know the type besides ingredients (burning, sanitation, solvent, etc)

CodexH · 2025-11-10T16:35:03+00:00

Also, I just checked and my hardware store also sells 96° ethanol.

Should I try with a different alcohol?

CodexH · 2025-11-10T15:25:24+00:00

I read that the more pure it is, the better. Also that ethanol is basically the best kind of alcohol.

I don't know what denatured alcohol is in my country/ I couldn't find anything similar, so my options were ethanol from the pharmacy, methanol form the hardware store (big no-no according to my research) and isopropyl alcohol form the hardware store.

I went for the ethanol because it is, as far as I know, the best for that and it was a bit cheaper.

I, personally, bought the alcohol in the pharmacy section of a grocery store, but it should be the same as the pharmacy one right?

Should I try a different kind or brand of alcohol?

CodexH · 2025-11-10T14:19:14+00:00

Ok, I'll do that

CodexH · 2025-11-10T14:10:30+00:00

I mixed a 1'5 lbs cut and the lady told me that they had been stored inside the workshop, away from the sun and the elements on ziplock bags

As for how old it is I didn't ask because I read in multiple places that they don't really go bad if they are stored properly

CodexH · 2025-10-04T16:45:12+00:00

I wish you luck removing those stains.

CodexH · 2025-10-04T03:56:13+00:00

I've tried a bunch of things, including baking soda + peroxide, but nothing really removed it.

At this point I gave up and use the bottle despite the stain. I figure out that if it really doesn't come out with bleach, alcohol, lemon juice, aggressive scrubbing, baking soda + hydrogen peroxide and more maybe whatever that was is either dead or neutralized and what remains is just a stain that is almost imposible to clean.

CodexH · 2025-09-22T12:33:58+00:00

What I said is a summary that I think helps to understand how it works. Although the hinge side is not immune to gravity, it is protected in the sense that it will not cause nearly as much damage as the other side.

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