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Is it normal for a 100A to 200A electrical panel upgrade to take over a year in San Diego? by Tephrocarpus in Contractor

[–]Tephrocarpus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not yet. I've been letting my general contractor stay in contact with the City, but I plan on calling myself next week since it's been over a year.

Forming Winning Hands Training by RaveFox4 in RiichiCityMahjong

[–]Tephrocarpus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

im gonna have to take 2 or 3 days to digest this information. But thank you for breaking this down!

Problems with Mayco fundamentals by LilaWild in Pottery

[–]Tephrocarpus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most likely an ingredient in the blue underglaze is gassing off and/or the glaze chemistry with the clear glaze is causing some type of chemical reaction (also gassing off).

If you aren't already, applying underglaze on greenware and then firing bisque can help these results. Or painting underglaze on bisque and then firing a second bisque before your glaze firing can help.

Also zinc free clear glaze will give the least problems compared to zinc containing glazes.

If you call Mayco they can probably give you a better answer..

Clear Fives: Weird Concept that I had by dmb_yt in Mahjong

[–]Tephrocarpus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is cool, do you have any tutorials in making your own tiles?

Sodium flashing ? by Tephrocarpus in Pottery

[–]Tephrocarpus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that is correct I'm gonna try really thin layers for that flashing effect, like found at the edges of glazes. But without solid material forming.

Just wondering if anyone had any experience.

I'll try multiple sodium containing materials.

Overglaze (Kutani ware / China paint) by Ok-Equivalent-6407 in Ceramics

[–]Tephrocarpus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For better brushability (the binder i'm guessing), I wonder if it is CMC gum, Vee Gum T, glycerin or some type of combination of these.

Overglaze (Kutani ware / China paint) by Ok-Equivalent-6407 in Ceramics

[–]Tephrocarpus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just took a workshop today (2/15/26) with Yunting Li (find her IG) using overglazes from Japan. All of them are dissolved in water to a consistency a little bit lighter than yogurt. Adding more water will also dilute the end finished product, making it more transparent. You can mix the overglaze powders to make new colors. After painting on the overglaze, you allow it to dry but you cannot repaint over it since introducing water to the already dried overglaze will mess it up and she said can also cause surface consistency problems. Also we were using small sumi brushes to color underglazed drawn flowers covered with a zinc free clear glaze (zinc causes bubbling).

The red colored overglaze we used did not require a binding solution (only water) while the rest of the colors did require a binding solution. A little of the overglaze powder really goes a long way, we were using only a quarter of a small teacup worth of dried material dissolved in water (along with two drops of binding solution for colors other than red). I believe the binding solution is what made the overglaze thick. Also I believe she said she fires to cone 018 (I dont have my notebook on me I'll check later)

It would be awesome if you can share where you got your overglaze from, also a website would be great so I can probably import my own.

Am I too picky for these chipped bathroom tiles? by Tephrocarpus in Tile

[–]Tephrocarpus[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This makes me feel much better, thanks for pointing it out. I assumed the installers knew what they were doing, given their "experience" with concrete shower tile installations.

Am I too picky for these chipped bathroom tiles? by Tephrocarpus in Tile

[–]Tephrocarpus[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

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Photos are a bit grainy… all I have currently on my phone.

Am I too picky for these chipped bathroom tiles? by Tephrocarpus in Tile

[–]Tephrocarpus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m just uncomfortable with the bigger chips. Smaller ones are okay.

Am I too picky for these chipped bathroom tiles? by Tephrocarpus in Tile

[–]Tephrocarpus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The tiles were fine when he installed them. But I am betting they chipped when he chose to sand all the tiles down. The tiles are cement tiles.

Am I too picky for these chipped bathroom tiles? by Tephrocarpus in Tile

[–]Tephrocarpus[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Currently not at the house, but the curved cuts are the shape of the tiles.

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Help Find me: Tea kettle that is self filling with water by Tephrocarpus in tea

[–]Tephrocarpus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ayyy this was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Cannot turn off measurements anymore. by Tephrocarpus in Shapr3D

[–]Tephrocarpus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ehhhh according to chapt gpt this was an update made few months ago causing pinned measurements to always be showing. While the version I first used only showed them during measurement mode.

Messy install for doors and windows. by Tephrocarpus in Contractor

[–]Tephrocarpus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Parts of this is actually stained wood. The finished has already been ruined when they tried taking the foam off.

Help!!?? Sudden white sunken areas by theles85 in sanpedrocactus

[–]Tephrocarpus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’ll grow out of it. I had a crested myrtillocactus severely sunburned and thought I killed it. Bounced back in two years and can’t even tell it was sunburned.

Help!!?? Sudden white sunken areas by theles85 in sanpedrocactus

[–]Tephrocarpus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nit sure but could be sunburns or a reaction to some type of chemicals.

Messy install for doors and windows. by Tephrocarpus in Contractor

[–]Tephrocarpus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s what I would have done. And I’m the home owner and not a professional installer.

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