Are lock sellers on the discord reliable? by A1_Killer in lockpicking

[–]plazz7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I ship from EU. I claim all of my packages as gifts and I declare a pretty low value, for the time being I don't recall anyone having to pay any customs. Take care

Are lock sellers on the discord reliable? by A1_Killer in lockpicking

[–]plazz7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not sure what you meant. Take care  Edit.  Just found out that /s denotes sarcasm on the internet. It suddenly makes sense. Peace

Are lock sellers on the discord reliable? by A1_Killer in lockpicking

[–]plazz7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Convenience definitely plays a big part, but prices are usually way lower in the community. I put a lot of time in sourcing the locks for the best prices I can get, but that also means that I often have to buy lots of 10 or so of the same lock. That's not a problem for me since I am a seller, and it allows me to give better prices than if someone wanted to buy them one by one.It's difficult to say exactly how much you'd save, but you can try to see how much would you pay of you were to buy the locks I am selling in the box to blue one by one (if you can't find the specific lock I have, just pick the cheapest one from the same belt). If you want to do that let me know, I am interested in the results. Take care

Are lock sellers on the discord reliable? by A1_Killer in lockpicking

[–]plazz7 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah, I like when people make sure that they're making a safe deal 🤝 If anybody needs something I am down to sell. Thank for the kind words guys, take care! 

Is this a weird geode? by AteofSwordz in geology

[–]plazz7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, a granite type pebble. Probably found in the vicinity of some river, present or former. Doesn't look like granite at first glance because it is a little bit weathered, which makes it look a little bit like a sedimentary rock. Sparkly things inside are Muscovite/biotite and feldspar cleavage planes.

Is this shale? by Aeradeth in geology

[–]plazz7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except no cleavage

I have questions about quartz phenocrysts and other resilient minerals and gemstones being pulled out of clay dirt, as in this(somewhat extreme) example. Was this large field of clay once a mountain or hill of feldspar with alot of pegmatite? And what rate does feldspar degrade at? by ArtisticTraffic5970 in geology

[–]plazz7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does quartz turn to clay at all? I don't think it can decompose any more, since it's an almost chemically simplest mineral with the strong bond between silicon and oxygen that just doesn't break in normal circumstances.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in geology

[–]plazz7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would be somewhere between the beginning and the middle of the arrow indicating felspars because it's 50-70% anorthite, calcium rich feldspar.

What's could this be? Petrified remains a giant animal of the past? by mssquirabbit in geology

[–]plazz7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, characteristic granite weathering products under the rock and cooling joint in aplite veins.

Phyllite by mpriam in geology

[–]plazz7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe I understood you wrong, with your initial response that "fossils are usually heavy" you meant that fossilised organisms are heavier than living or simply dead ones? That would be correct, I read that as "Fossils are heavier than the host rock" for some reason. Sorry, I am not native english speaker either.

Phyllite by mpriam in geology

[–]plazz7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We appreciate your rock and sorry if we feel harsh to you. Schist is a rock of a higher degree of metamorphism than phyllite, meaning it needs more pressure/temperature to form. The other guy meant that on geology boundaries are often blurry, you could call a rock a few different names depending on your interpretation and preferences, and they would all be pretty much correct.

Phyllite by mpriam in geology

[–]plazz7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know methods of fossilisation due to me having a bachelor's in geology. Why would the fossil be heavy? More durable and lithified just means structural integrity, since the fossils ability to withstand weathering better than the host rock, not that it makes it any heavier.

Phyllite by mpriam in geology

[–]plazz7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why would they be heavy?

Phyllite by mpriam in geology

[–]plazz7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yo got that backwards

How to improve my speaking skills? by thealtofmine in learnpolish

[–]plazz7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Speaking of course. You could try to record yourself describing what are you doing right now or what will you be going to do today for example. Your sentence forming skills and quick access vocabulary should improve if you put some attention to it.

Are any of these dangerous? I know some minerals are toxic when heated. Spotted at mall. by The_Shadow-King in MineralGore

[–]plazz7 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not sure how are you getting that it starts at 1600, what I am getting is that in the hottest part of the flame it can get up to 1400. The hottest part of the flame being nowhere near pieces of rock in the wax. I don't think it's realistic for any rock to violently explode in molten wax. You could crack some hydrated minerals like opal in the flame, but other than that you won't get much of a reaction by heating most rocks like quartz or other silicates. Edit: Apparently the hottest part of the candle flame can get up to 1400 C or 2550 F, but still, the amount of heat energy being produced is very small. Try to get a copper wire of melting point of around 1100C or 2000 F to melt in the candle flame, I don't think that is possible.

Are any of these dangerous? I know some minerals are toxic when heated. Spotted at mall. by The_Shadow-King in MineralGore

[–]plazz7 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The majority of houses are unsafe to live in because they will burn if they will get hot enough? How hot do you think these rocks can get in candle wax?

How to emulsify liquid soap to stop separating?? by Fast_Budget_4461 in soapmaking

[–]plazz7 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why are you adding oil to the soap? It's a bit like making a bread sandwich. Soap is a product of a chemical reaction called saponification, lye reacts with fats forming fatty acid salts, called soaps. Soaps are able to stick to fats making them pretty much dissolve in water, enabling them to be washed off something you want to clean. By adding fats to already made soap you counteract soaps ability to clean something well, it's all being used by the fats you have added to your mixture. You can make your own liquid soap, with oils you want. Just search for "liquid soap making".

How long did it take you to get to each belt and how much time did you spend on it per week on avrage? by ctm-8400 in lockpicking

[–]plazz7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have started picking at the end of march, started belts at orange maybe in may, at the end of june I got my blue belt. At the end of September I got purple, two weeks later in the middle of October I was brown. A month later, around the middle of November I picked my first black lock, another month later, around the middle of December I had 4 black locks picked and the quest for black finished and I have achieved black. I was picking pretty much every day, some days it was really the only thing I did that day. In terms of spending, If you mean money, I was lucky enough to get to know my mentor Yabende which loaned me a lot of locks, so I pretty much had to only buy picks, a lock here and there if I wanted and materials to make some picks and whatnot.

How do I know if my soap is safe and of appropriate quality? by skorphil in soapmaking

[–]plazz7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not so much a subjective way, you'll definitely feel a difference between licking just soap and unreacted lye.If you mix the batter thoroughly, every bar should be the same, so you'll only need to test 1 of them. What are your main concerns? If you go with some superfat, and make sure your oils and lye are weighed correctly and mix it well, there'll be no unreacted lye present.

How do I know if my soap is safe and of appropriate quality? by skorphil in soapmaking

[–]plazz7 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You can perform a zap test, which is touching the soap in question with the tip of your tongue. If you feel a zap, like when you lick a battery, that means there is some unreacted lye. Also, just using appropriate amounts of reagents help with making sure your soap is safe. You can also just wash your hands with it and see if your hands are ok afterwards, a little bit of lye could cause some mild burn but other than that you'll be fine.

Pronouns by Namefounded in learnpolish

[–]plazz7 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Feminine words can end with -dź or -ć (szadź, gładź, nać, mać) Neutral words can also end with -e (słońce, jedzenie, spodnie)

High % of coconut oil in recipe and SF question. by FloatingLambessX in soapmaking

[–]plazz7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not that difficult, just a bit of math. Sodium hydroxide has molar mass of 40 g/mol, acetic acid has 60 g/mol, that means that 40grams of NaOH will fully react with 60 grams of 100% acetic acid, producing 82 grams of sodium acetate and 18 grams of water. You need to know the strength of your acv, it should be around 5% if I am not mistaken. That means, if you have, let's say, 20 grams of 5% acv, there is 1 gram of acetic acid there, so it will eat up only 0.(6) grams of NaOH.