Repairing Hairline Cracks in Ceramic Glaze

Garthh, are you sure that it cannot happen? It could be an interesting statistical experience. Let us know, Gil.

also in reply to 95

I'm not responsible to protect morons from themselves

I haven't heard or seen so much as one instance of anyone, who had done their own due diligence & been harmed by advice from CR4.

In order to undertake such research, one would at least need some evidence.

Hi Garthh,

Why are you so angry to human opinion with your sentence below, which must be eliminated from CR$ and any other blog: "I'm not responsible to protect morons from themselves".

I can accept that you are against the opinion of anyone but tell people that they are "morons", please, educate yourself, and immediately. I don't think that you represent a "nation"?

You pass to the extreme of acceptable! Get a good book on education and work on your attitude and character. However, your world doesn't hurt no one but all we have is a precise opinion of you, Gil.

I certainly don't understand your intended message what ever nation [or planet] you represent?

Please do educate the rest of us [mere mortals], your infinitly superiour wisdom on human nature & capabilities.

my best interpretation [of your view] is that we the members of CR4 are responsible to protect everyone on the internet from themselves

do you understand that this entire thread is a joke by John DG?

" ...a joke by John DG?"

Largely, but not entirely. The mug has the cracks; if a cheap, simple method of sealing them came to light, I would gladly apply it - I do like the mug and it is annoying to have to either wash it thoroughly every time it's refilled or to put up with the brown sticky rings.

It was, however, meant in a light-hearted vein; I fully expected solutions ranging from practical to completely over-the-top.

I'm surprised at the reaction to my suggestion of using chlorate with sugar - I (obviously wrongly) assumed that this schoolboy stuff was common knowledge. Maybe I just had a good (or bad?) education.

D'you think thermite^[1] with the silicon dioxide would work?

[1] Note that this is a joke. I have provided a link where applicable safety information may be found.

Garthh,

You confirm that you missed your education!

I am not an educator and no one can make you a normal and acceptable "human" any more.

Now, someone else is responsible for your ways of treating people's opinion. You are a saint or innocent, and others are the ignorants or viles. CR4 accepted you and you shoot them in the back. It's loyalty at your level.

Joke or serious, be polite and educated, and let people to love or cherish what they have, Gil.

You are not just rude but obtuse, obscure

in short incomprehensible?

I never said you were or are a moron

I said [or words to the effect]

anyone who tries things off the internet without, doing research into the possible negative effects

"is a Moron"

As long as you keep throwing shyt at me, I will keep responding...

Never underestimate the stupidity of a very small proportion of the population.

Hopefully the CR4 sample has a far smaller percentage of idiots than the normal population and anyway, if they try things they usually have enough knowledge to do so reasonably safely.

CR4 tends to educate as well as inform.

Thank you!

I will try this.

I had wondered about the reaction between sodium silicate and alumina, because this very similar to the polymerization of sodium silicate with alumino-silicates. I bet the alumina you use is best calcinated at several hundred degree Celcius first.

using aluminosilicates rather than alumina would require no more than 150C, so no torch needed (easily done in oven).

This is called geopolymerization.

so glad to hear about this!

-elliot

My Geopolymer project

John, with human everything did, can, and will happen! You know how we are? Me too, I hope no one do what was suggested, Gil.

I always heat my ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel in a cup lik