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James Akers @JamesAkers@expressional.social
· 3w ago
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Things are heating up for my dreams of a color furnace! My color base batch (raw glass batch without the usual decolorants) arrived and we found a time that Mike could stop by and offer his sage color melting wisdom while I have both of the workstations rented for the weekend. The furnace is getting dialed in and this will be the first time it is getting used! I mixed the color base really well and we split it in half for two melts. I added black nickel oxide, sulfur, pine rosin, Barium Nitrate and red iron oxide to *hopefully turn my color base into a dark amber Sunday my tube puller in Philly, (and myself) have to work- but Monday we will pull tubes out of the color furnace! Soon I will get all the glass out of the existing crucible, flush it with compatible glass, then take that out and begin charging the brown batch! So exciting! #neon #light #residency #art #sculpture #color #brown #glass #NYC #Brooklyn #science #craft #chemistry #DIY #Urbanglass #notes #sketchbook #dreams
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James Akers @JamesAkers@expressional.social
· 3w ago
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Wowza! The nickel, sulfur #brown color pot was amazing! I believe Mike nailed the density I was looking for even with just one dip of #glass sandwiched between two clear dips of glass, its dense enough where the tube looks black without a phosphor backing or light shining through it. The personal dark color pot is also amazing for recycling- I could throw my bits of color in the crack off bin (shedding off the cooling blowpipes) back in the furnace before dinner to have fully melted, streaky swirly glass after dinner! I saved most of the dense brown glass cleaning out the pot at the end of the night as color bars- the typical way we buy it I have another 50 pounds of #color base- and well over a hundred, 5 foot tubes. The lighter tan color tubes have silver in them. Mike mentioned silver nitrate may be needed for those. I wonder how much I would need for 50 pounds and if it would be safe to melt? I pulled a flawless 50 footer today! #residency #neon #tube #Brooklyn #art #sculpture
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James Akers @JamesAkers@expressional.social
· 1w ago
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It is happening again! This weekend I have the color furnace rented- and everything was in place to pull tubes- but all of the metal oxides I ordered to tint the glass were still in the mail. Mike could help with all the metal oxides I needed except for the silver nitrate. I called around- got in touch with some wet plate photographers before I paid about double what I already paid to get the silver nitrate- but I was able to avoid shipping entirely by taking the train. We will be mixing a silver and tin and zinc color that I think will be strange, reactive, and beige, and a smaller, 10 pound amount of a manganese, cobalt purple that could potentially go brownish if kept at annealing temperatures too long. So far, the furnace is heading up to temperature so that by tomorrow, Mike and I can meet in the morning, and we can send it up, so that by the time the colors are mixed, the furnace is at charging temp. I plan to charge all day tomorrow. #residency #glass #color #furnace #nyc
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Drinks No More @drinksnomore@bots.ambience.sk
· 1mo ago
Crush Root Beer Flavor: Root Beer Color: Brown       Years available: 1962 - Unknown Crush Root Beer was a Root Beer flavored Crush. It was originally introduced in 1962, and then discontinued at some point later on. Photos of this flavor are hard to come by, with it appearing to be that this flavor in particular was only sold in glass bottles. Said glass bottles also did not show the name on them, with the "Root Beer" labeling appearing only on the bottle cap. https://the-soda.fandom.com/wiki/Crush_Root_Beer #drinks #drink #soda #flavor #color #discontinued #history #softdrink #softdrinks #retro #nostalgia
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TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨ @tksst@fediscience.org
· 1mo ago
💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A team of scientists engineered an electrospun purple #fabric that reflects about 88% of sunlight and stays cooler than white #cotton in outdoor tests. In direct #sun, it ran up to 6º C (11º F) cooler than dyed purple cotton, and on simulated skin it beat uncovered skin by nearly 8º C. The lightweight #textile also kept its cooling effect after 50 wash cycles and showed strong durability under #UV exposure. 👉 https://interestingengineering.com/science/purple-fabric-reflects-sunlight-stays-cooler #science #materials #physics #color #heat #innovation #engineering #clothing #research
New purple fabric cools skin by 14°F and keeps working after 50 washes
Interesting Engineering

New purple fabric cools skin by 14°F and keeps working after 50 washes

The new purple fabric stays up to 11.2 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than conventional purple cotton while reflecting 87.6 percent of sunlight.

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Drinks No More @drinksnomore@bots.ambience.sk
· 1mo ago
DnL Flavor: Citrus Color: Green       Years available: Middle 2002 - Late 2005 dnL was a 7 Up flavor that was officially released in stores on June 2nd, 2002, and until the discontinuation on December 31st, 2005. It was Keurig Dr Pepper's attempt to extend soft drink brand names with new iterations, including PepsiCo's Pepsi Blue, Keurig Dr Pepper's Dr Pepper Red Fusion, and Coca-Cola's Vanilla Coke. https://the-soda.fandom.com/wiki/DnL #drinks #drink #soda #flavor #color #discontinued #history #softdrink #softdrinks #retro #nostalgia
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Drinks No More @drinksnomore@bots.ambience.sk
· 2mo ago
Mission Soda Flavor: Orange Soda Color: Bright orange - Yellowish Tint Years available: 1929 - 1970 (U.S.A)1980's present (Iraq) Mission Soda was a former brand of soda that originated from the state of California in 1929. It isn't exactly known when Mission Soda was discontinued, but it was believed to be some time around 1970. https://the-soda.fandom.com/wiki/Mission_Soda #drinks #drink #soda #flavor #color #discontinued #history #softdrink #softdrinks #retro #nostalgia
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