Conductive Gel Has Potential - There are some technologies first imagined in the Star Trek universe have already ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/conductive-gel-has-potential/ #chemistryhacks #conductive #mineraloil #xanthangum #nixietube #solution #gel

I’ve finally found #mineralOil in #Brussels! Very hard to find. Sold at #Omnitec; #Virax branding (a plumbing tool maker) for the purpose of pipe threading. Not sure if it’s clean or safe for putting on my wood & bamboo cutting boards though. Yes, #HomeOfCooking has “specially formulated” proprietary cutting board solution (which is likely just a costly glorified mineral oil).

Made a few tube in tubes today at Urbanglass. The outer tube heats the inner and then they both bend. Its tricky, and I am still practicing for sure. Borosilicate is a very different glass and the gas oxy carlisle torches are pretty different- but so nice and hot! I gotta try larger diameter inner and outer tubes next time.
Excited to dust coat some of these, and make a few more!

#neon #borosilicate #sculpture #mirror #silver #condensor #brooklyn #scientific #glass #pyrex #ringseal #mineraloil