ceramic mugs in the microwave: some hot, some not
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Comments (4)LOL, CC, I have some plates that have caused lovely fireworks in the microwave too, with much popping and flashing. and one bowl that says it's microwave safe but gets really, really hot. I don't know what that's all about. Beautiful cups, though. I have that collection of big/small/cute/philosophical coffee mugs too. A couple of years ago I broke down and bought 8 mugs that match. Of course, they match each other, and nothing else. Annie...See MoreTotally confused - I need some answers
Comments (12)Bless your heart. LEAF - how sweet! SECOND - I was in the same place when I first started out - didn't know the terms, and it seemed nobody was willing to draw it all out - used general terms - blah, blah, blah. I wrote several on-line artists, and still got no answers. I even went to my local tile store for info when I was about to mosaic my front walk, and the old man owner told me "you can't do that unles blah, blah, blah." "Yeah, right, I thought - you just watch me." My next move was to call Mapei's 800 number. Yes - thinset is mortar. I use Mapei because it already has the polymer admixture in it - just add water. Mapei man on the phone assured me that what I wanted to do was possible, and so I began. Not one tile has budged on my front walk, except where I mosaiced over a crack on a very hot August day. I need to repair the crack, and mo over it (someday). You just have to step out and EXPERIMENT. I'm glad you're going to start tomorrow. I'll be thinking of you, and YES - Mapei Ultra Flex II is thinset - or mortar or cement-based adhesive. Go for it. You're gonna have tons of fun, once you get over this fear factor. I put my front walk project off for months and months and months. It's still there, after - oh I don't know for how long - probably four/five years....See Morex-post-REVOL cookware--ceramic but induction & microwave useable
Comments (3)You intrigued me, so I found a discussion of this on chowhound.com from last August, including a picture of the bottom. It has two concentric rings on the bottom that elevate it from the cooktop - a no-no according to some manufacturers. But amazingly it does work. There is a ferro-magnetic substance applied in dots to the bottom of the pot. Instructions say not to scrub too hard, so apparently it could wear off over time. She put it on boost to time boiling water and tested it against a pot she had (LC? Don't know what that stands for.) It was slower to heat up and slower to cool down than the metal, but it does work with induction. I guess the advantage is lighter weight and stove-to-table, as well as ability to use in all cooking appliances. Sounds interesting, but expensive. Such multi-use cookware ould be great if storage space were really at a premium...See MoreAre Ceramic/Clay Pots bad (too hot) for Japanese Maples?
Comments (1)All of my containerized Japanese maples are in glazed ceramic pots. And since few of my maples are in full-on all day sun, no, they do not get too hot. And I would caution you from growing many JM's in full sun in your climate - they would prefer at least afternoon or dappled shade. These are all frost-proof pots, some of which I've had for going on 20 years. No cracking and no breakage (except when the wind tossed another container on top of a lower growing one - but no maples were involved in that disaster :-))...See Moredanab_z9_la
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