Homemade recipes

These recipes are intended for use with acrylic paint or ink only.

Ingredients

Here is the list of all the ingredients for the different recipes on this page.

Although the important thing is to respect the characteristics of the ingredients, I have still included the brands I use as well as my sources of supply.

Ingredient

Brand used

Price (approx.)

Size

Source

Detail
Distilled water Essentiel 2,00 $ 4 litres Familiprix Cannot be replaced with other types of water.
Isopropyl alcohol 99% Personnelle 4,00 $ 450 ml Jean Coutu Do not use rubbing alcohol, as it contains additives, and may be made from ethyl alcohol.
Ammonia-free glass cleaner FRANK 3,50 $ 950 ml Canadian Tire Must absolutely not contain ammonia.
Concentrated all-purpose cleaner Simple Green 7,50 $ 650 ml Canadian Tire Concentrated version only.
Glycerin USP Rougier 5,00 $ 100 ml Familiprix  
Flow-Aid Liquitex 13,00 $ 118 ml Deserres  
Retarder Golden 16,00 $ 118 ml Deserres  
 

 

Cleaner

Two recipes are given to you here, that of the blue cleaner and that of the green cleaner, having respectively the glass cleaner and the all-purpose cleaner as active ingredients.

Both are equivalent and can be used under the same conditions. I just haven't decided which one I prefer yet.

Blue cleaner

Ingredient Quantity Quantity / 250 ml Quantity / 500 ml
Distilled water 2 parts 100 ml 200 ml
Glass cleaner 2 parts 100 ml 200 ml
Isopropyl alcohol 1 part 50 ml 100 ml
Glycerin 2 drops 10 drops 20 drops

 

Green cleaner

Note: As the cleaner used is concentrated, it is not appropriate to note the quantities in terms of parts.

Ingredient Quantity / 250 ml Quantity / 500 ml
Distilled water 200 ml 400 ml
All-purpose cleaner 10 ml 20 ml
Isopropyl alcohol 40 ml 80 ml
Glycerin 10 drops 20 drops
 

 

 

Thinner

Two recipes are given to you here, the first, simpler, which uses the same glycerin as in the previous recipes. Then a second, my favorite, which uses commercial additives.

Note : For use with Vallejo products, it is best to replace alcohol with more distilled water.

Glycerin thinner

Ingredient Quantity Quantity / 250 ml Quantity / 500 ml
Distilled water 4 parts 200 ml 400 ml
Isopropyl alcohol 1 part 50 ml 100 ml
Glycerin 3 drops 15 drops 30 drops

 

Thinner with commercial additives

Note: As the quantities of fluidifier and retarder are small, it is not appropriate to note the quantities in terms of parts.

Ingredient Quantity / 250 ml Quantity / 500 ml
Distilled water 160 ml 320 ml
Isopropyl alcohol 80 ml 160 ml
Flow-Aid 5 ml 10 ml
Retarder 5 ml 10 ml

 

 

 

 

PRO-60 Scanner

Quick guide

Quick guide for the PRO-60 Scanner, from Radio Shack.

Resetting the scanner
  • Turn off the scanner.
  • Hold down "Clear" et "0" keys.
  • While holding down both keys, tunr on the scanner.
  • Release the keys.
Direct access to a frequency
  1. Press "PGM".
  2. Enter the desired frequency.
    • Example : 162.475 (Weatheradio Canada - Saint-Félicien)
  3. Press "DIRECT".
Manually storing a frequency in a channel
  1. Press "MANUAL".
  2. Enter the desired channel number in which you want to store.
    • Exemple : 101
  3. Press "PGM".
    • The corresponding bank number will be underlined.
    • Example : 6 (channels 101 to 120)
  4. Enter the desired frequency.
    • Example : 162.475 (Weatheradio Canada - Saint-Félicien)
  5. Press "ENTER".

 

To be continued ...

Wire gauge

Wire gauge

Voltage (V)

Amperage (A)

Utility

Conductor
# 14
120 v
15 A
Used to connect lights, power outlets.
Ex : TV, washer, lamps…
14/2
# 12
240 v
20 A
Used to connect the electric heating, water heater.
12/2
# 10
240 v
30 A
Used to connect a dryer, hot plate.
10/3
# 10
240v
30A
Used to connect a large water heater (60 gallons).
10/2
# 8
240v
40A
Used to connect an electric cooker/oven.
8/3
# 6
240v
60A
Used to connect a garage where several electrical sources will be used.
Ex : lights, outlets, welder…
6/3
# 3
120 v
100A
Entrance of a very small house, cabin, garage with separate entrance from the house.
3 (1 wire)
# 000
120 v
200A
Electrical entrance to a house.
000

Current consumption

Each piece of equipment has been tested in all possible configurations/parameters.

Only the highest values for each device were retained.

DC consumption

The direct current (DC) consumption was measured in a real situation, using the "1 SPOT mA meter" meter from TRUETONE.

Unless otherwise specified, all devices operates on 9 volts.

Pedals

Brand
Model
Consumption
Boss AC-3 38 mA
CH-1 21 mA
DD-8 66 mA
DD-200 204 mA
FS-7 17 mA
MD-200 171 mA
NS-2 20 mA
OC-5 45 mA
OD-200 177 mA
PS-6 55 mA
RC-1 13 mA
TU-3 32 mA
Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q 1 mA
Electro-Harmonix Mel9 98 mA
Ibanez TS-9 6 mA
Tremolo Mini 14 mA
Irin Instrument Band Controller 25 mA
Keeley Compressor+ 9 mA
Line 6 Relay G10S (Idle) 83 mA
Relay G10S (playing) 118 mA
Relay G10S (charging) 286 mA
Sonicake Sonic ABY 5 mA
Strymon blueSky 208 mA
TC Electronic Polytune3 47 mA
Two Notes C.A.B. M+ 137 mA (12v)
Zoom G5n 500 mA

 

AC consumption

Alternating current (AC) consumption was measured in a real situation, using a clamp meter.

Unless otherwise specified, all equipment operates on 110/120 volts.

Pedalboard

Pedals on the pedalboard are :

  • Relay G10S (286 mA)
  • Polytune3 (47 mA)
  • Compressor+ (9 mA)
  • AC-3 (38 mA)
  • Mel9 (98 mA)
  • OD-200 (177 mA)
  • NS-2 (20 mA)
  • MD-200 (171 mA)
  • DD-200 (204 mA)
  • blueSky (208 mA)
  • C.A.B. M+ (137 mA [12v])

For a total of 1395 mA (DC consumption).

All this is powered by the "1 SPOT Pro CS12" power supply from TRUETONE.

AC consumption to power all this is 252 mA.

 

Others

Brand
Device
Model
Consumption
Behringer Equalizer FBQ3102HD 200 mA
Fender Amp Champions 40 1000 mA
Mackie Monitor CR4 440 mA
Mixer ProFX12v3 230 mA
Powered loudspeaker Thump 12A 680 mA
TC Helicon Vocal processor  Voice Live Touch 300 mA
Yamaha Keyboard PSR-E363 300 mA
Mixer MG82CX 250 mA
Alesis Drum Nitro Mesh Kit 200 mA

 

 

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This is a personal site that serves as my cheat sheet/catch-all.

It is not intended for the general public, although some information may be useful to many.

 

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