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atomizer - that spray thing

updated tue 30 apr 96

 

John Jacobs on sun 7 apr 96

Hi all,
Couldn't resist getting in on this one.
The two tube hinged sprayer thingee (forgive the technical terms) that
y'all have been taking about is called an atomizer (not to be confused
with a perfume atomizer, familiar to many women).
They are available for usually less than $3 at virtually any art supply
store. They are also in most pottery supply catalogs. My local supplier
has loads of them covered with dust.
BTW an aspirator is used to remove fluid, such as apirating an ear or
throat. Many of us use aspirators as slip trailers (ear syringes). They
look like a ball with a long nose.
Sure is fun reading clay and non-clay stuff. I really love all the
techno-babble terms of science. Wonder how we'd all describe how the
internet and our computers work! :)
To borrow/plagiarize a phrase from Apple, Clay is the technology
"...for the rest of us!" Doesn't get much funner than playin' in mud.
John Jacobs johnj@esd114.wednet.edu
Gig Harbor WA jjacobs@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us
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