Eleanora Eden on thu 3 jan 08
I don't know from where I lifted this collection of recipes but here it all is:
Magic water, or magic clay, is a deflocculating agent.
It is used when slipping and scoring to join two pieces of clay work
together. Its stronger than slip because the mixture of sodium
silicate and sodium carbonate forces the molecules in the separate
pieces to realign themselves, creating an interlocking bond.
Each of these recipes uses the same ingredients. They are just mixed
in different proportions. Sodium Silicare is sometimes called "egg
keep" or "water galss" and found in drugstores.
Steve Fulmer's Magic Water
1 liter water
2 teaspoons sodium silicate
1/4 teaspoon soda ash
Cheri Glaser's Magic Water
1 gallon water
3 Tbsp sodium silicate
5 grams soda ash
Lana Wilson's Magic Water
Two different recipes are attributed to Lana Wilson.
Recipe One
1 gallon water
9.5 grams sodium silicate
3 grams soda ash
Recipe Two
1 gallon water
3 Tbsp liquid sodium silicate
1 1/2 tsp soda ash
Joyce Roger's Magic Water
1/2 gallon water
1 1/2 Tablespoons sodium silicate
2 1/2 grams soda ash
Spooze
Spooze is similar to Magic Water. Its used to join greenware
(unfired) pieces together. Some people report that it can be used on
bisqued pieces as well.
Peggy's Spooze
This recipe seems to have come from Peggy Heer, a ceramic artist from
Alberta, Canada.
1/3 part dry, finely crushed clay (whatever clay body
you are using)
1/3 part corn syrup
1/3 part vinegar
a drop of hyrdrogen peroxide to keep it from fermenting
Sandy's Goop
This recipe, submitted by John Rodgers, is based on one from Sandy
Tesar, a clayartist (non-potter). John says, "[My Spooze is] made up
as a paper clay using clay from the two clays that I use principally
in my work -- B-mix and Grolleg. My spooze contains magic water,
B-mix or Grolleg., paper linter which has been shredded and boiled,
then stirred in all together. This stuff makes a terriffic adhesive
when assembling clay parts or patching cracks. Ocassionally I will
make up some of my spooze using calcined clay for patching cracks in
bisque. I keep my spooze refrigerated to prevent it from smelling. I
don't use the peroxide in it."
Start with Lana Wilson's Magic Water.
Add sufficient boiled toilet paper and clay to make
the clay mass sufficiently thick for your purposes. Sometime quite
stiff, other times "goushey".
If too "goushey" it can be stiffened with a bit of vinegar.
Eleanora
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Bellows Falls Vermont
www.eleanoraeden.com
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