L. P. Skeen on sun 27 jan 08
Sue, get yourself a 50lb bag of EPK or fireclay and keep it under the =
pugger table. A lot of times, you can cure the spinnies by poking holes =
into the clay mass, and filling them, or partly filling them, with dry =
clay.
L
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From: Sue Beach=20
The clay that was spinning was largely reclaim that was pretty wet. =
By adding some stiffer clay & letting it mix awhile, it cured the =
spinnies.
Lee on mon 28 jan 08
On Jan 28, 2008 12:01 PM, L. P. Skeen wrote:
> Sue, get yourself a 50lb bag of EPK or fireclay and keep it under the pugger
>table. A lot of times, you can cure the spinnies by poking holes into the clay
> mass, and filling them, or partly filling them, with dry clay.
I can buy my clay body in dry form and sometimes add the dry
to "too wet" recycle clay. It is also how I make my slips. I use
superwhite straight for white and add oxides for color. It has the
same shrinkage as my fireclay stoneware.
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Lee in Mashiko, Tochigi Japan
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"Tea is nought but this: first you heat the water, then you make the
tea. Then you drink it properly. That is all you need to know."
--Sen No Rikyu
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