Carl Ross on fri 9 mar 12
A few different things here, but first of all I figured I'd share this fi=
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My mother told me how they'd make pickles in a big crock without having t=
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can them in jars... they cook them to the point they were ready to jar, =
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they'd store them in a big redwing crock, and not worry about sealing it,=
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they'd place a large peice of plastic over pickles and brine and then put=
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couple inches of water on top of the plastic... this would seal it, and w=
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needed some... or snuck one from grandma, you'd gently lift up on one sid=
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So when I pug my reclaim, it's a mess and so I pug a whole bunch.. not=3D20=
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necessarily ready to throw right on the wheel... kind of a premix that I =
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some dry to get it nice and creamy consistency right then and there, So I=
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packing the logs in the storage bin, keeping it as flat as I can. like =
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I lay a thick peice of plastic, and fill it with enough water to form a s=
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the edge... when I'm ready to use it, I lift the edge, take what I'm goi=
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use, and cover the rest of it back up... then I can mix it just right, de=
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it's ready to go...
So now for the clay questions::
I need to get dry clay so I can mix it in with the reclaim that isn't cre=
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enough...=3D20
I'm dealing largely with laguna in my neighborhood, so I'm rying to decid=
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laguna bodies would work well
the community studio uses Jamaican brown, and only fires to ^6. I just=3D=
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learned Jamaican brown is a ^10 clay body... I haven't really heard of an=
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difficulties at the studio, but I'm still a little nervous... I love the =
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deep brown it=3D20
is, and it's wonderfully creamy... Laguna hasn't gotten back to me regard=
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this, so I'm curious if anyone has any other experience or suggestions...=
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greatly appreciate it... I'm also looking for a basic mid-fire white to =
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lighter batches to slip it up...=3D20
another concern is whether the body has porcelain in it. Peter Pugger, be=
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cast aluminum, doesn't like that. I forget the true problem it causes, bu=
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big no-no.. In readin a lot of fine print on their page, some basic ^6 bo=
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infact have porcelain in them... so that won't be good for me....
A lot of stuff in the message,
Thanks in advance,
Carl in Cornville
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