Elizabeth Willoughby on sat 17 mar 12
Dear Clayarters,
You would think that by now I could get a lid unstuck. This one is truly
stuck, and wouldn't you know it is the best one of the bunch with very nice
shino, carbon trapping.
This is what I have done:
tap, tap, taping around the lid with a wooden tool
soaked it in water, and then did the tapping.
put it in the freezer, then immersed it to the neck in hot water, and
tapped again
soaked it overnight, tapping again
now it is in the freezer again,
Mel, I remember you gave a suggestion a while back, what exactly was that?
Liz
from Brighton, Ontario, Canada
tony clennell on sat 17 mar 12
Liz: I put a bit of water in the gallery and then put it in the freezer.
Then when you take it out of the freezer put your thumb on the hole in the
lid and put the compressor hose in the spout(seal with clay to make it
airtight) Blast it with air and hang on tight to the lid.
If this doesn't work then triple the price and call it a piece of art.
tc
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Elizabeth Willoughby m
> wrote:
> Dear Clayarters,
> You would think that by now I could get a lid unstuck. This one is truly
> stuck, and wouldn't you know it is the best one of the bunch with very ni=
ce
> shino, carbon trapping.
> This is what I have done:
>
> tap, tap, taping around the lid with a wooden tool
>
> soaked it in water, and then did the tapping.
>
> put it in the freezer, then immersed it to the neck in hot water, and
> tapped again
>
> soaked it overnight, tapping again
>
> now it is in the freezer again,
>
> Mel, I remember you gave a suggestion a while back, what exactly was that=
?
>
> Liz
> from Brighton, Ontario, Canada
>
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http://smokieclennell.blogspot.com
marta matray on sat 17 mar 12
liz, bring it to nceca and to the clayart room!
if you fly, the security at the airport will open it for sure :)
other wise i would have a great foto of it and send it to the
new 500 teapots book entry :)) call it the 'stuck one'...
see you soon!
love,marta
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Elizabeth Willoughby
wrote:
> Dear Clayarters,
> You would think that by now I could get a lid unstuck. =3DA0This one is t=
ru=3D
ly
> stuck, and wouldn't you know it is the best one of the bunch with very ni=
=3D
ce
> shino, carbon trapping.
> This is what I have done:
>
> tap, tap, taping around the lid with a wooden tool
>
> soaked it in water, and then did the tapping.
>
> put it in the freezer, then immersed it to the neck in hot water, and
> tapped again
>
> soaked it overnight, tapping again
>
> now it is in the freezer again,
>
> Mel, I remember you gave a suggestion a while back, what exactly was that=
=3D
?
>
> Liz
> from Brighton, Ontario, Canada
Vince Pitelka on sat 17 mar 12
Elizabeth Willoughby wrote:
"You would think that by now I could get a lid unstuck. This one is truly
stuck, and wouldn't you know it is the best one of the bunch with very nice
shino, carbon trapping."
Hi Liz -
There are two techniques of last resort. First, put the piece on a banding
wheel and as you spin the pot, aim the flame of a propane torch upwards
along the body so that it flares off the rim without heating the lid. That
will often expand the body and break it loose from the lid. Excessive heat
will crack the pot so be careful. In my experience, the following is the
technique of absolute last resort when nothing else works. The lid is stuc=
k
but it is not hermetically sealed, so there is room for water to enter.
Heat the piece up to 212F or 100C in the oven. Remove from the oven and
immerse in room-temperature water. As it cools it creates a vacuum inside
and sucks some water inside. Repeat until you can hear a good amount of
water sloshing around inside when you shake it. Put it in the freezer and
let the water freeze solid. There's always the chance that it might crack
in the freezer, but like I said, this is a technique of last resort so it i=
s
worth the risk. If it survives the freezer, remove and immerse in water
just long enough to loosen the chunk of ice inside and then shake the pot t=
o
bounce the chunk of ice against the inside of the lid. If you get the lid
off and it has survived all of this, charge extra for the damn thing becaus=
e
it will survive into the next millennium. If this doesn't knock the lid
loose nothing will and you might as well have the satisfaction of smashing
it with the sledge hammer.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka@dtccom.net
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
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