Jim West on mon 7 dec 98
Thanks for all the tips and encouragement from everybody on the list! I
wanted to post some feedback on how I made out.
What didn t work..... Just waiting for the slurry to settle. I found that
I could dilute the slurry and it would quickly settle to a certain
thickness. Then it would just stop. Any more waiting was just that,
waiting. Adding vinegar didn t seem to help either.
What did work........ Pouring it into a cloth bag and letting the water
drip out. It would get to a certain consistency this way and then stops
dripping. Once it stops dripping, I put the cloth bag containing the clay
on a stack of newspapers. I change the newspapers once or twice a day until
it got to a throwing consistency. I went from slurry to throwable clay in 3
days. Starting with about 2 gallons of slurry, I ended up with about 12 lbs
of clay. And drying the clay - smashing it up into small pieces - and then
putting it in water works great to get the clay in solution. Using the
cheese grater on wet clay also works, but takes more effort overall.
Jim - In Pennsylvania, dumfounded after cutting the grass in December.
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