elizabeth priddy on sun 7 nov 99
I had a moecular biologist friend who
specializes in identifiying bacteria look
at and grow some of the bacteria making my
throwing water especially stinky...
she said it is Terra cia, a rather toxic if
ingested, microorganism who's waste bi-products
are a slippery substance. This concurs with my
theory as I do not ever throw out the last of my
throwing water in order to "start" the clean
bucket with the naturally slipperier water.
the bacteria is harmless in the presence of
air, as it is anaerobic. It dies quickly in
fact. That is why it grows so well in the dreg
water at the bottom of throwing water and
reclaim buckets.
Which brings me to my point, to get rid of the
smell, pour off any old water and just add fresh
with a splish of vinegar. The stench will go
quickly and the good bacteria will stay and
make your clay better and better for throwing.
Good throwing to ya!
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Elizabeth Priddy
personal email: epriddy@usa.net
website: http://www.angelfire.com/nc/clayworkshop
On Sat, 6 Nov 1999 20:52:48 Ron Roy wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>The action of bacteria causes clay to flocculate - same way vinegar works -
>bleach is alkali so I would expect the opposite to happen, to some extent,
>and some of the benefits of aging will be lost.
>
>RR
>
>
>>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>So that brings up the question: Does the bleach in the clay change its (the
>>clays) elasticity? We just put it in our re-cycle bucket, as it was getting
>>pretty stinky. Now it looks beautiful, but I know that beauty can be
>>deceiving! In advance, thanks for the feedback, Mary Jean
>
>Ron Roy
>93 Pegasus Trail
>Scarborough
>Ontario, Canada
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