Thom Mead on tue 9 jan 01
Our weather has been quite cold for Georgia. Our slip has been misbehaving,
and when that happens the students are unhappy with all their handbuilding.
We are using coca cola (appropriate for Georgia) to add to slip and it is
drying more slowing and is smooth as silk. I know the chem folks will say
this is silly but it has been working for us!
Diane in Georgia
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Susan Otter on wed 10 jan 01
In a message dated 1/10/01 11:54:41 PM, millie@BCPL.NET writes:
<< I know that I save these kinds of things for a reason. in the list
are some clues to the chemical make up, (and yes I know that the
exact recipe is in a safe) so why does the coke work? >>
I have been told that it can be coca-cola, old coffee, or strong tea.
I made batches of slip from clay bits, torn up toilet paper and strong tea,
and it seems to work extremely well.
Please don't ask me to explain it. Seems to me the toilet paper would WEAKEN
it...
Mary Lynch on wed 10 jan 01
Hi Diane -
Wouldn't the coca cola combined with the slip be a kind of weak spooze?
Sounds ingenious to me -
Mary in TN, thinking of possibilities here . . . .
> We are using coca cola (appropriate for Georgia) to add to slip and it is
> drying more slowing and is smooth as silk. I know the chem folks will say
> this is silly but it has been working for us!
> Diane in Georgia
Thom Mead on wed 10 jan 01
Sorry to not send a very clean reply but my screen
is acting poorly and thus the long attached below!
We do not know if it is sugar or bubbles that
helps our limping slip but it WORKS! So far so good!
diane in Georgia
>From: Mary Lynch
>Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: Re: coca cola and slip
>Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 04:32:28 -0800
>
>Hi Diane -
>
>Wouldn't the coca cola combined with the slip be a kind of weak spooze?
>Sounds ingenious to me -
>
>Mary in TN, thinking of possibilities here . . . .
>
>
> > We are using coca cola (appropriate for Georgia) to add to slip and it
>is
> > drying more slowing and is smooth as silk. I know the chem folks will
>say
> > this is silly but it has been working for us!
> > Diane in Georgia
>
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Millie Carpenter on wed 10 jan 01
I know that I save these kinds of things for a reason. in the list
are some clues to the chemical make up, (and yes I know that the
exact recipe is in a safe) so why does the coke work?
Subject: Things to do with Coca Cola...
Just when you thought you knew everything (no,
it's not an anti cola ad) about Coke.
1. In many states the highway patrol carries two
gallons of Coke in the truck to remove blood from
the highway after a car accident.
2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke
and it will be gone in two days.
3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola
into the toilet bowl....... Let the "real thing"
sit for one hour, then flush clean.
4. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from
vitreous China.
5. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers:
Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of
Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
6. To clean corrosion from car battery
terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the
terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
7. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth
soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for
several minutes.
8. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola
into the baking pan;wrap the ham in aluminum
foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is
finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings
to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
9. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a
can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add
detergent, And run through a regular cycle. The
Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will
also clean road haze from your windshield.
FYI:
1.The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric
acid. It's pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in
about 4 days.
2. To carry Coca Cola syrup (the concentrate)
the commercial truck must use the Hazardous
material place cards reserved for Highly
Corrosive materials.
3. The distributors of coke have been using it
to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20
years! Drink up! No joke.
Think what coke and other soft drinks do to your
teeth on a daily basis.
A tooth will dissolve in a cup of coke in 24-48
hours.
Millie in MD thinking seriously about moving somewhere
warm
Thom Mead wrote:
> Our weather has been quite cold for Georgia. Our slip has been misbehaving,
> and when that happens the students are unhappy with all their handbuilding.
>
> We are using coca cola (appropriate for Georgia) to add to slip and it is
> drying more slowing and is smooth as silk. I know the chem folks will say
> this is silly but it has been working for us!
> Diane in Georgia
>
Dwiggins, Sandra (NCI) on wed 10 jan 01
Do you allow it to go flat and is it classic? Wouldn't this be similar to
adding any syruppy thing--like corn syrup (which I believe is one of the
ingredients in coke?)?
Sandy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thom Mead [SMTP:dmead90@MSN.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:59 PM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: coca cola and slip
>
> Our weather has been quite cold for Georgia. Our slip has been
> misbehaving,
> and when that happens the students are unhappy with all their
> handbuilding.
>
> We are using coca cola (appropriate for Georgia) to add to slip and it is
> drying more slowing and is smooth as silk. I know the chem folks will say
> this is silly but it has been working for us!
> Diane in Georgia
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tomsawyer on thu 11 jan 01
Debby,
God I love clayart, what a nice nuance and distiction; I would have never
thought of it.
Tom Sawyer
Orlando, Fl
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Thom Mead on thu 11 jan 01
Hi Sandy! Happy New Year!!!
No, we go "fizzy" and it makes the slip so smooth. Our double blind study=
(sorry to be sillly) included a red clay (our Ocmulgee which is world fa=
mous) and some great stoneware imported from the midwest, my native land.=
The fizzy does something to break up the clumpiness of winter here in th=
e temporarily dry Fall Line Region, and makes the slip as smooth as silk-=
-this works for the red and the lovely sophisticated slightly iron stonew=
are. (LOVE the iron when fired cone 6!!! Reminds me of a Tom Prochaska me=
zzotint print! You would love to see Amy's little high fire Rodin=3Desque=
seated skateboard man.) Coke regular.
Fondly,
diane mead in the suddenly dry Fall Line area--Macon GA is not used to dr=
ying out! We feel like Buckeye state inhabitants! Weird for us! Where is =
the rain forest!!!???
Wny are my leaves dry?? Usually they are composting like mad at this poin=
t! Dry!
I feel like Joyce Lee! Macon mojave!
----- Original Message -----
From: Dwiggins, Sandra (NCI)
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 8:16 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: coca cola and slip
Do you allow it to go flat and is it classic? Wouldn't this be similar t=
o
adding any syruppy thing--like corn syrup (which I believe is one of the
ingredients in coke?)?
Sandy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thom Mead [SMTP:dmead90@MSN.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:59 PM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: coca cola and slip
>
> Our weather has been quite cold for Georgia. Our slip has been
> misbehaving,
> and when that happens the students are unhappy with all their
> handbuilding.
>
> We are using coca cola (appropriate for Georgia) to add to slip and it =
is
> drying more slowing and is smooth as silk. I know the chem folks will s=
ay
> this is silly but it has been working for us!
> Diane in Georgia
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Dwiggins, Sandra (NCI) on thu 11 jan 01
I'm going to try this, Diane. Thanks for the tip! I wonder what would
happen if you put it into your recycled clay??? Maybe increase the
flexibility?? HMMMMMM....
S.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thom Mead [SMTP:dmead90@MSN.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 3:52 AM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Re: coca cola and slip
>
> Hi Sandy! Happy New Year!!!
>
> No, we go "fizzy" and it makes the slip so smooth. Our double blind study
> (sorry to be sillly) included a red clay (our Ocmulgee which is world
> famous) and some great stoneware imported from the midwest, my native
> land. The fizzy does something to break up the clumpiness of winter here
> in the temporarily dry Fall Line Region, and makes the slip as smooth as
> silk--this works for the red and the lovely sophisticated slightly iron
> stoneware. (LOVE the iron when fired cone 6!!! Reminds me of a Tom
> Prochaska mezzotint print! You would love to see Amy's little high fire
> Rodin=esque seated skateboard man.) Coke regular.
>
> Fondly,
> diane mead in the suddenly dry Fall Line area--Macon GA is not used to
> drying out! We feel like Buckeye state inhabitants! Weird for us! Where is
> the rain forest!!!???
> Wny are my leaves dry?? Usually they are composting like mad at this
> point! Dry!
> I feel like Joyce Lee! Macon mojave!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dwiggins, Sandra (NCI)
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 8:16 PM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Re: coca cola and slip
>
>
> Do you allow it to go flat and is it classic? Wouldn't this be similar to
> adding any syruppy thing--like corn syrup (which I believe is one of the
> ingredients in coke?)?
> Sandy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thom Mead [SMTP:dmead90@MSN.COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:59 PM
> > To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> > Subject: coca cola and slip
> >
> > Our weather has been quite cold for Georgia. Our slip has been
> > misbehaving,
> > and when that happens the students are unhappy with all their
> > handbuilding.
> >
> > We are using coca cola (appropriate for Georgia) to add to slip and it
> is
> > drying more slowing and is smooth as silk. I know the chem folks will
> say
> > this is silly but it has been working for us!
> > Diane in Georgia
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DEBBYGrant@AOL.COM on thu 11 jan 01
I find this thread fascinating. But what I want to know is does Pepsi Cola
or, in fact, any other cola do the same thing? We don't like Coke and
rarely have it in the house.
Debby Grant in NH
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