Vicki Conley on mon 22 jan 01
Does anyone have a good method of cleaning the scum off raku crackle. i use
a sponge, water and sand. It is a little hard on the hands and still takes a
good bit of elbow grease. Vicki www.pinonpottery.com
Jim Mason on mon 22 jan 01
Dear Vicki,
I've used "Bon Ami" cleanser, and it seems to help.
Jim Mason,
Gibsonville NC
Mudkitty on mon 22 jan 01
Hi Vicki!
My favorite potion is Bon Ami and a brown scrubber - the kind you get at
the hardware store as a steel wool substitute.
Works great for surfaces that have glaze and crackle if you rinse
thoroughly. Large areas of unglazed black tend to hold the cleanser, so
I just use the scrubber on them.
Happy elbow gease!
Pat
In Minnesota where the sun is bright and warm - but the temp ain't!
CINDI ANDERSON on mon 22 jan 01
Windex works great.
Cindi
Ababi Sharon on mon 22 jan 01
Hello Vicki!
"Scotchbrite" with soap and your favorite:Soda feldspar or potash felspar or
whiting
Ababi
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Subject: Cleaning the scum off raku
> Does anyone have a good method of cleaning the scum off raku crackle. i
use
> a sponge, water and sand. It is a little hard on the hands and still takes
a
> good bit of elbow grease. Vicki www.pinonpottery.com
>
>
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Kim Peterson on mon 22 jan 01
The fastest way to clean white crackle is to use Ajax or Comet with bleach..
Use liberally! I also use a green scrubby, but I've used a wash cloth as
well. Just takes a little more elbow grease. White shines up very well.
Black stays black. Make sure you rinse well. I don't recomment bleach on
anything except white crackle!! It will turn your greens to a '57 cadilac
torquois.. Not may favorite coler..
Kim
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>Subject: Cleaning the scum off raku
>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 07:57:29 -0700
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>Does anyone have a good method of cleaning the scum off raku crackle. i use
>a sponge, water and sand. It is a little hard on the hands and still takes
>a
>good bit of elbow grease. Vicki www.pinonpottery.com
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and Brillo pads....
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Sent: 22 January 2001 19:45
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Subject: Re: Cleaning the scum off raku
The fastest way to clean white crackle is to use Ajax or Comet with bleach..
mudlark on mon 22 jan 01
A green scotch scrubby pad and warm water.
Cleanser , Ajax, works great but is hard to totally rinse.
Vicki Conley wrote:
> Does anyone have a good method of cleaning the scum off raku crackle. i use
> a sponge, water and sand. It is a little hard on the hands and still takes a
> good bit of elbow grease. Vicki www.pinonpottery.com
>
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craig clark on mon 22 jan 01
Regarding the suggestion about using Ajax, Comet and bleach with a green
weenie scrub type pad to clean the white crackle.......... This is the
method that I also used for a number of years. The elbow grease often wore
thin as I was at times frantically preparing for a show or festival. I had
assumed that it was the only way to go until I was told by another raku
potter, who listened to my war stories about the horror of having to scrub
the white crackle for so long and not really wanting to do it that much
anymore, to let modern chemistry do the work for me. He suggested that I use
Never Dull (you can purchase it in most hardware stores in the household
cleaning section.) I tried it. It worked
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been using it ever since (the past four years.) It just
rubs on with wadding. Let it sit for a minute or two and wipe off. I do a
quick lite scrub with the comet and a green pad immediatly after to remove
the residue from the Never Dull.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Peterson
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Monday, January 22, 2001 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: Cleaning the scum off raku
>The fastest way to clean white crackle is to use Ajax or Comet with
bleach..
>Use liberally! I also use a green scrubby, but I've used a wash cloth as
>well. Just takes a little more elbow grease. White shines up very well.
>Black stays black. Make sure you rinse well. I don't recomment bleach on
>anything except white crackle!! It will turn your greens to a '57 cadilac
>torquois.. Not may favorite coler..
>Kim
>
>
>>From: Vicki Conley
>>Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
>>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>>Subject: Cleaning the scum off raku
>>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 07:57:29 -0700
>>
>>Does anyone have a good method of cleaning the scum off raku crackle. i
use
>>a sponge, water and sand. It is a little hard on the hands and still takes
>>a
>>good bit of elbow grease. Vicki www.pinonpottery.com
>>
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Phyliss Ward on mon 22 jan 01
Hi Vicki
We use a green 3M scrubber pad and Ajax powder...works pretty well. I also like to
add a small drop of dishwashing liquid as a surfactant. Good Luck!
Vicki Conley wrote:
> Does anyone have a good method of cleaning the scum off raku crackle. i use
> a sponge, water and sand. It is a little hard on the hands and still takes a
> good bit of elbow grease. Vicki www.pinonpottery.com
>
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Joseph Herbert on tue 23 jan 01
Vicki Conley was worried about getting the scum off raku.
I say, be more careful about who you invite to the firing.
Joseph Herbert
amy parker on tue 23 jan 01
By the way - Bon Ami is North Carolina F4 feldspar, from Spruce Pine.
Amy
At 12:48 PM 1/22/01 EST, you wrote:
>Dear Vicki,
>
>I've used "Bon Ami" cleanser, and it seems to help.
>
>Jim Mason,
>Gibsonville NC
Amy Parker
Lithonia, GA
BILLY MANGHAM on wed 24 jan 01
I SUGGEST YOU VISIT YOUR LOCAL JANATORIAL SUPPLY
COMPANY AND PICK UP THE INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH BROWN
SCRUBBER PADS, MUCH CHEAPER AND LONGER LASTING THAN
THE GREEN GROCERY STORE VARIETY. ALSO, IF YOU USE
NEWSPRINT (CLEAN, NO PRINT) RATHER THAN NEWSPAPER,
LEAVES, ETC. YOU WILL HAVE LESS SCUM TO CLEAN.
FINALLY, HIRE SOMEONE TO DO IT FOR YOU IF AT ALL
POSSIBLE. SCRUBBING RAKU IS AS HARD ON THE ELBOWS AS.
WEDGING OR THROWING.
--- Phyliss Ward wrote:
> Hi Vicki
>
> We use a green 3M scrubber pad and Ajax
> powder...works pretty well. I also like to
> add a small drop of dishwashing liquid as a
> surfactant. Good Luck!
>
> Vicki Conley wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have a good method of cleaning the
> scum off raku crackle. i use
> > a sponge, water and sand. It is a little hard on
> the hands and still takes a
> > good bit of elbow grease. Vicki
> www.pinonpottery.com
> >
> >
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