mel jacobson on tue 5 aug 03
this all came about years ago when the urban
legends started about the ancient japanese potters
peeing on their clay stored in caves.
it is true, i suppose.
it added chemicals that would make bacteria grow.
(as ivor has pointed out.)
and, that would increase plasticity.
so, i thought. `mel, you are not going to pee
in those buckets, sharlene would hit you with
a 2x4.`
i decided, urine is just vinegar and ammonia, without
the icky stuff. so i got two gallons, mixed them..and
added a cup to each aging bucket of slurry/chucks etc.
smelled good, and i guessed it help in the aging.
STUDENT TRICK.
get some seed corn seeds, during the christmas break
add about 5 seeds to the buckets of aging clay.
when you get back from vacation you will have nice corn plants
growing out of the buckets.
`hey mel, there is stuff growing right out of the clay buckets..
what is it`?. `just some corn i am growing.`
lesson learned...we use earth to make pots.
those are the lessons that stay in the kids mind forever.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
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John R Horner Jr on wed 6 aug 03
on Tue Aug 5, 2003 7:40 am
Mel wrote
"i decided, urine is just vinegar and ammonia, without
the icky stuff. so i got two gallons, mixed them..and
added a cup to each aging bucket of slurry/chucks etc.
smelled good, and i guessed it help in the aging."
..............................
Are we talking about common household amonia that can be bought at
the grocery store? About the vinegar, white or apple cider, or does
it matter?
Thanks in advance for your time.
John in Saxapahaw, North Carolina
Burness Speakman on thu 7 aug 03
I told my husband the vinegar/ammonia/peeing story. He said ammonia and
vinegar couldn't be the same as peeing, the majic would be gone. He also
said people do not know what urine is states it is not a waste product but
filtered blood, an abundance product filled with minerals. Sterile when it
comes out of the body. There is even such a thing as urine theropy. Oh my.
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