boobyagga@juno.com on fri 13 jan 06
i have been using peggys spooze to fix cracks and as my slip joiner for =
a while now and it works wonderful. however i found out a while ago that=
that stuff seems to work a bit better if i boil it for a few minutes af=
ter making it. i discovered this as i was trying to boil off some water =
to give me a thicker slip, started working with it and it worked alot be=
tter. less cracks, faster working...the whole works. i am not sure at al=
l why this is or anything...havent really cared to find out why...it jus=
t seems better and for now i will leave it at that. maybe someone else w=
ill know why.
but anyways. here is the recipe for peggys spooze if anyone would like t=
o try it. its wonderful.
1/3 parts dry clay powdered....any body...preferably the one you are usi=
ng with no grog
1/3 parts heavy karo syrup
1/3 parts white distilled vinegar 5% acidity
and a drop of hydrogen peroxide to keep it from spoiling...it will bubb=
le for a few minutes and then settle down. if you dont add that the suga=
r goes bad and smells aweful in about a day.
and then i boil mine at a high rolling boil for about 5-8 minutes...let =
it cool...and put it in a container.
enjoy
jason palmer
dalecochoy on sat 14 jan 06
Interesting,
This is pretty much similar to my method I posted using pancake syrup/tp but
without the vinegar. I don't add any "Fluid" except the strup, but, was
interested in the hydrogen peroxide comment! For years I used a lot of
vinegar in my slab building slip containers ( several diff. clays, many
containers, sat a long time ) but found after a while they began to mold
badly, and if got bad enough I could actually see a fine black line in seems
AFTER firing from the mold in slip!! This really started suprising me! I
quit adding the vinegr andonly mix with water now. I wonder if the HP would
solve those probs...sounds like it:>)
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: "boobyagga@juno.com"
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Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 2:39 PM
Subject: vinegar and fixing cracks.
i have been using peggys spooze to fix cracks and as my slip joiner for a
while now and it works wonderful. however i found out a while ago that that
stuff seems to work a bit better if i boil it for a few minutes after making
it. i discovered this as i was trying to boil off some water to give me a
thicker slip, started working with it and it worked alot better. less
cracks, faster working...the whole works. i am not sure at all why this is
or anything...havent really cared to find out why...it just seems better and
for now i will leave it at that. maybe someone else will know why.
but anyways. here is the recipe for peggys spooze if anyone would like to
try it. its wonderful.
1/3 parts dry clay powdered....any body...preferably the one you are using
with no grog
1/3 parts heavy karo syrup
1/3 parts white distilled vinegar 5% acidity
and a drop of hydrogen peroxide to keep it from spoiling...it will bubble
for a few minutes and then settle down. if you dont add that the sugar goes
bad and smells aweful in about a day.
and then i boil mine at a high rolling boil for about 5-8 minutes...let it
cool...and put it in a container.
enjoy
jason palmer
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