Vince Pitelka on sun 15 oct 06
It was the dear late Peggy Heer that originally posted the spooze recipe to
Clayart. The following message is a distillation of a very informative post
by Jason Palmer earlier this year.
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Jason Palmer wrote:
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. I started working with it and it worked a lot better - less
cracks, faster working, the whole works. I am not sure at all why - it just
seems better and for now i will leave it at that. maybe someone else will
know why.
Here is the recipe for Peggys spooze if anyone would like to try it. It's
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
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 awful in about a day.
I boil mine at a high rolling boil for about 5-8 minutes...let it cool...and
put it in a container.
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End Jason Palmer's message
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
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