deborah wildenberger on sat 23 aug 97
I've been having a problem in my studio with stinky clay water. I was
hoping someone might have a solution. I have small wash basins that sit
for weeks at a time and lately have been developing a horrid smell.
Students use these plastic basins to wash tools and whatnot. When I
recycle the clay and change out the water, there is a blackish ring
around the pan. One student suggested adding a teaspoon of bleach to the
water. I wondered if this might spoil the clay somehow. Does anyone have
a solution to this smelly problem?
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Sarah Barnes on sun 24 aug 97
On Sat, 23 Aug 1997, deborah wildenberger wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I've been having a problem in my studio with stinky clay water. I was
> hoping someone might have a solution. I have small wash basins that sit
> for weeks at a time and lately have been developing a horrid smell.
> Students use these plastic basins to wash tools and whatnot. When I
> recycle the clay and change out the water, there is a blackish ring
> around the pan. One student suggested adding a teaspoon of bleach to the
> water. I wondered if this might spoil the clay somehow. Does anyone have
> a solution to this smelly problem?
>
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I don't know about the bleach, but I use asplash of white vinegar now and
agian and it tends to do the trick. I think the smell and blackish ring
are all caused by mold. Hope this helps. Sarah
Robert Speirs, M.D. 12 4450 on sun 24 aug 97
I often have to resort to putting a little bleach in my old (very
"fragrant") throwing water. No problem at all. I also have to put it
in my slips from time to time as they have a tendency to decompose after
a while. So far, so good!
Laura in Oregon
kinoko@junction.net on sun 24 aug 97
One persons stinky water may be another persons heavenly odor of ageing
clay. Don't knock it. Potting is among the lowliest of the arts and demands
that the potter be closest to natral materials.
D&I>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I've been having a problem in my studio with stinky clay water. I was
>hoping someone might have a solution. I have small wash basins that sit
>for weeks at a time and lately have been developing a horrid smell.
>Students use these plastic basins to wash tools and whatnot. When I
>recycle the clay and change out the water, there is a blackish ring
>around the pan. One student suggested adding a teaspoon of bleach to the
>water. I wondered if this might spoil the clay somehow. Does anyone have
>a solution to this smelly problem?
>
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Lisa and Ginny on sun 24 aug 97
deborah wildenberger wrote:
One student suggested adding a teaspoon of bleach to the water. I
wondered if this might spoil the clay somehow. Does anyone have a
solution to this smelly problem?
Deborah:
We have had this problem quite a bit at City Arts. I usually add about
1/3 cup of bleach to clean water, but you don't want to get carried away
with the bleach, because it turns cleaning sponges into some kind of
alien life form if they are left floating in the water. The clorox
doesn't hurt the clay, per se, but it will kill the "good mold" organisms
in the clay.
--
Lisa Skeen
Living Tree Pottery & Soaps
http://www.uncg.edu/~lpskeen
YesIAmRU?
David Hendley on mon 25 aug 97
Stinky clay water is your friend.
It is making your recycled clay more plastic than it ever was before. Save
it for handles and special small projects. My buckets have perminent black
rings. If I'm really lucky my clay slurry will also turn black. I know my
slurry bucket is cooking when I see the little squiggly water animals
tooling around in it.
Like the hog farmer who "only smells money", I smell fantastic clay!
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
At 09:07 AM 8/23/97 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I've been having a problem in my studio with stinky clay water. I was
>hoping someone might have a solution. I have small wash basins that sit
>for weeks at a time and lately have been developing a horrid smell.
>Students use these plastic basins to wash tools and whatnot. When I
>recycle the clay and change out the water, there is a blackish ring
>around the pan. One student suggested adding a teaspoon of bleach to the
>water. I wondered if this might spoil the clay somehow. Does anyone have
>a solution to this smelly problem?
>
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>
Charlie Williams on mon 25 aug 97
In our studio at Clayworks we add vinegar to the clay recycling bucket.
Helps the smell and also helps to maintain some of the clay's
plasticity.
Hope this helps!
Char
am294@detroit.freenet.org
Peggy Heer on mon 25 aug 97
Hi all...I do not have running water in my studio and never have. I use a
large green plastic garbage can for my wash up water. I have IN the water a
tube, which is connected to an ordinary fish tank airiater (sp) pump. A
small one does very nicely. I put fresh water in the pail , insert the
tube with a weight on the end of it to keep it submerged, and plug in the
aireator...that word again. ;>}} The water will eventually go 'stinky'
like slew water in about 3 months during the summer and it will last all
winter, from Oct. to April without going 'stinky'. The 'thing' keeps the
water circulating, like in a fish tank, and it stays fresh. The clay and
'stuff' settles to the bottom and the water is clean up on the top. This
is a good thing.
As Always in Clay Peggy
PS...just finished displaying pots from my 4th glaze fire which was one of
4 that were almost perfect. Can't say perfect...never will be reached, but
it's another good thing. ;>}}}
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I've been having a problem in my studio with stinky clay water. I was
>hoping someone might have a solution.
Peggy Heer / Heer Pottery E-Mail p4337@connect.ab.ca
52120 Range Road 223
Sherwood Park, AB. Canada T8C 1A7
Phone (403) 922-6270
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Erin Hayes on tue 26 aug 97
We always throw a little bleach into the slop water if it got too
nasty. That seems to work great, even if we only do it once or twice a
year.
If you want the souring effect but can't stand the smell, try putting a
lid on the tub if you don't already. At least that would lessen the
smell.
Erin.
Erin Hayes on tue 26 aug 97
Another thought about the smelly slop water...
Last year the microbiology class at the college I work for came around
desperately looking for things to culture. I smiled when they asked if
I had anything that might "grow" someting. I pointed them slyly to our
slop bins, and their eyes went wide. All I asked them for in exchange
for this source of life was to know what we had in the slop when they
had identified their cultures.
Well, they were amazed (as was I) that among the harmless bacteria
swimming around in our slop was a less than friendly strain of Staph!
Yikes! We used bleach to help "disinfect" the batch of slop and had the
students re-culture the batch. Only a few harmless bugs after that.
Nothing like hundreds of hands in the clay all year to bring you all
osrts of little surprises!
Erin
Malone & Dean McRaine on tue 26 aug 97
Aloha Deborah:
As many others on the list will probably tell you, that smell is the smell
of micro-organisms making your clay more plastic by chewing it up into finer
particles. Learn to love it.
Dean-from Kauai where my new dirt floored studio is taking shape and will be
the most wonderful place to work I've ever had.
Dan Saultman on tue 26 aug 97
Hey Davo...
Some days when the winds blows a certain way it gets pretty stinky
around here. I thought it was the feed lots and all the cows. Now I
know it's blowing in from Texas and your slurry buckets.:)
Dan Saultman
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David Hendley wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Stinky clay water is your friend.
> It is making your recycled clay more plastic than it ever was before. Save
> it for handles and special small projects. My buckets have perminent black
> rings. If I'm really lucky my clay slurry will also turn black. I know my
> slurry bucket is cooking when I see the little squiggly water animals
> tooling around in it.
> Like the hog farmer who "only smells money", I smell fantastic clay!
> David Hendley
> Maydelle, Texas
>
> At 09:07 AM 8/23/97 EDT, you wrote:
> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >I've been having a problem in my studio with stinky clay water. I was
> >hoping someone might have a solution. I have small wash basins that sit
> >for weeks at a time and lately have been developing a horrid smell.
> >Students use these plastic basins to wash tools and whatnot. When I
> >recycle the clay and change out the water, there is a blackish ring
> >around the pan. One student suggested adding a teaspoon of bleach to the
> >water. I wondered if this might spoil the clay somehow. Does anyone have
> >a solution to this smelly problem?
> >
> >______________________________________________________
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> >
> >
David Hendley on wed 27 aug 97
Staph infection bacteria!
Mosquito larvae!
Yikes. I better clean up my act.
Like an insidous drug dealer offering a good time, I only THOUGHT stinky
clay water was my friend.
I take it all back. Pass the chlorine.
David Hendley
At 10:13 AM 8/25/97 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Stinky clay water is your friend.
>It is making your recycled clay more plastic than it ever was before. Save
>it for handles and special small projects. My buckets have perminent black
>rings. If I'm really lucky my clay slurry will also turn black. I know my
>slurry bucket is cooking when I see the little squiggly water animals
>tooling around in it.
>Like the hog farmer who "only smells money", I smell fantastic clay!
>David Hendley
>Maydelle, Texas
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
See David Hendley's Pottery Page at
http://www.sosis.com/hendley/david/
Cynthia Blau on thu 28 aug 97
Richard Zakin, asked this question at a workshop, answered something
about putting Yogurt in the mix. But, of course, I didn't write down
any quantities and I've forgotten the rest.
Cynthia Blau
Fairfax, VA
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