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cleaning buckets

updated tue 8 mar 05

 

Maid O'Mud on fri 4 mar 05


Home Depot and $5 gets you a new bucket w/lid.

And yes, I do throw my old crusty buckets out. My time is worth more than
that!

Sam Cuttell
Maid O'Mud Pottery
RR 1
Melbourne, Ontario
N0L 1T0
CANADA

"First, the clay told me what to do.
Then, I told the clay what to do.
Now, we co-operate."
sam 1994

http://www.ody.ca/~scuttell/
scuttell@ody.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carole Fox"

> My question, this time, is:
> How can you clean old glaze buckets that have a crusty film on them? My
RR
> floating blue has left behind a hard deposit that is impossible to soak or
> scrub off. I also tried a cloth soaked with vinegar. No luck. Any ideas?

Carole Fox on fri 4 mar 05


My question, this time, is:
How can you clean old glaze buckets that have a crusty film on them? My RR
floating blue has left behind a hard deposit that is impossible to soak or
scrub off. I also tried a cloth soaked with vinegar. No luck. Any ideas?
Carole Fox
Silver Fox Pottery
Elkton, MD
thesilverfox@dol.net

Jennifer Boyer on sat 5 mar 05


I've found if you get the water hot enough it does the trick. Just fill
the bucket with hot water and let it sit.
Jennifer
On Mar 4, 2005, at 10:57 PM, Maid O'Mud wrote:

> Home Depot and $5 gets you a new bucket w/lid.
>
> And yes, I do throw my old crusty buckets out. My time is worth more
> than
> that!
>
> Sam Cuttell
> Maid O'Mud Pottery
> RR 1
> Melbourne, Ontario
> N0L 1T0
> CANADA
>
> "First, the clay told me what to do.
> Then, I told the clay what to do.
> Now, we co-operate."
> sam 1994
>
> http://www.ody.ca/~scuttell/
> scuttell@ody.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carole Fox"
>
>> My question, this time, is:
>> How can you clean old glaze buckets that have a crusty film on them?
>> My
> RR
>> floating blue has left behind a hard deposit that is impossible to
>> soak or
>> scrub off. I also tried a cloth soaked with vinegar. No luck. Any
>> ideas?
>
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Jennifer Boyer
Thistle Hill Pottery
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Carole Fox on mon 7 mar 05


Thanks for the advice on cleaning old buckets. I did have some luck using
hot water (boiling hot) and a heavy scrubbie. Had to use the corner of an
old credit card for some spots. Offlist, I got the recommendation of using
lye but I'm too chicken to mess with it. I did not try soaking with vinegar,
(another offlist suggestion), as I didn't think it was worth going out to
buy 5 gallons of vinegar to try it.

I realize that it is a time investment to clean old buckets. It's not the
money- I get my buckets for free from the co-op. I just don't want to add
any more plastic to the landfills if I can help it.


Carole Fox
Silver Fox Pottery
Elkton, MD
thesilverfox@dol.net

Jennifer Boyer on mon 7 mar 05


I'm with Carol on this. The only time buckets get tossed is when they
degrade and start cracking....and yes, they DO if you keep them long
enough!
Jennifer, recycling and Freecycle devotee
>
> I realize that it is a time investment to clean old buckets. It's not
> the
> money- I get my buckets for free from the co-op. I just don't want to
> add
> any more plastic to the landfills if I can help it.
>
>
> Carole Fox
> Silver Fox Pottery
> Elkton, MD
> thesilverfox@dol.net
>
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>
>
************************
Jennifer Boyer
Thistle Hill Pottery
Montpelier, VT

http://thistlehillpottery.com