John cook Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 Does dark patches in old clay render the clay unusable? It has a smell like stagnation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazenerd Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 Clay(s) have various levels of organics, normal. Organics can produce fungus and the familiar smell of decomposition. t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 I have always heard the stinkier old clay is the better it throws. Denice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 Generally, the only color that I am concerned with is bright white, as that usually means some pieces of plaster found their way into the scraps. If it is any other color, black, brown, yellow, a less brilliant, and far more fuzzy white, then it's all good. Like Denice said, a lot of people like the "aged" clay. It's like a fine wine/ whiskey or an *allegedly* good cheese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeU Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 Whatta ya mean "allegedly" good cheese!! Nothin' better than a good 'ole stinky cheese! "In traditional French cheese-making the cheese-maker leaves a local loaf of sourdough bread, teeming with starter cultures, in underground caves rich with penicillium roqueforti. He lets the bread get moldy then grinds up the moldy loaf and mixes the breadcrumbs with the milk curd. The cheeses are then aged in the caves where the bread went moldy; this encourages the development of blue veins." Yum! So, as with a great Roquefort, moldy clay is just awesome (well, maybe not the Cool Ice or Frost procelains! On 9/20/2018 at 9:44 AM, Benzine said: or an *allegedly* good cheese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yappystudent Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 Agreed, Velveeta is awesome and it melts good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 Sorry @LeeU, I just don't dig on the cheese with stank. No, for my money, give me a nice fresh mozzarella or creamy brie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 I used to find black areas in our slop buckets, always stank, dark black. after a few years finally realized what it was. . . . kids were throwing paper towels into the slop after cleaning up their areas. They took very little time to really rot out in the clay usually 4-6 months. Cheap paper! best, Pres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 On 9/22/2018 at 5:03 PM, Pres said: I used to find black areas in our slop buckets, always stank, dark black. after a few years finally realized what it was. . . . kids were throwing paper towels into the slop after cleaning up their areas. They took very little time to really rot out in the clay usually 4-6 months. Cheap paper! best, Pres Yep, I've run in to that too Pres. Unintentional paper clay, with some added aging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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