i don't have running water in my workshop - but a garden hose outside a
ways.

i use just water buckets. which works very well for throwing & minimal
wash up.

for glazing i rinse off at the garden hose (by the flowers, not the
veggies).

meanwhile i suspose a dedicated bucket for rinsing off glaze might
accidently be creating a cool glaze?

just a thought.

see ya

steve


dkat wrote:
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i caution dumping the waste in the garden. while i like
composting,
and dump odd stuff in the garden myself, be aware that some of the
glaze materials might not be good for foods like tomatoes, peppers,
etc.

a friend of mine who works for the los angeles water & power tested
tomatoes grown from their waste center. people always think that
foods
like tomatoes screen out bad chemicals as part of the growing
process.
it's not uncommon in much of USA to see "wild" tomatoes growing on
the
side of roadways placed there from waste material used to fill in
trenches. i know people who like to pick these tomatoes as
free-fresh
food. the do taste great!

the department of water & power found that since these tomatoes
seeds
(not digested in humans) grew. they also grew in frequently lead
laced
material. the tomatoes contained a high percent of this lead.

now while you may not use lead, i don't know what *excess* copper,
cobalt, iron, rutile, etc glaze material would do to us. i'm sure
the
tomatoes would pass this on to us.

point is if you dump it, don't eat it later. or at least check
with
specialist of the affect from these materials. i found that
dolomite
is a great additive to insure good calcium is in the soil - aids in
not
having fruit fall off early. (university of florida's agricultural
website)

i suspect flowers on the other hand would flourish very well!

see ya

steve

I do glaze clean up in a different bucket from my clay work but
follow a
similar procedure. After settling overnight or more I scoop up the
clean
water into the next work bucket. The gunk goes into a flat tray for
the
water to evaporate and put into the trash (I don't use toxic
materials).
And yes I have lots of 5 gallon buckets (I've done lots of
sheetrocking).