What is Spooze?

When you have cracks in dried greenware, there are 2 ways of repairing them.  One is the often-tried mixture of vinegar, toilet paper, and slurry. The other is "Spooze". 

So what is Spooze? 🤷

The late Peggy Heer was a US potter, who in 1996 published a recipe for what she called "Spooze": one-third of fully dried chips or shavings of the clay body, one-third ordinary white vinegar, and one-third corn/glucose syrup. (If you want to stop the smell going off, she suggests including a drop or two of peroxide). Mix it up, goop it well into the cracks, wipe off the excess, and let it dry then bisque. Perhaps try it some time. 🤗

Peggy Heer 1996 SPOOZE recipe

1/3 dry clay body you are using
1/3 vinegar, ordinary white kitchen vinegar
1/3 corn/glucose syrup, white or brown
A drop or 2 of peroxide. This keeps the Spooze from fermenting and giving off a real stink.

Customisation

Make thin by adding more of the corn/glucose syrup or vinegar.
Make thicker by adding more of the dry clay body. The above recipe is only a base to start.
I use my dried trimmings for my Spooze and have a Spooze jar for each clay body.
I use it. Then wash the tools, brushes etc after using as the Spooze will become cement like and is not good for tools and brushes if they are left. If left without a good washing, soak in a cup of warm water till the Spooze comes off.

Have a fun, sticky time, Peggy.