can someone tell me how to turn clay into a liquid.?

Question

I don't want to dig my patio out I want to suck out the clay instead. I can not afford to lose my beer gut with all of that digging.

Answer 1

I'm afraid you can not turn a clay soil into a liquid,especially not a liquid runny enough to pass through a pump.This best thing you could do is either wait until the soil warms and drys up a bit,or you could try adding lime to cause floculation (binding of particals) which will make the soil go lumpy and easier to dig,Im afraid there is no easy answer (unless you have enough room to get a bob cat into your garden,+ a man to operate it!)

Answer 2

Sorry my Transfers page at GlassAttic didn't help. It actually does have a load of good info from many clayers who have done transfers successfully over the years (with many different techiques/equipment/materials), as well as troubleshooting what the problems can be, but there is almost too much info there. (And, doing transfers successfully are one of the hardest things to do in polymer clay, unless you just happen upon a right combination of materials/equipment/technique right from the beginning--which does happen to some people-- or you use one of the "easier" methods, using magazine-page images for example). I'm not sure where you've seen articles that say an inkjet printer should work (well) when used with regular paper, but in general to make a nice saturated transfer you'll need: ...either a toner-based image (created on a laser printer, a photocopier, or an inkjet printer that uses *permanent* ink) onto regular paper (or onto other slick papers like parchment, etc) ...or you'll need an inkjet image printed onto one of the special kinds of paper that are clay-coated including some photo papers (or very slick) and function as "transfer papers." Otherwise, you'll get a pale image, or none at all. You don't say specifically whether you're using the liquid clay just as a helper and transferring "directly" onto clay, or using it to create an intermediary "decal" transfer which you can later put onto clay, so I'm not sure what else to say about that. (When a decal is made --which is reversible since it's transparent-- the liquid clay is usually poured onto a sheet of glass, so if that's what you're doing the main problem you may be having is the type of paper you're using, *in combination with* the type of ink or toner you're using. Or it could be a technique factor like how long you're letting the image sit, how well you're burnishing, whether you're using a helper like heat or a solvent, etc.) HTH, Diane B.

Answer 3

I'd love to but I'm working on a magic trick that would turn a loaf and a fish into a meal for 5,000.

Clay becomes liquid if you had water to it......but you'd need an awful lot of liquid and a blo*dy big straw!

Answer 4

try giving David Coperfield a call

Answer 5

I turned my car into a side street once.

Answer 6

An Earthquake should do the trick.

Answer 7

Add lots and lots of water? and then get a hugh whisk.

Answer 8

have you tried moses he might be able to help ..i know he makes a great parting

Answer 9

get your wife to do it man,