Question: Clay pit maintenance

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Question: Clay pit maintenance

Postby [messy0506] » Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:32 pm

Hey

I'm looking for some advice on how to maintain a pit. Me and the mrs want to have something we can use whenever we feel like it and have bought some bentonite clay to use. This is the first time we've ever really done this so we thought we'd ask people what the best way to use it is and how do you maintain it.

Does it go bad after a while?
Can it be cleaned/maintained somehow? (Primarily against bacteria/odours etc)

any other advice is welcome.

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Re: Question: Clay pit maintenance

Postby Duncan Edwards » Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:26 am

It's anaerobic and inorganic. There's no oxygen to support bacteria growth. You might hit it with a little bleach on top now and then to inhibit green stuff but once you get it done, it's there.
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Re: Question: Clay pit maintenance

Postby Fred588 » Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:14 am

Duncan is correct. The only thing organic will be what is introduced by users or that falls in from above, such as pollen. Avoid placing your pit under a tree and it ought to stay pretty clean for a long time.
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Re: Question: Clay pit maintenance

Postby [messy0506] » Fri Jan 28, 2022 3:37 pm

thanks for the advice. If it does get contaminated somehow is there any way to clean/save it or it is pretty much a case of start over and get new clay

thanks again

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Re: Question: Clay pit maintenance

Postby Fred588 » Fri Jan 28, 2022 5:40 pm

[messy0506] wrote:thanks for the advice. If it does get contaminated somehow is there any way to clean/save it or it is pretty much a case of start over and get new clay

thanks again


I think that would depend on the contamination.
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Re: Question: Clay pit maintenance

Postby Chimerix » Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:38 pm

I think a logical follow-up question to those who have had such pits for years might be "how often have you had to 'start over' because the clay got fouled?"
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Re: Question: Clay pit maintenance

Postby gamwam » Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:22 pm

just out of curiosity, is it possible to colour bentonite once its mixed? say with a food colouring or similar

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Re: Question: Clay pit maintenance

Postby Fred588 » Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:50 pm

gamwam wrote:just out of curiosity, is it possible to colour bentonite once its mixed? say with a food colouring or similar


Ys but it would take a great deal of coloring. I have used a half dozen bottles at a time of concrete colorant with only a slight effect.
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Re: Question: Clay pit maintenance

Postby Fred588 » Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:53 pm

Chimerix wrote:I think a logical follow-up question to those who have had such pits for years might be "how often have you had to 'start over' because the clay got fouled?"

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Re: Question: Clay pit maintenance

Postby Duncan Edwards » Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:31 pm

Fred588 wrote:
Chimerix wrote:I think a logical follow-up question to those who have had such pits for years might be "how often have you had to 'start over' because the clay got fouled?"

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And that's from the most used Sodium Bentonite location in the galaxy. Withstood all of nature's rage and a lot of scantily clad ladies since 2003. It's like a gravel driveway.
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