HolyBGeez.. A new 1800USD pot? Wow? What was so special about it?Tead Off wrote:Probably better than making tea with a new $1800 yixing teapot which the one I was offered is NOT antiqueheavydoom wrote:how does one feel making tea with a $1800 usd antique yi xing tea pot, i wonder....?
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I have a shoe polish pot toocupioneer wrote: I was going to note earlier that I was not 100% successful with the bleaching. If I was planning on attempting to use the pots, I might try the baking method. However, rather than spend a bunch of time cleaning suspect pots (and maybe not even well), I retired them.
from a supposedly reputable ebay seller (not 5000friends). Well they didn't really claim their pots were not treated with polish. So it's my ignorance. I touched the inside of the pot once, and my finger was black for the whole afternoon 
I didn't spend much time cleaning it, because I don't think I dare to use it even after cleaning. It's now a silly decoration on my shelf, for me to tell friends how I goofed. 
Oh I have another shoe polish pot, which I received as a gift. I didn't spend the money and didn't make the decision, so no embarrassment involved with that one
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Chip wrote:I have been following this discussion hoping to not have to get involved.
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It might not be brand new but it is not an antique. The specialness is that it is real Zhu Ni clay and extremely red. If we are to believe the cognescenti, Yixing Zhu Ni is rare and expensive. They say the only way to be sure it is genuine Zhu Ni clay is to brew tea in it. I don't have that luxury and I am not a buyer at that price.hop_goblin wrote:HolyBGeez.. A new 1800USD pot? Wow? What was so special about it?Tead Off wrote:Probably better than making tea with a new $1800 yixing teapot which the one I was offered is NOT antiqueheavydoom wrote:how does one feel making tea with a $1800 usd antique yi xing tea pot, i wonder....?
I agree, the real zhu ni ( I am not talking about da hong pao or anyother zhu ni varients, just lao zhu ni) should have a slight hint of yellow to the red. The original ore is yellow colored only after firing the iron content inside would turn the pot into red color.MarshalN wrote:How red is red? Too red and it's probably not quite right
As a man of science I do believe in chemistry and the method would pretty sure be able to remove all the wonderful stuff they used to "age" the pot. However as a tea drinker I would still not use that pot to brew any tea even if it were being cleaned.cupioneer wrote:I soaked the pots in a diluted chlorine bleach solution, then scrubbed them with a stiff brush. The problem was scrubbing the inside with any precision because my brush was too large, but the soak seemed to make the shoe polish removal much easier. I then boiled the pots for many hours, soaked them in fresh water, and boiled them again to dissipate the bleach.