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Hmm.... now, that's redneck!
Hummm it's going to definitely need another cleaning after that!
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Jan 1st, '09, 14:47
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In China it's a common practice to clean yixing using a toothbrush, even with tooth paste 
Toothpaste is actually wonderful for a lot of cleaning jobs. I myself won't use it on my teapot, but a lot of people do. Many people even clean their yixing monthly because they believe accumulation of tea stain inside the pot is not good for health. Being a lazy person, when I get a new yixing, I sniff it all over. If it smells all right, I would just rinse it and use it. Some smell like clay or brick, I would use hot water to clean them for many times over weeks. But the traditional way that I heard of includes boiling the pot with: water, tea water, toufu water, sugar cane water, 1 hour for each of the above
I am not that crazy either about tradition or about yixing to do all these labors 
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You make your one day worth two days.
You make your one day worth two days.
tooth pastegingko wrote:
Being a lazy person, when I get a new yixing, I sniff it all over. If it smells all right, I would just rinse it and use it. Some smell like clay or brick, I would use hot water to clean them for many times over weeks. But the traditional way that I heard of includes boiling the pot with: water, tea water, toufu water, sugar cane water, 1 hour for each of the above
tooth paste
tooth paste!!!
Jan 1st, '09, 15:07
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Hehehe, you guys realize that he comes to this forum, right?
Personally, if I had a pot that I wanted cleaned very thoroughly, I'd probably do what Guang did and take it to someone that can do ultrasonic cleaning. Of course I'd want to research it a bit to make sure that the ultrasonic cleaning solution isn't something harmful if leftover, but it still occurs to me that there are more efficient (and probably thorough) ways of cleaning it.
Is Chinese toothpaste the same as American, though? I know that Japanese commonly use a kind of salt and baking soda toothpaste, which would make a lot more sense in this regard than the stuff we use with peppermint oil or artificial flavoring in it.gingko wrote::Mr. Green: In China it's a common practice to clean yixing using a toothbrush, even with tooth paste :Very Happy:
hmm.. I'm afraid to ask, but.. what..?gingko wrote:Oh I haven't yet mentioned something else more scary that tooth paste. :Twisted Evil: :Wink:
Personally, if I had a pot that I wanted cleaned very thoroughly, I'd probably do what Guang did and take it to someone that can do ultrasonic cleaning. Of course I'd want to research it a bit to make sure that the ultrasonic cleaning solution isn't something harmful if leftover, but it still occurs to me that there are more efficient (and probably thorough) ways of cleaning it.
Jan 1st, '09, 16:03
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Toothpaste is basically the same everywhere. GlobalizationABx wrote:Is Chinese toothpaste the same as American, though? I know that Japanese commonly use a kind of salt and baking soda toothpaste, which would make a lot more sense in this regard than the stuff we use with peppermint oil or artificial flavoring in it.
But after the toothpaste cleaning, they do go through the entire boiling the pot process again, like what people usually do to a new pot.hum... something that is extremely hygienic, but by far not as friendly as toothpasteABx wrote:hmm.. I'm afraid to ask, but.. what..?
By sitting in peace and doing nothing,
You make your one day worth two days.
You make your one day worth two days.
It's like 20 questions!gingko wrote:hum... something that is extremely hygienic, but by far not as friendly as toothpaste
Does it have a basic pH and can also be found in toilets...?
Back to the original message -- that's actually a pretty ingenious way to change the water on something regularly. I would just worry about the pot clattering around in there... seems like it would chip pretty easily.
