I have several glazed chinese pots that have a white crystal
like mineral on
the out side.
The mineral will wipe off but in a few days it returns. Does
anybody know
what it is and how can I correct it?


It's calcium carbonate (or a related salt) from water drying on
the pot and chemicals leaching out of the soil.

Look in our archives for a list of remedies -- most of which
involve scouring pads, Lime Away or "Dutch" cleanser, and a lot
of elbow grease, or time (burying pots in the compost heap for a
year).

Get to the archives through the URL below.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.

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