While working in a pottery in East Liverpool, Ohio; being a newly wed and needing all sort of things for out new home, my wife (who worked at the hospital in housekeeping) and I would accept all overtime offered. On the first week of the job as a "caster", using slip (liquid clay), it was nothing to come home with clothing that would actually stand up on it's own, I was asked by the foreman if I wanted some overtime "pulling slip lines", and I agreed. The object of this job is to pull out any old "slip" so the pipes wouldn't clog. The job took about 3 hours to do the whole plant, and when I was finished, I was covered from head to toe with liquid clay. I walked to and from work, and when I got home, I had to stand in the back yard with a hose to try to clean up a little before going into the house. It took me over 45 minutes with the hose before my wife would allow me into the house. A similar job was cleaning a "slip" tank. Also with the same results. The unloading of boxcars, with blown in clay,(dried) was hot, dusty and the clay would cling to anything damp. Another day with the hose before I could go into the house. So, if you are looking for a dirty job, goto work in a pottery, most of the jobs there are about the dirtiest that I know of.
