How to make a plaster slab for wedging and recycling clay (easy)

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#plaster #pottery #wedge
Hey potters; A few episodes ago I taught you how to recycle your clay be using absorbent material such as plaster. After this many of you asked if I had a video of how to make a plaster slab like the one i showed in the video. This video will teach you the easiest was i know to make a plaster slab for your clay wedging, drying, and recycling.
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@lissand4794 2 года назад

You CANNOT just use the same constants if you want to go metric. I've gone through the numbers and found out why:

@darrellmelton1215 3 года назад

Don’t forget to wear a respirator, plaster dust, like clay dust is not good for your lungs.

@phillipcloudpiler1454 3 года назад

I found out why you use plaster for ceramics instead of regular plaster. The builder's plaster becomes brittle and as you use it to dry clay, a film of it actually strips off and is incorporated into you clay. Not good! It absolutely ruins the clay. Makes bits just pop out of your pot days to even months after firing. Thanks for reminding us to use the right stuff!

@tonysmith8779 Год назад

You don't need pottery plaster

@johnonorgan Год назад

made hundreds without measuring just add the plaster and after a while you can guess right

@claypigin Год назад

Oh. I bought casting plaster... that's not gonna work is it?

@Pipsqwak 2 года назад

I use a large plastic dishwashing pan with a flat, smooth, unmarked bottom (this will be the side of the bat I will use). I poured water to a line inside the pan for the thickness, pour the water in a bucket, then add potter's plaster until the islands form, stir it thoroughly and pour the slurry into the dishpan. I don't do any other measurements. I can pop out the plaster bat onto a square metal pizza pan (it's a flat surface with tiny holes for air circulation that don't make marks in the soft plaster like a grate or grill can) in about two hours. It takes about a week to dry completely in a warm room. I do this with plastic bowls and containers of various sized to make hump molds, too. If you want to use both sides of the plaster bat, you can simply spray the top of the slurry in the pan with isopropyl alcohol to pop any bubbles on the surface and simply leave the plaster in the mold until it is very hard and dry to the touch, so this surface won't be as likely to chip, dent, or be scratched when you pop it out of the mold. You'll have a bat that you can flip over and use the other side once in a while, which is handy if you use different types or colors of clay and want to avoid cross-contamination or staining of a light clay with color.

@thomasbarnes6763

Note of Caution: Use Cold water. It will set way too fast with anything warm

@rebeccakumi5369 2 года назад

Omg quarts and pounds…. 😭😭😭😭😭.

@dildoit

Plaster expands, it doesent shrink! it breaks glas and even steel as it hardens if it cant expand freely.

@crisfer22 3 года назад

Also, I'll do my own research but, metric system conversions would be nice.

@connecticutaggie 3 года назад

Because of a happy accident, I have been using canvas to dry my recycled clay.

@heathermacdougall4009 3 года назад

Yes, visual instructions! Now I can make my wedging surface! You two are awesome!

@heathergraham6161 2 года назад

Love this video, it was a great example of what is normal when just starting with clay.❤

@anniewattam3005 3 года назад

Finally a vid that tells me how to calculate how much plaster I'll need to make a bat. Awesome, thanks for super-helpful information !!

@allythegeek Год назад

Thank you for this super easy to follow video. I have used it multiple times over the last 18 months to make wedging slabs, and am about to use it again to make a damp box. :)

@Wolfiix3

🥰 i just made my own for reclaiming claim and a damp box following your instructions. thanks for making it easy to learn and understand.

@malloryatkins6299 3 года назад

This tutorial is exactly what I was needing! Loving the podcast too!

@MistakesAndMisplays 3 года назад

wow... honestly this is going to be so much easier. I'm gonna go make myself a plaster slab this weekend!

@ghastdroid 3 года назад

I've seen the wet box method and it never occurred to me to make a plaster bat like that, thank you for the easy instructions, another tip if you want to wedge and have like a plastic table is to use a small mdf board that you can rest against a wall