Juneaumarc@aol.com on fri 30 jul 99
Say that you live somewhere like Juneau Alaska and it is so costly to ship in
plaster, the only available plaster is plaster of paris, or 80 lb. bags of
something called Imperial plaster at the local hardwares. Can this be used
to make your own batts? Thank you and it is not raining today :) !
from.... "on a shoe string studio".
Carol Jackaway on mon 2 aug 99
I would think it depends on what you are going to use the bats for. I use
plaster of paris for all my plaster bats and press molds (which I use on a
daily bases). I can make different size bats useing plastic large lids (
like from a 5 gallon drum of glaze) or larger by using a really thick coil
and making a circle on a glass top. An old drawer lined with plastic makes a
great square bat.
good luck
Carol Jackaway
Parkside Pa.
douglas adams on mon 2 aug 99
I was told once that plaster did not have to come from Paris and that we
Americans produce a fine plaster. We use sunflower plaster. Not to say that
it comes from sunflowers ,but it doesn't come from Paris! Imperial Plaster
should be fine.(Maybe from Japan?) Gypsom is the main ingredient in plaster.
See if it has a high content of this ingredient. Good luck! '"Never trust
those Frenches"- Thomas Jefferson'
Douglas
At 05:45 PM 7/30/99 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Say that you live somewhere like Juneau Alaska and it is so costly to ship in
>plaster, the only available plaster is plaster of paris, or 80 lb. bags of
>something called Imperial plaster at the local hardwares. Can this be used
>to make your own batts? Thank you and it is not raining today :) !
>from.... "on a shoe string studio".
>
Carol Seidman on mon 2 aug 99
I made plaster of paris bats that have lasted over ten years, cast in
aluminum pie tins. Once they are very dry, put a little slurry on the
wheel head, put the bat down and slide it around in a circular motion.
The bat will grab the wheel due to the suction and stay there until you
pry up the edge with a screwdriver. We could use some of your rain in
New Jersey. Carol Seidman
Juneaumarc@aol.com wrote:
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> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Say that you live somewhere like Juneau Alaska and it is so costly to ship in
> plaster, the only available plaster is plaster of paris, or 80 lb. bags of
> something called Imperial plaster at the local hardwares. Can this be used
> to make your own batts? Thank you and it is not raining today :) !
> from.... "on a shoe string studio".
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