Llewellyn Kouba on mon 21 oct 02
I remember some time ago about a posting on the subject of white dust on
plaster bats. Again could someone refresh my memory what this (salt?)
condition is? Is it anything to worry about as far as desecration of the
plaster bats and or is there anything I can do about that? Does it hurt
the clay or drying process?
Drying up some volumes of thinner clay today on the plaster bats
Llewellyn at Abbey Pottery
Mary White on mon 21 oct 02
I was the one who originally posted about white stuff (more like
1/4"-thick fuzz than dust) on my plaster bat. I thought it was some
kind of mould but some well-informed person said it was salts and not
to worry. I thought I had put his message in a safe folder to reply
to, but when I went to write a thank-you it was gone.
Yesterday I sponged that bat off again and covered it with goopy clay
and this morning the clay was set up perfectly, I didn't need to turn
it over even. So the drying action of the bat seems to have been
improved by getting rid of some of that "salt".
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Mary
on the wet west coast of British Columbia
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>I remember some time ago about a posting on the subject of white dust on
>plaster bats. Again could someone refresh my memory what this (salt?)
>condition is? Is it anything to worry about as far as desecration of the
>plaster bats and or is there anything I can do about that? Does it hurt
>the clay or drying process?
>
>Drying up some volumes of thinner clay today on the plaster bats
>Llewellyn at Abbey Pottery
>
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