News and Troubles of Jürka's Tiki Factory - Other Crafts

V VanTiki Member Hawaii Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 1046	V VanTiki Posted posted on Fri, Jun 28, 2013 12:54 PM On 2013-06-28 12:39, MadDogMike wrote: I just did a quick stop in here on my way out of town, as far as I know you can't just add water to clay to make slip. It needs a flocculant or deflocculant or something. MadDog is (as always) correct :) You need to add a deflocculant to keep the particles of clay evenly suspended and dispersed in the water. Here is a great article about mixing your own casting slip that uses Sodium Silicate as a deflocculant: http://www.lagunaclay.com/support/art-of-slipmaking.php I have admit - I've never done any slip casting myself, but I have read a lot about it :) Best of luck! Henrik "VanTiki"

On 2013-06-28 12:39, MadDogMike wrote:
I just did a quick stop in here on my way out of town, as far as I know you can't just add water to clay to make slip. It needs a flocculant or deflocculant or something.

MadDog is (as always) correct :)
You need to add a deflocculant to keep the particles of clay evenly suspended and dispersed in the water. Here is a great article about mixing your own casting slip that uses Sodium Silicate as a deflocculant:
http://www.lagunaclay.com/support/art-of-slipmaking.php

I have admit - I've never done any slip casting myself, but I have read a lot about it :) Best of luck!

Henrik "VanTiki"

Post #683843 by VanTiki on Fri, Jun 28, 2013 12:54 PM