How I Reclaim and Recycle Porcelain Clay

Here's the much requested, for some reason? Porcelain reclaim video. It shows how I take my scraps and other waste porcelain and process it back into usable clay that's ready to be thrown on the wheel.

How to spiral wedge clay:    • How to Spiral Wedge Clay  

Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction
0:23 - Preparing batts
1:21 - Accumulating porcelain reclaim
5:56 - Removing excess water
6:34 - Mixing reclaim
7:11 - Preparing batts for porcelain
7:42 - Pouring on porcelain
10:09 - Removing clay
10:48 - Spiral wedging clay
13:34 - Showing a cross-section of the clay

Plaster Batt Recipe:
8320g Potter's Plaster
2080g Herculite Plaster

(This is per plaster batt, you could make a thinner layer and spread it across two batts but I prefer the thicker ones. Additionally, you can place chicken wire into the mould and pour the plaster over to strengthen them. I've always used thicker batts as they tend not to get over saturated too quickly).

Let me know if you've got any questions in the comments below and as always, thanks for watching.
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