Donna Kat on thu 9 nov 06
Before leaving on a long trip (6 months) I made a new wedging board. I
just recently got around to using it and as I was wedging I noticed little
pin head size pieces coming out of the board and into my clay. Is there
any way to salvage this board? It was poured into a very heavy duty wood
frame and I hate to lose it.
Donna
John Rodgers on thu 9 nov 06
Stretch tightly a piece of heavy painters canvas over it, tack it down
not on top of the wood frame, but on the sides of the frame, then add a
3/4 inch wooden holding strip around the entire box. Enjoy your wedging
once again.
You may need to adjust the tension on the canvas periodically as it
stretches, so use screws instead of nails.
Regards,
John Rodgers
Chelsea, AL
Donna Kat wrote:
> Before leaving on a long trip (6 months) I made a new wedging board. I
> just recently got around to using it and as I was wedging I noticed little
> pin head size pieces coming out of the board and into my clay. Is there
> any way to salvage this board? It was poured into a very heavy duty wood
> frame and I hate to lose it.
>
> Donna
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Weiland, Jeff on fri 10 nov 06
Donna,
Just cover it with a heavy canvas. No more plaster and does the same job
in preparing the clay.
Jeff Weiland
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Subject: Plaster Wedging Board Bad?
Before leaving on a long trip (6 months) I made a new wedging board. I
just recently got around to using it and as I was wedging I noticed
little
pin head size pieces coming out of the board and into my clay. Is there
any way to salvage this board? It was poured into a very heavy duty
wood
frame and I hate to lose it.
Donna
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William & Susan Schran User on fri 10 nov 06
On 11/9/06 2:59 PM, "Donna Kat" wrote:
> Before leaving on a long trip (6 months) I made a new wedging board. I
> just recently got around to using it and as I was wedging I noticed little
> pin head size pieces coming out of the board and into my clay. Is there
> any way to salvage this board? It was poured into a very heavy duty wood
> frame and I hate to lose it.
More than likely this small pieces of plaster coming loose are due to air
pockets at the surface of the plaster bat.
Not sure of the best method to resolve this, but you might try repeated
slamming of clay down on the surface to break loose all covered air pockets.
The moist clay will pick up the bits of plaster.
Throw this clay away.
Alternatively, you could scrap the entire surface (there are plaster tools
for this) until you get down to an un-pitted surface.
You could also stretch canvas over the plaster also.
--
William "Bill" Schran
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
Snail Scott on fri 10 nov 06
At 02:59 PM 11/9/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>...as I was wedging I noticed little
>pin head size pieces coming out of the board and into my clay. Is there
>any way to salvage...
Staple a piece of canvas over it.
-Snail
Donna Kat on fri 10 nov 06
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 19:07:49 -0600, John Rodgers wrote:
>Stretch tightly a piece of heavy painters canvas over it, tack it down
>not on top of the wood frame, but on the sides of the frame, then add a
>3/4 inch wooden holding strip around the entire box. Enjoy your wedging
>once again.
>
>You may need to adjust the tension on the canvas periodically as it
>stretches, so use screws instead of nails.
>
>Regards,
>
>John Rodgers
>Chelsea, AL
YES! Thanks!!! I just read a post about not liking plaster or canvas
which led me to hope that gosh I might cover it with canvas. I'm so happy
to hear this will work.
Donna
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