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I use 5 gallon buckets over individual pots and an inverted plastic storage container over smaller multiples on square bats. 

I also have a bakers cart with 12 shelves that I wrapped in plastic for slow drying slabs. The shelves are removable so I can store just about and thrown work in there. Fow large handbills pieces, I use a large garbage bag like Benzine mentioned.

 

 

Marcia

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For a more permanent solution, an old upright freezer works pretty well. I have an old fridge I have used outside for many years. The big problem with one outside besides the rust was that the code inspector insisted on a pad lock on the large bottom door. Works pretty well, and the up top freezer holds work damp indefinitely if I remember to spray inside once a week. If I had heat in the shop, I would worry about stuff freezing in the outside freezer also.

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You may know this, but I would be careful with covering your work during the drying period with effloresced Egyptian faience, which many potters call Egyptian paste. I cover my Egyptian faience pieces only while I'm working on them and even then not for long periods of time. Once I'm done working on a piece, I make sure to expose all the surfaces that I want to be glazed to the air to encourage drying and the "wicking process" that causes the sodium to migrate to the surface. This is what creates the glazed surface. Covering with plastic or anything else - especially loosely or partially covering - can cause the sodium to migrate to some areas but not others, resulting in an uneven glaze surface.

As for an alternative to a drying cabinet - do you have access to a small electric space heater? I sometimes use a small, inexpensive (15-25 US dollars) space heater. It is somewhat wasteful energy-wise, but the dry heat works well for drying Egyptian faience.

If that doesn't answer your question, let me know and I'll try again.

 

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A sunny window shelf works for me. In absence of a sunny day, I have a small space heater in the studio. i set work on a small plastic stool in front of it but you have to turn it.  I also set stuff on top of a warm bisque kiln.  I have wondered whether one could get a heat lamp like they have in restaurants to keep plated food warm while waiting for the server.  rakuku

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