Why my clay acts like this?
Hi I'm Tina and just joined here, I'm a total newbie in pottery.
I had some clay that were bought a couple of years ago, obviously they were bone dry. I attempted to recycle them and start making something. However it didn't go well.
The problem is that although the clay was wet and sticky (to wooden board and my hands), at the same time many small cracks were forming when I tend to flat it with a rollor. or making a coil out of it.
I tried to wedge it for half an hour, addin
You could prevent the mould by adding a biocide. Short lived ones (that require topping up) are hydrogen peroxide and bleach (but bleach may be hard on the hands). A long-lived one is copper carbonate.
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- Try to make sure that your waste doesn't get near any aquatic life, especially if you use a long-lived biocide.
- I could understand your "wild" clay going mouldy if it has lots of organics in it, but am s
