Wax Resist Hack

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I'm in a bit of a time crunch and needed a fast way to wax about 160 little kiln filler pots. These are just super quick pots, thrown and done, no wheel trimming, I just smooth the bottoms with a rib and stamp my name on them.

I usually use a small piece of foam and wax resist, dip the foam into the resist and wax using one hand while holding the pot in the other. (I can't use soy or paraffin wax where I live, neighbours complain about the smell) For the glazes I will be using on these I prefer to wax rather than glaze all over and remove glaze with a damp sponge.

Usual method takes too long so I thought I would reverse the process and gave it a go. Piece of thin foam (from cone box), cut a small circle of it, wet with water and squeezed out. Poured some wax resist onto it. (foam in the lid of a yogourt container) Couple fingers holding the foam down with my left hand and pot in my right, turned the pot on the foam with just a very slight bit of pressure. My stamp didn't always fill with resist so I did need to swipe that with a brush but overall very fast.

About 30 minutes to do all the pots.

Works really well, I only messed up 5 pots out of all the ones I did.