Pottery Clay Query - Air Dry Bone China

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Pottery Clay Query - Air Dry Bone China

by Kathy
(Washington D. C.)

Pottery Clay Query - My husband bought me 25 pounds of bone china clay on e-bay. The seller said it was air dry bone china clay. Then paintable. How do I dry it with out it cracking? And has anyone used this or know anything about it? The only thing we found on the internet was that it takes 24 hours to dry. Nothing was in the shipment except a bag of clay. No instruction. My library has no books on air dry bone china clay.

Thank you for any help you can give me.

Kathy

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Answer from Peter (admin)

Kathy

Thanks for your query on the Pottery Clay pages.
We have a big section (8 or 9 pages) on air dry clays.... Lots of information and several expert articles. You probably just missed it because it's within the 'How to Sculpt' section. To get there you can either go directly to www.figurines-sculpture.com/cold-porcelain or click on the main nav bar 'How to Sculpt' then scroll half way down to the section just below the links rundown - look for the 'cold porcelain' link.

If you don't find exactly what you are looking for there, just post another query and wait for the experts to get their teeth into it for you.

Happy sculpting!

Peter (admin)

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Pottery Clay Query - Air Dry Bone China

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Efa Plast Classic
by: Heather C

The only air drying clay I have tried was called Efa Plast Classic which came in a small hobby shop style pack and the instructions were that it dries in 24 hours and can be sanded etc and painted.

I assumed at the time that air drying clays did not need firing but did not understand how they worked without having some sort of ingredient that dried like glue does so, I have to admit I only did a small test with this clay, but took the piece and fired it in my kiln to about 1050 deg C and it looked the same as it did before it went in.
I wonder if these can be wetted again if they dry too much as the bag has been sitting in a drawer now for about 3 years and although soft is much to dry to work now. But if they can be re-wetted does this mean any non-fired piece will fall apart unless varnished?
regards
Heather

Air dry clay
by: Anonymous

Heather, Thank you for helping. I have some pieces that I assume are completely dry. Some areas of the pieces dried lighter than other areas, but it is mostly a gray color. I think I'll paint them since they have dried for a few days now. I need to buy enamel paint. I think it will give a more kiln fired pottery look. Thank you for your reply.

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Note from Peter (admin)

Have a look also at the air drying clay section of this site - -go to http://www.figurines-sculpture.com/cold-porcelain.html
or you can access it from the 'How To Sculpt' section.
There is a lot of good information on air drying clays there too. Thanks

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