Clay Plate Finishing Tips

Video Transcript

"Alright, now that we've got this all made up. I'm going to clean up the bottom, nice and dry. Now, I can't emphasize anymore, but, this tool's the best tool ever. You just use this to scoop out any of the inconsistencies on the bottom, and then you use this, to clean it up real nice on the bottom. Not too many people use this tool, but, it's the best one they got out there for making life easier here. So, that's all cleaned up. Put a design in, just like the other one. We've got our little true d' lisle. The wire, make sure it doesn't have any kinks on it. Alright, around the finger, slowly with the wheel head, spin it, a little bit, off to the left. Now, we'll just get this bat off. There, like that. Set it with all the other ones. Let those set up on the bat, and you flip them all over and then let them dry. But you have to make sure that you leave them on the bat. Don't try to take them off, like we took the bowls off. When you're dealing with flatware, you have to leave it on the bat, otherwise, you start messing with this thing, any warp that you put into these plates, they're, it's going to follow you the entire time through the firing process. And that's how you make the plate sets."