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Reply #75 - Jun 1st, 2017 at 11:37am
 
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Reply #76 - Jun 8th, 2017 at 6:11pm
 
I used cheap clay from a hobby shop to make clay glandes. I baked a few and sun dried the rest. They flew very well and I was able to achieve great distances with them, but a recurring problem I had was the clay breaking apart in the pouch or after the release. Does anybody have clay recipes or ideas to help make the clay stronger?
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Reply #77 - Jun 9th, 2017 at 4:49am
 
I've never had any trouble with clay breaking on exit from pouch. It can often even sustain the landings with minimal damage provided the ground is soft. Of course, hit anything solid and it's basically vaporized.

I use cheap school clay and bake in the oven till rock hard.
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Reply #78 - Jun 9th, 2017 at 7:34am
 
Sounds like there is something going on with the clay itself if its breaking in the pouch.
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Reply #79 - Jun 9th, 2017 at 10:13am
 
I can only think that your clay is not good enough, which would be a surprise.

Clay should be able to support any reasonable forces due to launch or spin, particularly when dried, unless there are flaws in it for some reason.
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Reply #80 - Jun 11th, 2017 at 1:41am
 
The problem with the clay breaking in the pouch only happened with the sun- dried clay. The baked clay I actually ricocheted off a rock and it only chipped off a piece. The clay I sun dried I did so for about 50 hours. I wonder if this was not long enough or the type of clay I used was not compatible with sun drying because it was meant to be put into a kiln. I used varied shapes, some I made very long and thin, and those seemed to have the most trouble with breaking in the pouch. For my next batch I will make sturdier rugby-ball shaped glandes, because those seemed to have the most success.
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Reply #81 - Jun 11th, 2017 at 4:53am
 
If it brakes at launch, it has cracks in it. Serious cracks . Or the clay isn't worked properly kneaded.  If dried too fast, it develops cracks. Small pebbles will cause cracks too. By clay I mean clay. not some new age clay Cheesy
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Reply #82 - Jun 11th, 2017 at 6:57am
 
the stuff I use is specifically made to air dry. It's got lots of little fibres mixed in that help with dried strength.
Normal clay probably needs to be baked a bit Smiley
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Reply #83 - Jun 12th, 2017 at 6:50pm
 
Courtesy of one of my very favourite websites, Propnomicon, I've found this tutorial on making quick, cheap air drying clay. It's intended for craft purposes and I haven't tried this myself (only found out about it a few moments ago in fact) but this might be something to look into. I for one am somewhat put off by the price of clay so this could be a good alternative.

http://propnomicon.blogspot.fi/2012/06/quick-and-dirty-air-drying-clay.html
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Reply #84 - Jun 14th, 2017 at 10:14am
 
that stuff she makes is way more expensive than than the clay i use and after an awful lot of effort she ended up with less than a pound pva 'clay'.
It's basically a sort of homemade polymer clay.
It'll also be fairly lightweight.

for the record judop works in a school. Those of us who don't,  don't have access to school clay Smiley
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Reply #85 - Jun 14th, 2017 at 1:47pm
 
Ive seen large blocks of clay in college supply stores. The same place you go to get sketch pads or other sundrys for class. Not sure if that is common or unique to the place I was at. Luckily those of us who live in the gulf coast area arent exactly hurting for sources of clay.
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Reply #86 - Jun 14th, 2017 at 2:42pm
 
you'd think with burton having a college and art courses there wouold be somwehere in the town to buy art supplies.
But there isn't.

If you look online it brings a shop up - alas it turned into a charity shop for the air ambulance about  a year ago.

And with things being as they are these days you can't just wander round acollege looking for the art department and ask someone if you can buy clay off them. You have to get security badges on lanyards and appointments, and I just can't be arsed.
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Reply #87 - Jun 14th, 2017 at 3:18pm
 
I moved on from teaching a couple of months ago- it's a pretty terrible career choice right now, at least in the UK. I'm going back to university in September for hopefully brighter pastures!

That school clay I actually bought online (I presume they supply schools). You can get 20kg delivered for about £15 IIRC.

http://www.potterycrafts.co.uk/Products/00270003/P1341

If you can pick up from somewhere you will probably save a decent amount since carriage of 20kg forms a significant proportion of the cost.
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Reply #88 - Jun 17th, 2017 at 12:31pm
 
has anyone tried something similar?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGecljP-ge0
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Reply #89 - Jun 17th, 2017 at 12:59pm
 
the air dry clay I bought was a little cheaper I think.
You can always get some cement and mix it with sand and pva glue. Should be able to get it stiff enough to roll.
That;s extremely cheap.
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