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Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes
Jan 22^nd, 2022 at 6:41pm

I have currently made one batch of clay glandes out of Crayola Air-Dry clay that I got on amazon. I have attached an image of them.

This was the first batch I have ever made. I know they are far from perfect, however, the point of this first batch was simply to see if clay would air-dry correctly up here.

They are all as hard as rocks. I look forward to testing them once the ground is a bit clearer.

Do you all have any tips on how to make glandes/ammo out of clay or something similar? I see that I need to use more pressure while forming them. I am also currently drying some paper mache balls as well.

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BasedCrusader Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 22	Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes Reply #1 - Jan 22^nd, 2022 at 7:34pm I need to order me some air dry clay
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2598 Australia Gender:	Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes Reply #2 - Jan 22^nd, 2022 at 9:34pm Unfortunately air dry clay is not very durable. Hits on hard surfaces will usually explode them
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BasedCrusader Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 22	Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes Reply #3 - Jan 23^rd, 2022 at 5:11am I figured, but 5$ for a tub thatll make 20ish same size bullets? Get accuracy gains
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes Reply #4 - Jan 23^rd, 2022 at 9:38am If you can get a golf ball net and make clay spheres you can really increase your bang for your buck. Clay is fine to mess with. Check the Ask Questions Here topic which recently had some questions and answers on making clay glandes.
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Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes
Reply #5 - Jan 23^rd, 2022 at 1:58pm

BasedCrusader wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2022 at 5:11am:

I figured, but 5$ for a tub thatll make 20ish same size bullets? Get accuracy gains

The ten I made in the picture are from only 1/2LB of clay.

I threw two from my balcony to the road and they didn't pop like I expected them to. Before I could get to them snow claimed them.

I'm pretty happy with that result. Could it be because it's negative degrees here?

I checked out the guide and it is what inspired me to buy the air dry clay. I gotta try out that golf net trick once I get more room.

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Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes
Reply #6 - Jan 23^rd, 2022 at 3:05pm

I'm not familiar with air dry clay, but in general cold is going to make things more brittle.

Also, this isn't related to your question but I'll drop it in. If you can sling close to home, you should get some spherical ice molds. You can look around, but something like this: https://www.amazon.com/VARWANEO-Silicone-Whiskey-Cocktail-bourbon/dp/B08DNN1BBR. They're great projectiles, and you don't have to go gather them up after you throw them. Their biggest limitation is they melt, but that's more of a summer problem.

There are round though, so if you're a big fan of the glande shape you may not want something spherical.

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Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes
Reply #7 - Jan 23^rd, 2022 at 4:32pm

Awesome! I actually had some death star molds on hand, but they were too big. I'll pick those up if I see them in a store.

I'm liking the ball shapes a lot more because I'm slinging off of my balcony using a 24in split-pouch sling. My other slings are too long. I have no room to wind up, so I have to do it all in one motion.

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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2811 Gender:	Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes Reply #8 - Jan 23^rd, 2022 at 6:06pm the easiest and quickest method for crafting clay ammo is with two planks
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes Reply #9 - Jan 24^th, 2022 at 11:29am Jaegoor has a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51EpUZA_a7o&ab_channel=MrJaegoor I have a thread where I describe making them by hand: https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1615050869/1#1
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Combo42 Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 11 Watertown, NY Gender:	Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes Reply #10 - Jan 30^th, 2022 at 2:24pm I had a picture of batch two, unfortunately, I can't upload that picture at the moment. They were all rounder, around the size of golf balls. Thank for the videos, I'll watch those and try them out.
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Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes
Reply #11 - Feb 2^nd, 2022 at 11:12am

For pretty much all general purpose slinging spheres are best.
Get the weight consistent, in many ways that's more important than the exact shape.

To make air dry clay a LOT more durable, wrap the dry missile in a quality masking tape.
Wide sellotape also works.

Concrete also works well, if you mix it to a fairly stiff consistency and add some pva glue to give it a bit more durability.

And it's dead cheap.

Use measuring scoops to get consistent weights.

I do make and sell precision ammo moulds, but the international postage had really priced me out of the market.

And honestly, hand rolled spheroids are as good for most slinging as anything else.

Consistent size and weight are what really count.

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Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes
Reply #12 - Feb 5^th, 2022 at 2:34pm

Thanks for all the info. I've attached batch two down below. They've been made for a week but I wasn't able to post the pic till now.

I currently have actual glande-shaped ones drying at the moment. I made them using the two plank method and the videos helpfully linked above. They should be done is around two days.

Note: The lines cut into them are so I know the batch number when I use them. The next batch will have three tallys cut into them.

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Combo42 Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 11 Watertown, NY Gender:	Re: Making Low-Effort Clay Glandes Reply #13 - Feb 9^th, 2022 at 5:37pm Batch 3
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