Ceramics - How To Mix Plaster For Making Molds and Bats

Learn how to mix plaster for making casting molds, bats, and slabs. My 6 tips make this plaster mixing tutorial fast and easy. Enjoy!

[leucocephala]

Thank you! I am getting back into plaster mold making after 20 years and this video reminded me how to do it properly :)

[joanzeno]

Very fresh and brief and to the point, Jim. No messin' around, or long, dull silences while your audience watches you do mundane things. You get it done! I learned some things. Thank you!

[sheb]

Thank god - have spent whole morning working out plaster to water ratios using a (helpful) mix of imperial and metric charts, having always used your more feel-y method. I mean, I don't want to be a gold medal plaster caster, I just need a couple of moulds. You have rescued my confidence levels, thank you!

[LALew]

Thank-you!! I finally got mixing plaster right! That drain the extra water off top did the trick! Yay!!

[rafaelprudentedeoliveira]

Hey Jim! I`m watching from Brazil and I`m a begginer on molds... Thank you!

[warriorwithin]

Thank you Jim. Great video. I have a few coffee shops and looking at making my own cups and saucers for the shop. I've bee looking for plaster mold recipe and your one is the best I've see so far. Thank you.

[lynnjackson]

It's nice to have an instruction video that doesn't digress.
You get straight to the point.
I often lose interest if instruction videos become too convoluted.

[GretaFire]

wow, this is amazing! Thank you for making this video, it opened my eyes, so much useful information here! Really helpful :)

[mr.bceramics]

This worked out awesome! I have always used or tried to use "precise measurements", and it has taken so much time that I rarely want to do. Not now! Thanks for the tips and tricks and easy to follow steps.

[busymomcraft]

Informative video I was searching for plaster videos for making vase your video help me a lot I will try to make vases to make a perfect vase video on my channel thanks a ton

[smug]

Tried it, loved it! Instead of hot oil I used water and agar-agar powder, boiled the veggies for 2 minutes. Kneading the dough was so much fun!

[ArtBlueCrane]

Jim this was the easiest plaster mixing and pouring and even trimming video ever, thank you! Question, I made various molds in different thickness from 1” up to 5” thick. How long will this take to dry? Thank you!

[souharmhammed]

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Good day, hello, great work, good content. I wish you good luck and lasting success in all of life
❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

[rodyates]

Good work Jim. How about making a better shaped mould out of wood, and produce a slab
thats large enough, such as 900 x 600?, A recessed dish shaped side is great for just pouring in really liquid recycled clay.

[cynthiabivens]

Thanks Jim, terrific set of videos you’ve made! Super helpful 😊

[cionflores]

Thanks with this video i was able to perfect my plaster. ..tho is plaster can be waterproof?

[williambianchi]

Could this plaster be used to create a mother mold for a latex statue mold? I use the latex molds for concrete statues/figures and they usually have a fiberglass mother mold to help keep the proper shape when the latex mold is filled with wet concrete until it hardens. Without the mother mold, some of the larger pieces wind up misshapen, as in my mermaid has a hunchback. Nothing against hunchbacks, but I can not sell it like that.

[KatiaHawkins]

Hi! Thank you for all your videos! I have a beautiful pumpkin that I’d love to reproduce. Could you tell me if I should apply Vaseline on it and if it is possible to make an entire mold in one container or if I have to do one side first and then the other separate? Thank you!

[TheWindGinProject]

Great instructions. Thank You. 3 Thumbs Up

[duncandixon]

Hi. Is this a suitable mold to use for glass dumping or forming?