Here is how vigorously a deflocculated ceramic slurry should be mixed

Saturday 10th January 2015

A video of the kind of agitation needed from a propeller mixer to get the best properties out of a insight-live.com/glossary/30">deflocculated slurry. This is Plainsman Polar Ice mixing in a 5-gallon pail. Although it is quite plastic compared to industrial casting slips, it has a specific gravity of 1.76, is very fluid and casts well in the hands of a potter. These properties are a product of, not just the recipe, but the mixer and its ability to put high energy into the slurry.

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Stoneware Casting Body Recipes, Understanding the Deflocculation Process in Slip Casting, This is how much casting slip 10,000 grams of powder makes, Slip Casting, Propeller Mixer, Deflocculation, Casting Slip Problems

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