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This is L4807 cone 6 whiteware casting slip. It casts at incredible speed. It is an example of a body that a supplier would not make but as a potter you can make it yourself.
Typical slips made from ball clay and talc (or mixes of common feldspars, clays and quartz) would take 20 minutes in this mold to get the needed thickness. But this one pours out in 12 minutes. We are used to extracting pieces from molds in 30-60 minutes, with this clay I can extract in 10 minutes (assuming, of course, the slip is properly deflocculated and molds are in good condition). But in this case the secret is the recipe: It employs OptiKast Kaolin and KT#1-4 ball clay, both are large particled materials targeted at slip casting. But there is a down-side, read more about it in the L4807 recipe information.
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OptiKast Kaolin
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