Just "practicing " - tips along the way, with SIMON LEACH

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[MamereClaire]

Simon, do you have any tips on how to re-wet a pot that has gotton too dry? Claire

[sleachpots]

@MamereClaire dip it in water at repeated intervals and wrap in plastic a while to let the moisture equalise through the pot.

[Tuxedoville]

Thanks, Simon.

Am I correct in assuming your ware board for the handles is 6" wide?

P.S. - Your "rounder" tip is great. I just grabbed a glass chimney from an Ikea outdoor tealight to round mugs. Such a simple thing to make such a big difference.

[sleachpots]

@Tuxedoville my wareboard are 8" wide, but I do have a few at 6" like I was using in this clip to place the handles on. Yes rounder is a good tool !

[waukewanstudio]

Hi Simon,

Great video. Thank you. If I could offer a suggestion about covering the pots. I often have to leave my pots for sometimes days and find it key to do exactly as you said but I also place the plastic sheet under the pieces as well as over them. I then spray a second sheet and add that to the top sheet. This is especially useful when you are "curing" handles on porcelain pots. It allows the whole pot to equilibrate and dry evenly.

[sleachpots]

@waukewanstudio yes that would work even better as the wareboard does absorb some of the moisture somewhat. Having said that, spraying water on to pots on plastic is asking for a slippery affair !!.... after dipping or spraying pots you might want to invert them and then the non absorbency of the plastic is going to perhaps cause the rims to get "squishy". Food for thought !

[WaldemarBXL]

@sleachpots

As for the air inside of the "package", you should not be afraid of this, because once ist the air saturated by the water vapors, it does not take any water from the pots anymore.

[WaldemarBXL]

@sleachpots I would also not place them to the plastic, because then it is too delicate with excess water coming down the plastic/pots.

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I do exactly the same as you Simon but I wrap the plastic around the board. Yours is also long enough for that. You just lift the plank on one site and put the plastic underneath. The same on the other end. Before I place the pots on the board, I clean it with wet sponge. The pots stay nicely wet for many days, so I need unwrap them one day before trimming.

[waukewanstudio]

Thanks for the reply, Simon, and you are right. I never spray the plastic when I wrap the entire pot. Really I mostly do it to "cure" the handles on pots so they don't get those cracks at the join. I will try spraying the plastic next time!

Be well and warm...

[minchjam]

@MamereClaire You nanja'd my question!