Burnishing Pot
(Alternative methods without Terra Sigillata)
Materials
- Bone dry pot
- Sandpaper
- Rag/Towel/Think plastic (bag) sheet
- Water
- Vegetable Oil
Option 1
- Wet the pot & rub water with fingers
- Make some slip, fill the gap if need to
- Work in a spiral motion evenly
- Cover with vegetable oil
- Leave10 minutes
- Rub again with a (smooth) stone/spoon
- Finish it with a chamois-leather
- Deco-incising or colored Terra Sigillata if want to
- Bisque firing to cone 018 before pit firing..etc.
Option 2
- If any rough/lump surface, sand smoothly first
- Cover with baby oil
- Rub with a T-shirt cloth (slightly wet/damp)
- Burnish with a stone/stainless steel spoon
- Bisque firing to cone 018 before pit firing..etc.
Further finishing to enhance the shine after firing
- Polishing with oils OR
- Rubbing the surface with a thing costing of wax