Jessica I’m so confused with this Wonderbat with inserts. Do you wire off? I did then it stuck to the insert. I tried when dryer and my pots base was slivered from the wire. I’ve been told that you must not wire off as it will eventually pop off, but by then you can’t trim the feet because it’s too dry. Help me please
I alway wire my pots off the wonder bat. Sometimes they reattach and I just wire them off again. I never wait for them to dry off because if I did then they would be too dry to trim.
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Jess
Thanks Jess, now I know everything I need to know about the wonder bat, can’t wait to start using it to make some of your mugs. One question, apart from always leaving the bat with the insert in, how else do you store them to stop them warping, on end or flat?
hi there–just my own experience–I never knew you were supposed to store the inserts in the wonderbats (obviously I ALWAYS read instructions). I have been using my original wonderbat for a couple years now–and have never experienced any problems with the inserts fitting. I always wash the bat at the end of the day and store it vertically in a dish drainer. I don’t wash the inserts until right before I use them and then I sponge them off and set them in place. I scrape the clay patties left after wiring off with a plastic paint scraper and then just let them air dry in a vertical position.
Glad to know that your wonder bat hasn’t warped! I was told when I bought it to keep the insets in when drying so that is what I’ve always done. I’ve never tested out what would happen if I didn’t leave them in. Good to know that it would. most likely be ok!
🙂
Jess
Jessica I’m so confused with this Wonderbat with inserts. Do you wire off? I did then it stuck to the insert. I tried when dryer and my pots base was slivered from the wire. I’ve been told that you must not wire off as it will eventually pop off, but by then you can’t trim the feet because it’s too dry. Help me please
Hi Shelia,
I alway wire my pots off the wonder bat. Sometimes they reattach and I just wire them off again. I never wait for them to dry off because if I did then they would be too dry to trim.
🙂
Jess
Thanks Jess, now I know everything I need to know about the wonder bat, can’t wait to start using it to make some of your mugs. One question, apart from always leaving the bat with the insert in, how else do you store them to stop them warping, on end or flat?
Jess stores them on edge, as close to vertical as she can.
hi there–just my own experience–I never knew you were supposed to store the inserts in the wonderbats (obviously I ALWAYS read instructions). I have been using my original wonderbat for a couple years now–and have never experienced any problems with the inserts fitting. I always wash the bat at the end of the day and store it vertically in a dish drainer. I don’t wash the inserts until right before I use them and then I sponge them off and set them in place. I scrape the clay patties left after wiring off with a plastic paint scraper and then just let them air dry in a vertical position.
Glad to know that your wonder bat hasn’t warped! I was told when I bought it to keep the insets in when drying so that is what I’ve always done. I’ve never tested out what would happen if I didn’t leave them in. Good to know that it would. most likely be ok!
🙂
Jess