Introduction: How to Make Clay
Ever wondered how to make clay? You can learn now!!
Step 1: Ingredients
First, to make clay you need:
1 cup of salt
2 cups of flour (You might want to add more so the mixture won’t turn out gooey)
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
¾ or 1 cup of water
A bowl
An oven
A tray where you can put your clay on
Step 2: Step One
Mix the flour and the salt together.
Step 3: Step Two
Mix the flour and the salt along with the oil and the water. You are supposed to get a clay-like mixture so you have to mix well.
Step 4: Step Three
Now you can design! Make the mixture into whichever shape you want it to turn out like. Tip: Do not make your clay too thick, it will break and turn out bad.
Step 5: Step Four
Put your clay creations onto a tray and place it inside the oven. Cook it at 250 degrees for about an hour.
Step 6: Last Step
Take the clay out of the oven and wait for it to cool. Afterwards, you may decorate it however you want. I wanted it to be a cup, so I put the mixture around a plastic cup and put it in the oven. If you want to do this too, BE CAREFUL when you take it out for it might break.
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13 Discussions
8 years ago on Introduction
Or, yano.. You could dig up some real clay.. But very good instructable! I always used to play with this kind of clay in preschool.
Reply 8 years ago on Introduction
The majority of soils aren't very clay rich, and if you're in a place similar to where I am, its certainly very hard to dig up clay anywhere less than two hours away!
Reply 8 years ago on Introduction
At least here in Tennessee we have a lot of clay. When I was younger I would dig up clay and make things out of it then "fire" it on my dads truck dash.
Reply 5 years ago on Introduction
don't mean to be grave diging but i live in TN too and out by a river theres a hill and there is tons of red clay!
8 years ago on Step 4
in case i want to make a car modelling . will it worked bro ?
8 years ago on Introduction
it's certainly not "clay", it's a type of salt dough. Very nicely documented though.
Reply 8 years ago on Introduction
Agreed. This is not a clay, but a nice dough. Perhaps consider clarifying that to avoid misconceptions. Thanks for sharing! :)
8 years ago on Introduction
About how strong is this clay? It looks infinitely useful, thanks for sharing!
Reply 8 years ago on Introduction
Not water proof. Fairly strong in thick section. Good for modelling.
think Play dough.
Needs varnishing when finished to prevent the salt absorbing atmospheric water. keep in a dry place.
Reply 8 years ago on Introduction
Is it particularly strong under compression?
Reply 8 years ago on Introduction
No it will retain it's own shape under moderate force buy isn't in any way what you could call strong.
You can try this easily - Salt, flour and a little time.
IF you bake this totally hard you may find it meets whatever requirements you have BUT the material absorbs water and WILL get weaker over time.
Reply 8 years ago on Introduction
I'll give it a shot, thanks heaps.
8 years ago on Introduction
more a dough than clay really, like play dough.