Can anyone help me in the best way to make clay for a blow up pool, I live in south London and not sure where to get the best product, this is something I have always wanted to do, but I have not been able to purchase or get enough.
The clay that you see in all those videos and pictures is actually a powdered Bentonite, clay, but it a type of pottery clay, you need to mix the powder to the water slowly, and you need a regulator to breath through, as Powdered clays are known to cause serious medical problems. You can buy it in places where potters buy their clay from.... Just look up pottery supply houses.... Please be safe.
I got several blocks of premoistened clay off ebay for my personal clay pool. Just added water to the pool and cut the clay blocks with wire to make them easier to mush up with my feet.
Fun side note - poke an indention into the clay block and use it for a messy fleshlight
Oh my god, that sounds amazing. You got a link for those? Cause search results are turning up zilch.
I think I got 2 of these and they were enough to fill a small inflatable pool. Just an example of what I used - im sure there are other places to get it.
I got several blocks of premoistened clay off ebay for my personal clay pool. Just added water to the pool and cut the clay blocks with wire to make them easier to mush up with my feet.
Fun side note - poke an indention into the clay block and use it for a messy fleshlight
Hey gang! I'm A mud pool veteran living in Texas. In our big city there is a local supplier of large bags of dry clay. With my car I'm able to buy and transport several 50 pound bags at a time. I buy bags of different types of clay: red iron oxide ball clay, white bentonite/kaolin clay, and sometimes I also buy a bag of their darkest color smooth clay. The dark stuff is more expensive. The red oxide and kaolin varieties are about $17 US. Shipping cost would be high, so I'm lucky to have a local source.
I use a mask and work outside in the open air. First I pour in a few bags of clay, making a flattened mound in the middle of the pool. After the air has cleared (still wearing the mask), I use a garden hose to gently sprinkle water on the entire surface allowing it to soak in a bit in between sprinklings. After it looks fairly wet, I'll step in and sprinkle as I mash around with my feet. This first mix will be more soupy than I want but it's easier to add more clay when the existing clay is thinner with water. I continue adding clay this way until it's as deep and thick or thin as I want. I have also added about 1/4-1/2 cup of bleach to this large pool while mixing in the water, to guard against bacterial growth.
MuddyMcMudd said: Hey gang! I'm A mud pool veteran living in Texas. In our big city there is a local supplier of large bags of dry clay. With my car I'm able to buy and transport several 50 pound bags at a time. I buy bags of different types of clay: red iron oxide ball clay, white bentonite/kaolin clay, and sometimes I also buy a bag of their darkest color smooth clay. The dark stuff is more expensive. The red oxide and kaolin varieties are about $17 US. Shipping cost would be high, so I'm lucky to have a local source.
I use a mask and work outside in the open air. First I pour in a few bags of clay, making a flattened mound in the middle of the pool. After the air has cleared (still wearing the mask), I use a garden hose to gently sprinkle water on the entire surface allowing it to soak in a bit in between sprinklings. After it looks fairly wet, I'll step in and sprinkle as I mash around with my feet. This first mix will be more soupy than I want but it's easier to add more clay when the existing clay is thinner with water. I continue adding clay this way until it's as deep and thick or thin as I want. I have also added about 1/4-1/2 cup of bleach to this large pool while mixing in the water, to guard against bacterial growth.
MuddyMcMudd said: Hey gang! I'm A mud pool veteran living in Texas. In our big city there is a local supplier of large bags of dry clay. With my car I'm able to buy and transport several 50 pound bags at a time. I buy bags of different types of clay: red iron oxide ball clay, white bentonite/kaolin clay, and sometimes I also buy a bag of their darkest color smooth clay. The dark stuff is more expensive. The red oxide and kaolin varieties are about $17 US. Shipping cost would be high, so I'm lucky to have a local source.
I use a mask and work outside in the open air. First I pour in a few bags of clay, making a flattened mound in the middle of the pool. After the air has cleared (still wearing the mask), I use a garden hose to gently sprinkle water on the entire surface allowing it to soak in a bit in between sprinklings. After it looks fairly wet, I'll step in and sprinkle as I mash around with my feet. This first mix will be more soupy than I want but it's easier to add more clay when the existing clay is thinner with water. I continue adding clay this way until it's as deep and thick or thin as I want. I have also added about 1/4-1/2 cup of bleach to this large pool while mixing in the water, to guard against bacterial growth.
well fuck me i just bought a new "mud mixer" bit for my drill!! i could have been doing this with my feet???? SHIT! but here its like 20 degrees outside so im doing all indoors. hahaa.
but i am LOVING the look of this kaolin clay.....i did not like the paint mixer i was using before as it clumped up in the corners but i got a new one for mixing this mud and THE MYSTERY SUBSTANCE!! wooooot! WHICH IS MY FAVE SUBSTANCE, well its up there with about 4 others but yeah, its a favorite. anyway. i need to find this "block" everyone is speaking of and add it to the mound!! thanks for the coolness i can do during the summer.
Just basic pottery clay is the best and kaolin is the best pottery clay but any of it will do. I do not recommend either bentoniite or mixing bentonite into your pottery clay unless you are specifically looking for the clay to not stick to your skin. Bentonite is used in oil field drilling as an additive to make clay absorb more water and reduce friction.
Normal clay is usually very sticky and for many of us, that is part of the pleasure in the way that the clay clings to the skin. Bentonite feels very different, very slippery and yet also sort of watery. Just be aware that not everyone is looking for bentonite.
A good pottery clay supply store is your friend so hopefully there is one not too far from you. They will have a variety of clays and usually bentonite as well.
quarryman said: Just basic pottery clay is the best and kaolin is the best pottery clay but any of it will do. I do not recommend either bentoniite or mixing bentonite into your pottery clay unless you are specifically looking for the clay to not stick to your skin. Bentonite is used in oil field drilling as an additive to make clay absorb more water and reduce friction.
Normal clay is usually very sticky and for many of us, that is part of the pleasure in the way that the clay clings to the skin. Bentonite feels very different, very slippery and yet also sort of watery. Just be aware that not everyone is looking for bentonite.
A good pottery clay supply store is your friend so hopefully there is one not too far from you. They will have a variety of clays and usually bentonite as well.
yeah i was NOT digging the bentonite clay as it was almost like a transparent smear left behind......i ended up adding stuff to it to make it more to my liking. i was not pleased with it at all.
i have to agree wtih you on that BUT luckily i tried it out first and then added some stuff to it.
Natural clay sounds like the way forward for all the responses that I have received and thank you for all your advise, I'm going to check out my local suppliers and eBay.
Hopefully I will have some naked messy clay solo pics to add to my profile soon, I,can't wait and lm looking forward to it. Thanks again all