r/Pottery • u/Single-Fee-1708 • 8d ago

Question! Trimming question

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This has recently started to happen to me while trimming, and at first I thought the problem was that I was not pushing hard enough or the wheel was too slow (which usually fixes this problem for me), but my usual fixes did not work. I managed to get it pretty even eventually by slowing the wheel down, but how can I avoid this from happening at all?

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u/Lord-Scrambleton Throwing Wheel 8d ago

I have two trucks for this:

1: it looks a little wet. Wait until it's a little more dry. But I'm an idiot, and I always have trouble timing the moisture anyway.

  1. If it does happen, to smooth it out you gotta come at it indirectly. Instead of coming in straight from the side, come down from the top. You can also use a sharp, deeper cut to smooth it. (As above said, try to stabilize your hand)

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u/CrazedRhetoric 7d ago

I have so much trouble trimming at the right time. Either it stays wet for a week and a half, or it decides to dry out completely the day before I’m able to get to it.