Watering Plates and Mixing Palettes
Ceramic watering plates, wet palettes and mixing slabs that keep porcelain workable during build-up.
Everything Catalogued in Watering Plates and Mixing Palettes
What This Category Fixes at the Bench
Porcelain that dries on the palette changes handling halfway through a build-up. The technician compensates, the layering thickness drifts, and the shade comes out of the furnace different from the one that was planned.
Problems it removes
- Unmanaged porcelain dries out and has to be remixed mid-build-up.
- Too few wells means shades get mixed on the palette instead of on the tooth.
- Plates that stain or absorb water carry colour from one case to the next.
Who buys it
- Ceramists building layered porcelain
- Laboratories running several shades per case
- Clinics with an in-house ceramic bench
Where This Range Is Strong
- Watering plates in large, small and mini sizes for different bench footprints.
- Pallets from 6 to 36 wells, plus slanted formats, so each shade keeps its own well.
- Covered mixing slab options to hold moisture between sessions.
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Typical Situations at the Bench
Multi-shade anterior layering
Holding opaque and dentin between firings
Small clinic benches where space limits plate size
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Watering Plates and Mixing Palettes: Buyer Questions
How many wells do I need?
Count the shades and materials you keep open at once. Anterior layering with incisal, dentin, opaque and effect masses usually calls for 12 wells or more; a posterior bench often works comfortably with 6 or 7.
Does a watering plate keep porcelain wet overnight?
A covered plate slows drying considerably. How long the mix stays usable depends on the porcelain system and the room, so treat it as a working aid, not a storage method.
Are the plates easy to clean between cases?
The ceramic surface is non-porous and rinses clean. Dedicating a plate to a shade family is still the usual practice in labs that do a lot of high-value anterior work.
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