Clay Ceramics Grease Trap

In this post an excerpt from the ceramics monthly archives raquel and dan sobel explain how to make a clay trap from inexpensive and readily available materials.

Clay ceramics grease trap.

Gleco trap provides you with an economical plumbing trap that is easily installed and maintained. Wall thickness is 1 6 mm. Making a drain trap is easier and cheaper than you might think. Commercial grease trap interceptor set stainless steel detachable design wastewater removable baffles for restaurant kitchen 4 3 out of 5 stars 7.

Give it a try in your own studio. When the settled clay level reaches a certain point you know it is time to clean. 4 6 out of 5 stars 79. Here at the ceramic shop we offer several clay sink traps that can provide you with a simple solution.

By directing the sink trap to the side there is no need to remove any fittings just pop up the lid rotate it around and the sink trap can be cleaned easily. The halgan clay plaster trap is designed to be fit under benches which will reduce installation costs and provide easy access for servicing. The gleco trap is connected below the sink and collects solids in a bottle. The gleco trap marketed and distributed by liquid assets inc.

If you realize that your grease trap isn t accumulating much grease there s probably something wrong with it. Under license from practicon is an innovative inexpensive solution to messy hard to use sink traps. I installed this sink trap over a year ago and it has worked great. These traps which may also just be called clay traps or sink traps connect to the pipes below your sink and allow clay particles and glaze materials to settle and collect in a closed container which rests below your drainage.

The components below are all the parts i used for the setup shown on the video. Please note this number will incur a service charge. Free shipping by amazon. The halganclay plaster trap is manufactured from 304 grade stainless steel.

This one is first and the second one still picks up some clay and stuff. It could be a leak. Fixing a clogged drain is hard work and expensive. It could save you a lot of trouble.

A quick look at the clay trap i build in my ceramic studio. More buying choices 48 89 7 new offers gunpowder gear blue chukar auto skeet thrower trap with 10 clay stack. Or there could be an issue with the output pipe that leads to the sewer in fact one restaurant s malfunctioning grease trap could be putting over 800 17 000 lbs year into the sewer system. The basket material is stainless steel.

I put two plaster traps in series. This works well to trap clay and glaze.