instead of the "Churchill V" consider the "Mr. Spock Vulcan Greeting"
with your hands.

the key is a dry pair of hands & a well trimmed pot & clean wheel head.

also, if you lay down clay on the wheel head & apply the bat to the
wheel head it should stick better. you could even stick a bat to the
wheel head with no pins, just the bat patty of clay.

see ya

steve