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Laguna Pugged Clay                   Looking for air-dry/oven clay?  

All clay comes in 50 pound boxes which contain two 25 pound bags.

MIX AND MATCH VOLUME PRICING:  NEW DISCOUNT STRUCTURE as of 2008!

- Buy any 6 boxes, get 10% off the 50# price.  
- Buy any 12 boxes, get 25% off the 50# price.   
- Buy 24 boxes of the same type and get 40% off the 50# price. 
 (Use separate buy button)

(Note, we buy and stock them in pallets of 24 boxes so this makes things a lot easier for picking your orders.)

If you purchase greater than 200 pounds of clay (and have them shipped), UPS hundredweight discounts kick in and shipping goes down, usually 20-40%. 

CONE 10 HIGH-FIRE CLAYS

Clay Description Cone Shrink Abs 50# Price (10% off any 6, 25% off any 12) 24 boxes (1200#) of a single type of clay (40% off the 50# price)  Customer Pickup in Sparks or we'll contact you with a truck shipping quote
Laguna Clay 
WC370 
Amador
An outstanding, all purpose, orange/brown moist body.  Has fine sand and is a difficult body to crack during firing.  Durable and affordable.  Good for professional or student.  Reduces a warm orange/brown, lighter in oxidation.  EXCELLENT FOR TABLEWARE, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING MEDIUM AND SMALL
10 12% 1.3% $19.90 $286.56
Laguna Clay 
WC376 
LB Blend
One of Laguna's most popular clays, Long Beach Blend is an excellent, very fluid throwing clay, which is also extremely popular for throwing open forms, small to large.  It is brownish-pink in its raw form, light brown reduced and buff in oxidation.  The formula includes iron and 60 mesh sand. EXCELLENT FOR FLOOR TILE, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO LARGE
10 12% 1% $19.90 $286.56
Laguna Clay 
WC843 
Soldate 60 Sand
This clay is gray in the raw form with a high sand content which makes it an ideal choice for large thrown pieces and sculptural forms.  Fires to a yellow-brown color under medium reduction.  Contains 60 mesh sand which makes for a medium coarse texture.  EXCELLENT FOR FLOOR TILE, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO LARGE
10 13.5% 1.75% $20 $288
Laguna Clay 
WC379 
B-Mix
A premier, cream white throwing clay that is easy to throw and form.  Excellent glaze results.  Fires gray/white when reduced and lighter in oxidation.  Smooth porcelain texture. EXCELLENT FOR TABLEWARE, WALL TILE, WIND CHIMES, JEWELRY, CRYSTAL FIRING, PIT FIRING, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO MEDIUM
10 13% 1.2% $24.40 $351.36
Laguna Clay 
WC384 
Dave's Porcelain
An outstanding throwing body.  Ideal for thin walls and larger pieces, and excellent for slab use and when a vitreous clay is desirable.  Light gray in reduction, off white in oxidation. EXCELLENT FOR TABLEWARE, WALL TILE, WIND CHIMES, JEWELRY, CRYSTAL FIRING, PIT FIRING, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO LARGE
10 13% 0.5% $24 $345.60
Laguna Clay 
WC389 
WSO  (great for Raku)
An interesting light gray body with fine sand.  A Cone 10 (and higher) clay which fires off-white in oxidation and gray/white in reduction.  Also good for Raku.  Care should be taken at high fire use in functional ware.  Slightly open body even at Cone 10.  EXCELLENT FOR OVENWARE, WALL TILE, RAKU, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO LARGE
10 10% 2.6% $22.90 $329.76
Laguna Clay 
WC893 
B-Mix with Grog
The addition of very fine grog to regular B-Mix provides texture and a much more forgiving body. Pieces stay attached better, there is less cracking and warping, and clay is easier to throw.  Excellent for handbuilding and throwing.  Fires cream-white with very little speckling.  EXCELLENT FOR TABLEWARE, TILE, CRYSTAL FIRING, PIT FIRING, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO MEDIUM
10 10.3% 1% $25 $360

CONE 5 MID-FIRE CLAYS

Clay Description Cone Shrink Abs 50# Price (10% off any 6, 25% off any 12) 24 boxes (1200#) of a single type of clay (40% off the 50# price)  Customer Pickup in Sparks or we'll contact you with a truck shipping quote
Laguna Clay 
WC391 
B3 Brown
new, by popular demand!

A pliable clay with smooth grog and color from manganese and iron.  Fires almost black when reduced and dark brown/black in oxidation.   EXCELLENT FOR TILE, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO MEDIUM
5 10% 3% $26.70 $384.48

Laguna Clay 
WC392 
Buff Sculpture
Excellent coarse sculpture body with 60 mesh sand and 30 to 60 mesh grog.  Nice range of firing colors from buff to dark tan.  Low shrinkage. EXCELLENT FOR TILE, SCULPTURE, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING MEDIUM TO LARGE
5 5% 10% $25.70 $370.08
Laguna Clay 
WC393 
LB6
new, by popular demand!
A Long Beach type body with 60 mesh sand and color provided by manganese dioxide.  Fires gray/brown when reduced and light gray when oxidized.  EXCELLENT FOR FLOOR TILE, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO MEDIUM
5 10% 3% $20.30 $292.32
Laguna Clay 
WC398 
WS4
A gray/white body with fine sand and flux added for lower absorption.  Fires a textured gray/white when reduced and a buff/white mottled surface in oxidation.  Good to Cone 8.  Not totally vitrified at Cone 5, so care should be taken with functional dinnerware. EXCELLENT FOR TABLEWARE (FIRED AT CONE 7-8), OVENWARE, TILE, RAKU, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO LARGE
5 11% 5% $22.80 $328.32
Laguna Clay 
WC401 
B-Mix 5
Smooth, porcelain texture is a pleasure to throw and form, and it fires to a cream color in oxidation.  EXCELLENT FOR TABLEWARE, OVENWARE, TILE, WIND CHIMES, CRYSTAL FIRING, THROWING AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO MEDIUM
5 12% 2.3% $25.10 $361.44
Laguna Clay 
WC436 
B-Mix 5 with Grog
The addition of very fine grog to regular B-Mix 5 provides texture and a much more forgiving body. Pieces stay attached better, there is less cracking and warping, and clay is easier to throw.  Excellent for handbuilding and throwing.  Fires cream-white with very little speckling. EXCELLENT FOR TABLEWARE, OVENWARE, TILE, THROWING MEDIUM AND HANDBUILDING SMALL TO MEDIUM
5 11% 2.75% $25.70 $370.08

CONE 06 LOW FIRE CLAYS

Clay Description Cone Shrink Abs 50# Price (10% off any 6, 25% off any 12) 24 boxes (1200#) of a single type of clay (40% off the 50# price)
Laguna Clay 
EM207 
Red
Comparable in texture and working properties to EM210 but fires to a reddish earthenware color.  This clay is often used for terra cotta.
06 6% 9% $21.90 $315.36
Laguna Clay 
EM210 
White
This is an all-purpose, smooth modeling clay. It is an excellent clay for beginning techniques such as coil and slab building.  The white color makes it an ideal clay for use with low fire glazes.
06 5.5% 17% $21.90 $315.36
Laguna Clay 
EM214 
Buff with Sand
A buff-colored modeling clay with sand which makes it one of the best of the low fire clays for working on the potter's wheel.  It is also stronger for larger sculptural pieces.  We recommend this for beginners because the sand will make it easier to throw and when handbuilding, pieces will still together better.  It is slightly coarse so might be a little rough on small children's hands.
06 5% 17% $20.80 $299.52
Cone: The maximum cone the clay can be fired to (before it will begin to sag and melt).  
Refer to the cone chart for more info.

Shrink: Clay body dimensional shrinkage when fired to maximum cone.  For example, a 10" piece of leather hard clay will shrink 12%, so the resulting fired piece will be 8.8" in length.

Abs: An indicator in % of the propensity of the clay to absorb water (after being fired to maximum cone).  Generally speaking, the lower the better.  A lower % indicates a "tighter", stronger, less porous clay.


Clay characteristics: 
For sculpture you want a clay that is strong, often has grog and sand, and has low shrinkage.  For dinnerware you want a clay that is dense when fired.  Absorption should be 3-4% or less.

You can fire a high fire clay at low fire.  All that will happen is that the clay won't be as dense as if it were high fired, and your glazes may craze more.  You cannot fire a low fire clay at high fire or it will melt !  Therefore we recommend that beginners, especially those who are experimenting with multiple firing temperatures, use high fire clay to avoid a mix-up which can damage the kiln. 


 

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