Imco Clays

Low Fire Clays
06 Buff Clay - Is formulated with local western clays mined and processed by IMCO. 06 Buff fires to a very light cream color. THis clay body has exceptionally good plasticity and is well suited for many types of fires modeling g projects. 06 Buff can also be used on the wheel
Elf White #2 - Was designed to give maximum workability and good low fire glaze fit. Its low talc content and slight texture give Elf white the performance of a stoneware clay body. Excellent for throwing, sculpting or hand building.
Tijuana Red - A terra cotta body developed for the formation of large pottery. This clay has a combination of corse and fine grog that giv it the strength to stand up under a load. It contains fine grained clays that give it a smooth surface An Excellent clay for burnishing Tijuama Red fires to a deep warm red at Cone 04and a dark chocolate brown at Cone 5. Works well in oxidation or reduction. Avoid heavy reduction an Cone 5
Medium Fire Clays

50/50 Mix - Fires to a natural reddish tan color in oxidation and a medium red brown under reduction. 50/50 Mix combines the clay of Navajo Wheel and Sculpture Mix with an 80 mesh red grog, resulting is a smooth yet strong plastic clay body. An excellent wheel clay.
Navajo Wheel - Is a blend of IMCO clayhs selected to produce a smooth texture plastic red clay. Navajo Wheel is an excellent clay for school.
Stoneware 1C - Fires to sandstone color in oxidation and a brown in reduction. Stoneware 1C contains a fine silica sand to make an excellent smooth textured wheel clay which will produce vitreous stoneware pottery within the temperature range of an electric kiln. Stoneware 1C will give the appearance of a cone 10 reduction clay body when fired to cone 5 in oxidation.
High Fire Clays
8-11 Buff 412 - Is a premium wheel clay formulated with IMCO ball and fire clays plus a select 35 mesh grog. 8-11 Buff 412 has excellent plasticity and green strength. Very good drying characteristics and maximum resistance to thermal shock help insure a higher than average recovery of finished pieces. Fires to a light gray cream in oxidation and a deeper speckled gray buff in reduction
8-11 Red 412 - Is a companion product of 8-11 Buff 412 but contains clays with higher natural iron content to produce deeper reduction firing tones. 8-11 Red 412 is made with a select refractory 35 mesh grog giving a versatile body with great strength. This is a premium wheel clay designed to meet the needs of both the student potter and studio production work. 8-11 Red 412 fires to a buff gray in oxidation and to a toasted red in reduction.
LJ Clay - Is a white stoneware that fires consistently to a Cone 10. LJ Clay is an excellent throwing clay, formulated for quality and performance. An outstanding choice for the studio potter that requires a premium white stoneware. LJ Clay fires white in oxidation and grayish white in reduction. LJ is an excellent Raku body for those who prefer whiter glaze whit bigger, bolder crackle patterns.
Sculpture Mix - Is a very plastic body using high percentage of super duty refractory 20 mesh grog giving a rugged strength from start to finish. Sculpture Mix is excellent for slab construction and recommended for sculpting where small or large are required which will not slump Sculpture Mix can be thrown on a wheel for those requiring that extra toothy clay. Highly recommended for Raku firing.
Sculpture 412 - Has the same rugged qualities as regular Sculpture Mix. A finer 35 mesh grog has substituted for the coarse 20 mesh grog giving the clay a smoother texture with easy handling and throwing clay. Sculpture 412 is a truly fine, all purpose sculpting and throwing clay this clay is considered by many studio potters to be the best raku clay body available today. Sculpture 412 fires to a soft buff color in oxidation and a toast tan in reduction.
Geostone - Is a white stoneware formulated to produce an especially good wheel clay, smooth as porcelain with the strength and durability of stoneware Throws tall and true with the glaze surface and final look of porcelain. Fires white in oxidation and blush white in reduction.
Stoneware #5 - Fires to a medium buff ion oxidation and a toasted tan in reduction. Stoneware #5 contains a fine silica sand formulated to produce an especially good wheel clay and rugged vitreous stoneware pottery. Recommended for dinnerware. A favorite of many proFessional studio potters.
Paper Clays
P' Clay Ivory - Ivory P' Clay is IMCO's sculpture clay body with paper fiber added to produce a light weight clay with incredible green strength. Ivory P' Clay allows the sculptor to attach dry to dry, wet to dry and even wet to bisque. In some instances, the green strength of the piece is so high, it does not need to be fired. Ivory P' Clay fires to a cream color in oxidation and a tan color in reduction. Recommended for sculpting and hand building.
Potter's P' Clay - IMCO's Potters P' Clay is made with the potter in mind. Potters P' Clay retains all of the desirable characteristics of paper clays, while providing excellent throwing and trimming qualities. Now you can have all the advantages of our Sculpture 412 plus the advantages provide by paper, available in a clay body designed for throwing on the wheel.

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