Clay Alternatives
POTCLAYS CLAY ALTERNATIVES CHART
This chart has been compiled to help you to select an alternative clay body if your original choice is unavailable.
As always, testing is essential and we offer no guarantee that the suggested alternative/s will be suitable for your application.
Alternative 1 = clays which are similar in formulation and/or general properties.
Alternative 2 = clays which are further removed from the original in terms of formulation/properties.
| Category | Description | Clay Code | Alternative 1 | Alternative 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas Clays | Oxidising St Thomas | 150-1102 | 150-1104 | 152-1115 |
| 152-1110 | 152-TKJ | |||
| Reduction St Thomas | 150-1104 | 152-1115 | ||
| 152-1110 | 152-TKJ | |||
| Classic Reduction St Thomas | 150-1104C | 150-1104 | 150-1102 | |
| White St Thomas | 150-1106 | 157-4230 | 157-1145 | |
| 157-1150 | ||||
| General Stoneware | Premium Buff | 151-1125 | 151-1125S | |
| Premium Sanded Buff | 151-1125S | 151-1125 | ||
| Buff Stoneware (disc.) | 151-1125 | |||
| Buff School Clay (disc.) | 151-1125 | |||
| Sanded Buff (disc.) | 151-1125S | |||
| Lavafleck | 151-1514 | 152-1109 | ||
| 163-WC608 | ||||
| Throwing Stoneware | Flecked Stoneware | 152-1109 | 151-1514 | |
| 163-WC608 | ||||
| Stoneware Body | 152-1110 | 157-4230 | 150-1106 | |
| 157-1145 | ||||
| 157-1150 | ||||
| Staffordshire Stoneware | 152-1115 | 150-1102 | 152-1110 | |
| 150-1104 | ||||
| TKJ Throwing/Handbuilding | 152-TKJ | 150-1102 | ||
| 150-1104 | ||||
| Crank Bodies | Ivanhoe Tile Body (disc.) | 153-5112 | 153-1153 | |
| Original Craft Crank | 153-1114 | 153-2114 | 153-3114 | |
| 153-1153 | ||||
| Original Craft Crank PB | 153-2114 | 153-1114 | 153-3114 | |
| 153-1153 | ||||
| Premium Craft Crank | 153-3114 | 153-1114 | 153-2114 | |
| 153-1153 | ||||
| Sculpture Crank | 153-7070 | 153-1114 | ||
| Grogged Pink | 153-1127 | 153-3114 | ||
| Industrial Crank | 153-1153 | 153-3114 | 153-1114 | |
| 153-2114 | ||||
| David Wright Handbuilding | 153-2152 | 154-1154 | ||
| 154-1159 | ||||
| Miller Tile Body | 153-5112 | 156-0630 | 156-2161 | |
| Raku Bodies | Original Raku | 154-1154 | 154-1159 | |
| Coarse Raku | 154-1156 | 154-0131 | ||
| Smooth Raku | 154-1159 | 154-1154 | ||
| Tandoori (full tonnes only) | 154-0131 | 154-1156 | ||
| Porcelain | DL Porcelain | 155-1147 | 155-1149 | 164-ANET |
| 155-4000 | 164-ATHE (paper porcelain) | |||
| HF Porcelain | 155-1149 | 155-1147 | 164-ANET | |
| 155-4000 | 164-ATHE (paper porcelain) | |||
| JB Porcelain | 155-4000 | 155-1147 | 164-ANET | |
| 155-1149 | 164-ATHE (paper porcelain) | |||
| Bone China | 155-1148 | |||
| White Grogged Bodies | White Crank | 156-0630 | 156-2161 | 156-1161 |
| T Material | 156-1161 | 156-2161 | 156-0630 | |
| Y Material | 156-2161 | 156-0630 | 156-1161 | |
| White Stoneware | White Special Stoneware | 157-1142 | 157-1143 | 157-4230 |
| White Grog Stoneware | 157-4230 | 150-1106 | 157-1142 | |
| 157-1143 | ||||
| 164-ARTE | ||||
| Draycott White S/W | 157-1143 | 157-1142 | ||
| 157-1145 | 157-1150 | |||
| White Stoneware | 157-1145 | 157-1142 | 157-1150 | |
| 157-1143 | ||||
| White Stoneware PB | 157-1145 | 157-1142 | ||
| 157-1143 | 157-1150 | |||
| Modelling Clay | 157-1150 | 157-1145 | 157-1142 | |
| 157-1143 | ||||
| White Earthenware | Studio White Earthenware | 158-1141 | 158-4130 | |
| Grogged White | 158-4130 | 158-4120 | ||
| Grogged White (Molochite) | 158-4120 | 158-4130 | ||
| Red Bodies | Keuper Red | 159-1139 | ||
| Keuper Sanded Red | 159-3240A | 159-1139S | ||
| 159-1139M | ||||
| Grogged Red | 159-1134 | 159-3730 | 159-1139S | |
| 159-1139M | ||||
| Original Red S/E | 159-1135 | 159-1137 | 159-1139 | |
| Red Earthenware Terracotta | 159-1137 | 159-1135 | 159-1139 | |
| Sanded Red | 159-3730 | 159-1137 | 159-1139S | |
| 159-1139 | ||||
| Etruscan Red Smooth | 159-1139 | 159-1139S | 159-1137 | |
| Etruscan Red Medium | 159-1139M | 159-1139S | 159-3730 | |
| Etruscan Red Sanded | 159-1139S | 159-1139 | 159-3730 | |
| 159-1137 | ||||
| Chocolate Black PB | 159-2130 | 164-VUF | ||
| 162-2005 | ||||
| Specialist Clays | Vulcan Black Stoneware (fine) | 164-VUF | 164-VUM | |
| 164-VUC | ||||
| 164-VUX | ||||
| 162-2005 | ||||
| Vulcan Black Stoneware (medium) | 164-VUM | 164-VUF | ||
| 164-VUC | ||||
| 164-VUX | ||||
| 162-2005 | ||||
| Vulcan Black Stoneware (coarse) | 164-VUC | 164-VUM | ||
| 164-VUF | ||||
| 164-VUX | ||||
| 162-2005 | ||||
| Artemis White Grogged Stoneware | 164-ARTE | 157-4230 | ||
| Laguna WC608 Flecked | 163-WC608 | 151-1514 | ||
| Paper Clay | Paper Clay - White SW (disc.) | 164-APOL | ||
| 164-ATHE (paper porcelain) | ||||
| Airdrying Clay | Creative Clay - grey | 165-1187 | 165-1188 | |
| Creative Clay - red | 165-1188 | 165-1187 |
