P3106 -Redart Powder Clay

Redart is a red powdered clay with a high iron content, the unfired clay has a deep red colour. Redart is widely used in the USA and frequently appears as a constituent in clay body recipes; it is also used in glaze recipes sometimes with amounts up to 60%.

Fires to a light orange colour at around 1000°C and to a deep red colour at 1130°C.

In stoneware bodies it will produce brown colours rather than red.

Reaches optimum strength and colour at 1100°C.

Redart can be used as a casting slip, small additions of plastic clay will improve strength.