Fire Clay in Italy

[Michael Reynolds]

I am having problems locating suppliers of Fire Clay in Italy. Any suggestions?

[Steellearning]

I couldn't find fire clay here in Norway so I used white pottery clay without chamotte... worked really well.

[david s]

Any powdered clay will suffice because of the relatively low temperatures that we fire to, although I'd steer clear of bentonite as it has a very high shrinkage rate. There is a difference between "fire clay" as known by bricklayers in the US as clay that's added to mortar to make it more plastic. To potters "fire clay" is a clay that is able to withstand very high temperatures (around three times what you'd ever achieve in a WFO). The cheapest powdered clay I can obtain is an Australia Cement product called Bricklayers Clay at around $1/kg