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ShopRCA is for use by Royal College of Art students and staff only

ShopRCA is for use by Royal College of Art students and staff only

Ceramics Raw Materials

  • £4.00

    China Clay

    A good general purpose kaolin. Kaolin is a soft white clay that is an essential ingredient in the manufacture of china and porcelain. Named after t...

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  • from £2.00

    Dolomite

    Natural source of calcium and magnesium. Useful as a secondary flux in porcelain and stoneware glazes. Please read the safety information prior to...

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    £5.80

    Soda Ash

    Sodium Carbonate/Soda Ash.  Used as a source of sodium in alkaline glazes. Also, when combined with sodium silicate, this is used in the preparatio...

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  • from £3.35

    Cornish Stone

    Cornish Stone is decomposed granite, which is used as a secondary flux in silica glazes and as an alternative to feldspar due to higher content. L...

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    Flint

    DISCONTINUED - THIS PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RESTOCKED Flint is used in ceramics in glazes and in bodies as a source of calcined silica, particularly e...

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    Ball Clay Hyplas 71

    DISCONTINUED - THIS PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RESTOCKED A Devon Ball clay with good plasticity, medium strength, and ow in iron content. Fires ivory buff...

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  • £3.00

    Calcined Alumina

    DISCONTINUED - THIS PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RESTOCKED Used in ceramics production to increase glaze viscosity, resistance to crystallisation and firi...

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  • £9.00

    Wax Resist

    500ml  Wax Resist (AKA Wax Emulsion) acts to repels glaze from the surface to which it is applied.  As the kiln is fired the wax dissipates, leavin...

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