Champion Ball Clay
Champion ball clay fires to white and is known for excellent dry strength.
Foundry Hill Creme
Foundry Hill Creme ball clay fires to a cream color, especially in oxidation.
GoldArt
GoldArt is really a stoneware clay, but is sometimes also used as a ball clay because of its high plasticity and light cream color when fired.
Kentucky Ball Clays 1 - 4
There are a number of ball clays that are mined in Kentucky, each with slight variations in composition. Kentucky ball clays, Numbers 1 - 4 are known for their high plasticity and firing to a white color.
Kentucky OM4
Also known simply as OM4, this very plastic ball clay fires to a gray to white color. As with all ball clays, it has a high shrinkage rate, in this case about 15%.
Kentucky Stone Clay
The name notwithstanding, this is actually a ball clay not a stoneware clay. It is, however, also quite refractory. Because of this, it is often used in stoneware clay bodies.
Mississippi M&D
This is an exceptionally fine-particled ball clay used to increase strength and plasticity. Its use in clay bodies should be severely limited, however, making up less than 10% of a clay body. This is due to Mississippi M&D's excessive shrinkage and the probability of warping.
Tennessee No. 1
Also known as SGP, this is a plastic, white ball clay with a shrinkage rate of about 10% at cone 10.
Tennessee No. 5
This ball clay mined in Tennessee is plastic and fires to a gray-white. It shrinks about 15% at cone 10.
Tennessee No. 10
Another highly plastic ball clay that fires white. Expect a fairly high shrinkage rate.
