Do you have a video showing an interesting American Clay application? If you’ve documented your work and wouldn’t mind showing it off, let us know! We would love to see what people are doing with American Clay as well as the process they go through to get such stunning results.

Send all information to hayley@americanclay.com.

American Clay recently received a Certificate of Carbon Offsets from BeGreen and Green Mountain Energy for planting 200 trees via forest sequestration.

Just another step towards becoming the greenest company we can be!

A common concern we get from homeowners who are considering using American Clay is in regards to cleaning. “How do you clean a material that never sets up?” and “What if a wall happens to get stained?” are questions we get on a regular basis. Well the answer is simple and happens to be one of the greatest perks about American Clay.

Cleaning American Clay
Keep in mind that that’s mud on your walls and generally, mud doesn’t need much cleaning! If it doesn’t show soiling, a barely-damp sponge wiped with light pressure will remove most soiling.

Being a natural clay, American Clay doesn’t react with the environment the same way acrylic, which helps to eliminate static charge on walls. In turn, the clay doesn’t hold dust or particles to its surface. By naturally resisting this charge build-up, it keeps itself clean quite well and little to no regular cleaning is necessary.

The clay also absorbs oils over time, so fingerprints disappear. No more gunk around light switches and door jams!

As for stains, people have had soda, water and even dog pee on their walls, and the clay plaster simply absorbs, dries and is done. You can’t see it, and if streaks show up, a barely-damp sponge will rearrange the surface material to blend any marks away. Then finish the area with a trowel or sponge—whatever was used to achieve the final surface—so your repair blends into the wall.

It’s really that easy. But do remember that this perk only comes with an unsealed application. Once sealed, American Clay loses its ability to repel dust and absorb stains.

To read more about the negative ion charge in American Clay, visit our Products page. Also, for more tips and tricks, check out our collection of Common Questions on our website.

Eco-designer, Kelly LaPlante of Organic Interior Designs in Venice Beach, CA, recently released her new book, Ecologique: The Style of Sustainable Design. Highlighting eco-friendly spaces designed by LaPlante, the book “illustrates that green design is not a style but rather a standard,” LaPlante’s main focus when designing.

Included in the list of projects is Tiffany Thiessen and Brady Smith’s home, featuring American Clay!

This book is a must have for anyone interested in chic green design as well as seeing the variety of styles in which “green” can flourish.

Ecolgique can be purchased from LaPlante’s website here.

Do you have a training class coming up? Well, let us know and we’ll add it to our Hands-on Workshops webpage.

Have some other cool event planned? Go ahead - toot your own horn - send us all the information - where, when, what time, and a sentence or two summarizing the event - and we’ll put it on the website and newsletter!

One of the most common questions we hear is, “Where in the area can I see American Clay?”

We try to keep up with the beautiful places that have American Clay on their walls - but we don’t know all of them. Do you have a great photo? Or know of an application somewhere?

If you answered yes, send us the location and a photo or two if possible.

Also, if you have a beautiful or unusual American Clay application in your home or business, we would love to hear about it and feature it as our Project of the Month in our newsletter.

Email all information and pictures to hayley@americanclay.com.