Probably just black clay pot dipped in orange clay slurry after forming?
justinscientist
I used to break them for caves in my aquariums. They were orange. But that was like 20 years ago.
TelomereTelemetry
This may be down to being a particular type of clay—ive noticed that leca pebbles are terra cotta orange but black inside if broken, exactly like this.
itsamemario2019
It just a cheap clay pot dipped in diluted terracotta. Looks and feels like a real one. You can tell a real terracotta pot by the sound it makes when you flick it. If it chimes like a bell it’s real, if it doesn’t it’s not
Edit: might hurt your finger a lil bit
Brave-Wolf-49
Or cement. I have a couple that are cement, glazed to look like terracotta.
Rocking_Horse_Fly
I’m pretty sure they are supposed to be orange all the way through. My MiL has one that is kind of old, and all the chunks falling off are orange all the way through.
Looks like someone is being cheap with their manufacturing.
notyourstranger
All the ones I’ve seen where the same orange color all the way through.
Totally__Not__NSA
Is this from an Ace? All the pots I’ve bought from there are like this.
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Orange is the new black
Probably just black clay pot dipped in orange clay slurry after forming?
I used to break them for caves in my aquariums. They were orange. But that was like 20 years ago.
This may be down to being a particular type of clay—ive noticed that leca pebbles are terra cotta orange but black inside if broken, exactly like this.
It just a cheap clay pot dipped in diluted terracotta. Looks and feels like a real one. You can tell a real terracotta pot by the sound it makes when you flick it. If it chimes like a bell it’s real, if it doesn’t it’s not
Edit: might hurt your finger a lil bit
Or cement. I have a couple that are cement, glazed to look like terracotta.
I’m pretty sure they are supposed to be orange all the way through. My MiL has one that is kind of old, and all the chunks falling off are orange all the way through.
Looks like someone is being cheap with their manufacturing.
All the ones I’ve seen where the same orange color all the way through.
Is this from an Ace? All the pots I’ve bought from there are like this.
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