Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-5407586-20150624095943/@comment-3279282-20150624221340

Of course it's different. You can't feed a rock to the hands and expect it to come out undamaged. The clay is used because it's formable and Deidara is an artist.

And again, Sasuke difused the explosions, not the clay. The chakra stays explosive, even if the clay gets destroyed or so.