I use a silicone cookie sheet and bake at 275 for 45 min than put my pieces in ice cold water sanding them right then, they come out perfect every time.
Also you can bake it as long as you want its more about temperature, the oven needs to be monitored to make sure the temp remains the same, to high it will give of toxic fumes
I have natural clay and I can't find specific instructions for how to bake it. I saw that 135°C and 10 mins per inch is good for polymer but some other place says 87°C and 30-45 mins per inch. What's the difference between polymer and natural clay. Can someone help me? What should I do
Thanks for explaining! I’ve always wanted to try it...now I feel confident to do it. One question though. Our oven has the bake feature, and also the bake feature WITH a fan! Which setting would be best? Thanks.
David, I saw one of your videos yesterday afternoon and I loved it. I wrote that in the comments and “of course I subscribed”. But, I forgot to save it. Today, since first thing in the morning I am looking for it and CAN’T FIND IT anywhere! 😞 Is there something I am missing. Respectfully I ask, could you kindly help me, please? I don’t know how, but... could you please?
Will polymer clay bond to wood if I mold the clay onto it? What I'm making would require the clay to be on both sides of the wood, but not wrapped around totally encasing the wood. Much of the wood gets left exposed for the finished product. I'm trying to find something that would harden better then what I'm currently using now. That being, wood putty. I stated thinking, "isn't there a clay product that would work better for what I'm doing?" So there you have it, my search is on lol. I've never worked with clay but thought it could be the answer. Just unsure of what kind? I also need to be able to sand and paint after it's fully hardened. If you have any thoughts or suggestions I'd love to hear them. Thanks
I'm no expert or anything, but you can mix clay with some pva glue to make them tougher. Also, sealing the wood before attaching the clay will help it adhere as wood is very porous, you can also coat the wood with the pva glue to cover the pores.
I have to make a sculpture for my collage design class and I used sculpy on top of aluminum foil to make a 13" tall coral plant. It's been in the oven at 275 degrees for like an hour now but my toothpick still goes right through the clay. Am I doing something wrong?
Oh! I forgot to tell you. It was about how to use cardboard to the maximum. You were instructing us about the vertical and horizontal “fibers” You even made a little stool and you sat on it to show how sturdy it was! Thank you in advance!!!