Clay Liquids Mediums. Soft Effect Leather Effect. Polymer Clay Books Jessama Tutorials. Sculpey For Premo! Additional Sculpey Baking Instructions It is suggested that thicker pieces be initially baked for 15 minutes, then another 5 minutes, another 5 minutes, etc.
Get a Beginner's Kit with everything you need to get started. Invalid Password. Lets Create Beauty. Follow Us Facebook Pinterest Instagram. Of course to have this kind of durability the clay must be properly baked, which leads us to the next point. Polymer clay is made from PVC powder, plasticizers, binders and fillers, lubricant, and pigments. As the temperature increases during curing, the powdered PVC softens in the plasticizer and the particles begin to absorb the plasticizer.
Optimally, the particles will eventually fully fuse together and form a solid mass of plastic. If polymer clay is underbaked, the fusion will not be complete and the resulting clay mass will be weak. Underbaked clay is not only less flexible, it is susceptible to breaking and crumbling. To properly bake polymer clay, you must consider both time and temperature. The temperature on the package is a guideline, and you do have some leeway. But you really do need to bake at a sufficient temperature for at least as long as the time stated on the package.
I like this inexpensive digital probe thermometer , but there are many others. In the real world, even accurate ovens fluctuate during the baking cycle and when you open the door.
Yes, this is correct. If your oven is truly baking at the correct temperature, your clay will not burn. Lighter colors may, however, discolor, so it is always better to do multiple bakings of thinner layers. Want to learn more? Let me be very clear. Fimo is a bit more sensitive. If your project actually turns black and bubbles, then your oven is way too hot! As already state, ovens can be wildly inaccurate. If your project is close to the element, your thermometer could be reading the correct temperature but your project could still bubble and blacken.
If you have burned polymer clay, you need to address your oven, not your baking times. Many people assume that baking longer times at lower temperature settings will solve this problem. Will this work? But when others follow this temperature advice, they end up with fragile, brittle, underbaked clay. Light colored or translucent polymer clay will commonly discolor and darken during baking. This is not the same thing as burning.
To prevent this, first make sure that your oven truly is baking at the correct temperature. For more info on covering clay and preventing browning, see my class on Baking Polymer Clay. As many, many people have found out, nail polish on polymer clay will very often turn sticky and goopy over time. Not all nail polishes are bad. Some work just fine. But there are thousands of brands of nail polish around the world and there is really no way of knowing which ones will work on which brands of polymer clay.
Use a proper polymer clay sealer. If you need to use one at all. Read more and learn which sealers are the best to use when you do want to use one. It also seems like such a good idea to buy a can of spray varnish and give all your newly made Sculpey creatures a nice glossy coat of spray varnish.
So simple and so easy. Let your clay cool for 10 minutes. Leave your figures on the baking tray and let them cool for about 10 minutes. They might still look soft when they are warm from the oven, but they will harden as they cool down. Make sure to do this before adding any paint or glaze.
Squeeze your clay figures lightly to test their firmness. Test each of your clay pieces for how hard they are by gently pressing on them to see if they hold up. If your fingers make indents in your clay or your figures bend easily, they are not firm enough and you should put them back in the oven for 2 minutes at a time until they are hard. Apply Sculpey glaze the clay for a glossy finish.
If you want your clay figures to look sleek and polished, you can apply a glaze made specifically for Sculpey clay after your figures are baked. Use a paint brush and lightly coat your figure in Sculpey glaze and let it dry for 5 minutes, or until it is no longer tacky to the touch.
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