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. Fimo Professional is different from most other brands of clay when it comes to being hard and crumbly. The stronger brands of polymer clay are durable enough that you cannot break them with your hands, even when used as thin as 1/16″ (1. If polymer clay is underbaked, the fusion will not be complete and the resulting clay mass will be weak. Hi, I have some Sculpey III and have made a few earrings and I would like to use up my supply so that it’s not a waste.

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No hazardous ingredients are listed in the MSDS sheets I’ve looked at, no precautions necessary and no first aid measures advised for over-exposure. You will be working on a flat surface, so lay a layer of parchment paper or wax paper down and secure it with tape before you start working with your clay. It was working great, but suddenly, I have noticed that after I bake my clay, the bottom or whatever rests on the foil is still oily and tacky from the softener.But because of normal processes of polymer clay aging and becoming “unconditioned”, you will undoubtedly come across bars of clay that are hard, crumbly, and difficult to work. This also means you should avoid contact with keyboards, Lego, many toys, and Bic Cristal pens, and those clear hard plastic pots that lip gloss or eye shadow comes in. At least not the usual inexpensive superglue that we all know and love/hate because the cap gets glued on (so frustrating). And when working light colors such as white or yellow, or translucent, dirt that’s invisible on your hands can end up in your clay, giving your work dirty streaks. Underbaked polymer clay can also have excess free plasticizer that can lead to cure inhibition in paints and glues, causing them to remain soft and/or sticky.

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In the real world, even accurate ovens fluctuate during the baking cycle (and when you open the door). When she isn’t writing, you can find Hannah working on hand embroidery projects and listening to music.

You should not have your oven at a higher temperature, because you want your clay to bake slowly so it doesn’t burn.