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Poly Clay Basics:Intro To Clayby ~sugaredheart

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This is an introduction to polymer clay. It is to help you pick the right clay to use, and to give you some info on the clay itself. Please see my step 2 tutorial to learn how to start basic molding/baking!

Feel free to link to this tutorial!
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~ThePinkOctopus Jul 21, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Help! I need to bake some recent charms but I have lost the baking instructions! ^^; I can't remember for the life of me how long you bake it for and on what temp? There quite small about the size of my thumb and I have a fan-oven. I use sculpey original, any help would be appriciated, thanks :3 Great tutorial btw.x
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~sugaredheart Sep 12, 2012  Professional General Artist
Bake at 275 degrees F. for 15 minutes per each 1/2 inch thickness. So...if they are about the thickness of your thumb...about thirty minutes. Try 15 first, though. :)
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~ThePinkOctopus Sep 14, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks for your help, I actually baked them a while back now but just kept checking them as I was so paranoid they would burn! Luckily they baked well though. :)
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~crazytooner Jun 28, 2010  Student Digital Artist
How much is polymer clay? Is it expensive?
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~sugaredheart Sep 12, 2012  Professional General Artist
Sorry it's been so long. But here ya go:

Polymer clay varies in price for different brands and where you are. Here in the states, it ranges from $2.00-$3.00 for a 2 oz. block...or, you can get a variety pack of ten colors (10 one ounce blocks) for $10, or one with 30 colors for about $20.00.

If you hit it really lucky and the craft store is having a sale, it's only $.99 cent a block.
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!AppleGrassxx Jun 23, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
It's cheap about 3-5 dollars a block
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Mood: Joy ~crazytooner Jun 28, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Awesome :)
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~Destuldesimplu Aug 16, 2009
What about the polish? Do you really have to use fimo polish?
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~sugaredheart Sep 12, 2012  Professional General Artist
Nope. I use just plain ol' paint varnish that you can buy in the same section where you buy little bottles of paint in the craft store.
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~KaciHPfanatic May 10, 2009  Student General Artist
actually, I find polymer clay artists use premo more than sculpey III and fimo, sculpey III is usually for non artists, like for kids or fun projects. :D
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