Others found a bargain and store it until later. Many people try to order the clay just before use. Your clay is supposed to be stored in a cool, dry, dark place. PreventionĪvoid ordering your clays in the hotter summer months, buy clay only just before you need it, and consider your storage conditions. It can be used as clay crumbles in faux rock or other uses, perhaps, or it can be thrown out. If even method 3 doesn’t work, your clay was probably partially cured. Again, the goal of the above 3 methods is to make it possible to clump your clay together and then condition it in the pasta machine and/or with your hands.
NeverKnead/Mallet - Whack the clay with a rubber mallet to “get things moving” and/or use the NeverKnead.Repeat - Repeat the process with more liquid or Fimo MixQuick if necessary.
TRANSLUCENT POLYMER CLAY AND SUPER HEAT ZIP
I’ll let you be the judge as to whether physical efforts vs. Soften it with physical manipulation, additives, or a combination of physical conditioning methods and adding new materials to make it supple and workable. Method 2: It’s not too stiff and crumbly but still needs a little more help?
TRANSLUCENT POLYMER CLAY AND SUPER HEAT SKIN
in your pocket or otherwise against your skin for a bit to warm it up. Method 1: Put it in a zip lock baggie then. Goal: The Goal of Methods 1, 2, and 3 are to make it possible to clump your clay together and run through the pasta machine repeatedly and/or work it with your hands in order to condition your polymer clay. If it hurts your hands to work the clay into submission, you might want to consider using a mallet or NeverKnead (a machine). Often, it doesn’t take nearly that much effort. I’ve worked really old clay (10 to 15 years old) for 30 to 40 minutes, conditioned it, and used it with satisfactory to excellent results. Personally, with the price of larger “bricks” of different doll clays, which is mostly what I have, I’m going to choose “work it” more often than not. Work it or Buy Fresh Clay? That’s a decision that you’ll make based on a variety of criteria. Possible Con: Adding products changes the way clay feels and behaves so some techniques will require new, fresh clay instead. Pro: Not all methods of softening difficult-to-condition polymer clay require adding products. The question is, can it be successfully, softened, conditioned and then used?īottom Line or Pro - Unless the clay had been cured, most hard, crumbly clay can be softened. Some clays tend to be more crumbly by nature if older than a year or so old, e.g., Cernit Doll clay. Hard and crumbly polymer clay could be older, partially cured, or the plasticizer has evaporated or leached out.
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