Read here for more information about polymer clay sealers, including which ones to use and which to avoid. These are both polymer clay safe protective coatings. If you need a spray sealer to coat polymer clay, then you should use PYM II, or Helmar Crystal Kote. And also paints that are solvent based and require mineral spirits to clean your brushes may never fully dry on polymer clay.
The same holds true for most varnishes and paints in spray cans can either degrade the clay or remain sticky.
Under any circumstances! The solvent in nail polish will begin to soften and dissolve your polymer clay, even baked clay, making it sticky and gooey over time. It seems like such a simple solution to use nail polish to accent your polymer clay creations. Nail polish, spray paint, and solvents will cause sticky polymer clay.įor some reason, this polymer clay tip isn’t well known. And finally you can bury your beads in a bed of cornstarch when baking to prevent the clay from browning or scorching. A bit of cornstarch on your finger is great for smoothing the fingerprints off of your clay creations. Cornstarch makes a great mold release for molds and texture sheets. (And rubbing alcohol is pretty great to have in the studio, too!) Follow up with a soap and water wash and you’re good as new. Alcohol dissolves polymer clay, so it works well to rub some alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel into your hands, and then wipe them clean with a paper towel. Hand Sanitizer cleans clay residue off your hands.Īfter working with polymer clay, there is usually a residue on your hands which soap and water will not remove. Knew that.” So, with that in mind, here you go! 1. It’s never good to be that guy who’s standing there saying, “Whoa, I can’t believe nobody ever told me that!” It’s always better to be the guy standing there nodding his head saying, “Yup. You’ve most likely heard most of these simple polymer clay tips and tricks before.
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