Yep, I don’t use it that much, only when I have too.) If you think before you begin your clay process, you should have no trouble with your polymer clay colors bleeding on you. (And yes…you can see my bottle of rubbing alcohol to the far left on my work surface. Read my post on rubbing alcohol to see how to effectively use this to remove stains from your hands & work surface. Rubbing alcohol is my secret weapon…but truthfully something I use only about once a week. It is a very soft clay that is somewhat difficult to sculpt because it tends to sag. Translucent polymer clay is similar to regular, colored polymer clay except that it is made with a base that turns more clear when it’s baked. Unlike other translucent polymer clay brands, Pardo trans doesn’t impart and yellowish color as it bakes. When this happens, you must do what you must…break it out…the bottle of rubbing alcohol. Translucent Pardo Art Clay is the clearest translucent polymer clay on the market. When all else fails, after you’ve successfully done everything you can think of to avoid color bleeding, you still have red spots on your white and blue spots on your yellow. So in whatever you are working on, be sure that your primary object of focus is the item that you do first, while your hands are clean! When All Else Fails 7 Things to Know About Translucent Polymer Clay for Jewelry Bead Making: There are so many things to learn about the different brands of polymer clays. Since Parker is the featured element of all my StoryBook Scenes, he must be perfect. In most cases (except Christmas designs) Parker is a bright and vivacious yellow color. In the same way, when I begin a design, especially my Parker StoryBook Scenes working on the lightest color first. Please remember that using cornstarch also will keep your clay from sticking to the surface and other clays…so use sparingly! Separate Your Colors When you are done there should be very little of the color on your hands and on your work surface. Then lightly tap the cornstarch with your fingers again and rub onto your work surface. Then rub that cornstarch onto your hands (similar to washing your hands). Tap your moist fingers into the corn starch (get the moist by using lotion or wiping with a baby wipe). With a little work, your clay can bounce back Here’s how to soften hard polymer clay in five different ways: 1. Five Ways to Soften Hard Polymer Clay Polymer clay that is too old can adopt a rock-like consistency that makes it impossible to shape at first. Feel free to use my process and achieve nice results working with polymer clay. Learn how to make polymer clay soft again using the following strategies. In order to use cornstarch to prevent my colors from bleeding, I have an intricate process. Colored Translucent Pardo acts identically to regular uncolored Pardo Translucent Art Clay. Most of those colors are any shade containing reds, black, or green pigment colors. I don’t use corn starch often, but I use it when I have colors that I know taint my hands, work surface, and other clays. The other thing that you should notice in this photograph is the huge container of cornstarch. By looking at my polymer clay studio work area here in these photographs, you can see many of the things that I use often.
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