Comments on: Crackled Gold Leaf, Alcohol Ink and Liquid Polymer Clay Techniques

By: kalatoo

kalatoo — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:05:45 +0000

ADDED NOTE: @Kalatoo – thanks for sharing all of your valuable feedback below, about the resin products you have been testing. I've added a duplicate copy of your comment to the Polymer Clay Finishes post where you originally commented about this topic. This makes it easier for everyone over at that original post to also follow along with your thoughts and insights. ~Cindy

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Ok here goes, I have the names of all that I have used for finishing a polymer clay piece. Thanx for the responses,,,3GCL did not like at all too bubbly… 3GCL and Glamour Glaze… They dried well but had like a wavy crator effect… Meaning I would have to put many coats on the piece.. I have used EZ cast pouring… I have found no matter what it stays a little thicker than what I like… Does not dome on jewlry as well as the other products… Now I thought I found the cats meowwww.. It is a UV curred made by solarez.. I got more than the magic glo uv curred and it cost a lot less.. This product is used on surf boards to make them shine and dries within seconds… Well it smells ungodly lke the fumes will kill you in seconds.. Needs to be WELL ventilated and when it dried it either crackled or gooed up. Now I have not tried Lisa P MAgic Glo I know it will work well because of who created it BUT I can not see spending 50.00 on 2 oz. that is reidiculus. Especially when I found the stuff from Solarez in a 10 flo oz bottle for like 22.00.. That tells me Lisa P is very pricy for what she has becasue solarez has had the market a lot longer than Lisa P.. I will continue to investigate the Solarez. I'm thinking add water will help out..
The product I now use is Lowe's Doming resin for jewelry.. And I will be switching to Colores Doming Resin… Which (I hope I can mention) Rio Grande has the best cost for it… 8 oz for 20.00…
Here's the secret when using doming resin… I take the caps of each bottle fill them and put one cap in a plastic cup I cut down.. Stir for about 50 times. NExt put the mixture into another cut down 2 oz cup and continue to stir..Switching the cups guarantees no leftovers from either parts.. U need this resin to mix thoroughly.. NExt I take a heat gun hold it high up and heat the resin. Fo a count of fifty.. This helps with making the resin mix thinner and much easier to work with and usually no bubbles will form on your piece… All you use is a little and start in the middle move to sides with a popsicle stick..
As for the dust and such getting on your pieces. I use a scrapbookers paper storage hard container… It has a cover on it I open a corner with something to allow to breath… put down wax paper…
Even with my process there is a little of the dripping over the edge if the piece is not flat flat… I wish there was a cheaper quick drying solution… hope this helps… If anyone has a quick not expensive solution let me know…

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ADDED NOTE: @Kalatoo – thanks for sharing all of your valuable feedback above, about the resin products you have been testing. I've added a duplicate copy of your comment to the Polymer Clay Finishes post where you originally commented about this topic. This makes it easier for everyone over at that original post to also follow along with your thoughts and insights. ~Cindy

By: Cindy Lietz@Crackled Gold Leaf Technique

Cindy Lietz@Crackled Gold Leaf Technique — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:45:14 +0000

You can use the Pledge with Future on your gold leaf peggie and you should get good result. It preforms well over time. Yeah the translucent clay has to be incredibly thin for it to look good over the gold leaf. My video tutorial will show you how to do that if you're interested. Click the link by my name for more info.

By: peggie

peggie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:25:46 +0000

hey cindy!

i received the preserve your memories spray, and i am disappointed in the way it darkened my gold leaf. i am sure i can use it for my transfers, though. can you tell me the absolute best finish for gold leaf ( i love to crackle gold and silver leaf) with the least amount of darkening? i have a show this thursday and was planning on using this crackling technique quite a bit.

i have some pledge future on hand, how does it perform over time? can it be applied to uncured clay and then baked? i believe you said not to use the mona lisa finish, as it does not perform well with the clay.

i want my gold and silver to remain as shiney and bright as possible. i have tried using the translucent clay and it just doesn't do it for me.

thanks, cindy!

peggie

By: Cindy Lietz@Bird Necklace Pendant

Cindy Lietz@Bird Necklace Pendant — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:22:22 +0000

@Tina: A one part resin sounds promising and less stressful as far as it setting faster than you want or mixing up too much or too little. How does it compare in cost? They all seem quite high.

By: Tina Holden

Tina Holden — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:28:41 +0000

DG3 looks ok, but it's not water proof, but find it kind of leaves a 'dimple' in center of piece as it dries. I guess it has some shrinkage.
Personally, Magic Glos is my fave, but was sent some 1 part resin by a company to try, also a UV cure. Haven't tried it yet. just redid my studio…remind me, lol

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Techniques

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Techniques — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:34:01 +0000

@Marybeth: I've never tried DG3 with polymer clay, so I can't help you there. I wonder if it would clear up a bit if you baked it for awhile? Might be worth giving it a try.

By: Polyanya

Polyanya — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:49:01 +0000

Oh right! I get you now, of course to protect the crackle as well.

By: Silverleaf

Silverleaf — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:24:51 +0000

@Polyanya – thank you! The gel was simply a substitute for the translucent clay Cindy used.

It gives the pendants a nice depth as well as protecting the metal leaf and making the whole thing smooth and glossy.

I don't actually know whether it strengthens the pendants, it certainly makes them more flexible.

By: Polyanya

Polyanya — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:22:59 +0000

These are fab Silverleaf – I'm just catching up with the posts so theres a bit of a delay I'm afraid. I love the colours. I'm wondering about the gel thing that you put on for a second baking, was it to make the pendant stronger or something?

By: Mary Beth

Mary Beth — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:21:43 +0000

I'm glad you found my overviews helpful. I realized that I left one out that people may be interested in: DG3. DG3 (Diamond Glaze 3) takes forever to dry, but doesn't smell as bad as EasyCast. I tried building up small layers on a pendant and after several days I had a cloudy pendant. I am truly disappointed in DG3 – comments seemed positive. There may be a way to avoid the cloudiness (i.e. less humidity or something), but at this point I am not wasting another piece to find out. If anyone else has experience with DG3 and has some tips, I would love to know what went wrong! Thanks again for the positive comments! Cindy, you definitely rock too!
-Mary Beth
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