Craft Spray Fixative That's Been Tested To Work On Polymer Clay

Hello. OMG it is so nice to meet you. I have visited alot of sites and I have to say, I think this will become my new favorite. I absolutely love your site. I was wondering if you would be so kind to visit my web site. I would really appreciate any feedback on my items. I am especially concerned about the Baby Keepsake Boxes. It is for such a good cause but I have not made one sale yet. Is there something wrong with this product that no one has the heart to tell me about? I truly appreciate your time.

Hi Sherry, what a pleasure to meet you too! I took a look at your sites and your baby keepsake boxes. It is a good cause and I wish you lots of success. My cousin was born premature and lived for about the same amount of time. Although it was nowhere near the same for me as it was for you, I do understand the gravity of your loss.

In regards to the boxes themselves, I do have a couple of questions.

Is the entire box covered in clay? How is the photo applied? Is it an image transfer or something else? How is the inside of the box done?

Knowing these things will help me give you better advice.

Dear Cindy…. a photo of some of my first efforts.

The larger front beads are sort of papier mache applications on a bead, from ink jet copies of some of my paintings. Not wildly successful but fun to experiment! Wondering about sanding (can't yet afford a rock tumbler) it IS a chore, isn't it! I cheated (?) on these and after just buffing, used Sculpey Studio gloss glaze. Is that Legal?

Heather of course it's legal! LOL

I sure love your sense of color and texture. The thin crinkly beads with the large round ones looks really good together!

I can't see the detail of the decoupaged beads very well in this photo, but I love the idea of using images of your own paintings on your beads. Very original and one of a kind!

As far as the Studio by Sculpey Glaze… I haven't tried it yet but my guess is it is a better quality product than the regular Sculpey glaze (which IMO is illegal! :-)). I'd have to see it up close to know whether it was a nice finish or not.

If you are super careful and avoid fingerprints when making your beads, you don't have to do a lot of sanding to get a nice finish. See link by my name above for more info about avoiding fingerprints.

Thank you so much for sharing your work with us! It's wonderful for me as I'm sure it is for others, to see how your polymer accomplishments are coming along. Keep up the great work!

can i use Acrylic Glazing Liquid from Golden Paints to shine up my polymer beads or will it yellow or become sticky later?

if not how do it remove it from the bead i have already it on?

Although I haven't tried it myself on polymer clay, it should work. Golden makes very nice products many of which are very compatible with polymer clay. What I would do is test it by putting it on a baked piece and see what happens.

Put the date on the piece of clay and let sit for awhile. if after a few months and the piece is not sticky it will be fine.

If it is on a piece and it does become sticky, you can usually remove that sort of thing with rubbing alcohol or acetone. Let us know what comes of your experiment. The more info we have and the different products available, the better for everyone! Thanks so much for your comment!

Hi Cindy,

I wanted to thank you for the write up about Preserve Your Memories II. My husband is the inventor and patent holder and we so appreciate the way all of the artists that find PYM II help us to get the word out. We have just signed Shades of Clay in Canada as a distributor so it should be available thru them for Canada within a week or so. If you or anyone that is on your blog has any questions we are always more than happy to answer them.

Thanks again Donna

I have never been so sure and in love with a product as I have been with PYM II! I have been using PYM for the past several years and it never disapoints me. I've used it on both polymer clay as well as sealing my PMC silver clay to keep it from tarnishing. I use it as well on all my paper creations and paint projects inside the studio as well as outside on things around my house!

You can't ask for better people to work with then Doug and Donna Shepherd they are committed to their product and are always willing to help or find out the answer to a question!

Happy Creating!
Aileen~

Heather this is a gorgeous necklace set – stunning colours. Remind me of delicious sugared almonds (do you have these in the states?).

I agree Aileen! I have been using it a lot and find it just amazing! Can't say enough good things about it!

Still no response from the large craft supplier regarding stocking this product in the UK – wondered if Penny might be interested in doing so Cindy.

I was looking through some beads I made about 6 months ago and found that they were sticky! I had buffed them any applied clear spray gloss. What could be the problem? I use mostly sculpey clay and bake as directed. Thanks for your help.

@Chris Lucey:
Hi Chris,
Do you mind if I ask what type of clear spray gloss you used on the beads?

@Chris Lucey: Yes, Chris. Donna's question is important. Nearly all spray sealers do not work with polymer clay — they have ingredients that react with the polymers and you end up with a sticky mess. The spray in the article at the top of this page is the only one I know of that is good with polymer clay. Some of the more common finishes that are good with polymer clay are shown in this article: Which Polymer Clay Finish is Best?

And this one shows the newest Studio by Sculpey Glaze.

Both articles have comments that show additional things that should or should not be used to finish your PC pieces.

I'm sorry about your beads getting sticky! Depending on what you used, there might be a way to fix them. Be sure to post back what you used on them, and we'll try to help.