Comments on: How to Bake Polymer Clay so that Your Whites Stay White

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:23:12 +0000

To be on the safe side, be sure to pick up an oven thermometer so you know the temperature is in the right range. I see them at dollar stores all the time. That way you know your clay’s getting a full cure (at 275F — or whatever temp called for…) ~Kat :D

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:53:46 +0000

@Rain D: Have the same model, lol. To prevent burns, use a tent and monitor temps. Turning stuff around is probably a great idea for a thorough cure. Temp needs to stay for 1 hour, so if the toast control works that long for the right range, use it.

By: Rain D

Rain D — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:47:31 +0000

Oh geez! I didn’t review what I just wrote to you lol! I have a broil control on my toaster oven, I cooked my piece for an 1 hour and turned it over and round to cook evenly, not sure if I need to do this? After the hour I took out of oven to cool. My toaster oven has a “toast control” what is your thoughts on using that control to cook my piece. Thank you again. Rain

By: Rain D

Rain D — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:41:33 +0000

Hello, thank you for sharing you info on baking polymer clays. I’m wondering if I have a broil control will that help with burn marks that I get when I use “bake” control on my toaster oven? Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon.
Rain

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:20:27 +0000

@Natalie Herbin: Hi Natalie, are you getting better results now that you’ve had more baking practice? If you need more help, there are tons of baking tips here at the blog…try using the search box (or follow the links in this comment thread…they lead to several different baking tips/posts/articles.) As you can imagine, this is one of the most “talked about” topics of all, since curing the clay properly is extremely important! Be sure to read the comments under the articles, as this is where so much of the Q & A happens!

Hope you’re enjoying yourself — clay on! ;D

By: Natalie Herbin

Natalie Herbin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:05:24 +0000

I too have learned by lesson about burning beads…I tented my beads that were on the Amco Bead rack with reyonlds foil instead of parchment paper..put a piece of clay pottery on the bottom of the toaster oven. I did use brown parchment paper to rest some of my pendants..boy did I get burned marshmallows…. The toaster oven was a big one so I thought I was safe to walk away for a few minutes…had a thermometer in it to regulate the temp..but it( as you said keep going up and down..
Now I am going to try just one piece of clay. on the bead rack. on a ceramic tile and watch it carefully…Hoping for better results..I am open to suggestions from anyone out there that can insure this does not happen again.

By: grace reyes

grace reyes — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:13:03 +0000

a lot of thanks, :-) actually im from the philippines and one time im surfing on the net and seen a lot about the polymer clay so iv got interested and i would love to try it he he he

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:35:09 +0000

@grace reyes: As long as you monitor the temperature of your oven with a separate oven thermometer (step 4 above,) you shouldn’t have problems with burning your beads. If you are watching them carefully, you will notice if your beads start to burn. Polymer clay has a distinctively bad smell when it burns, so you can tell quickly, and then turn the oven off and remove the beads. You do not have to be afraid of it. It just smells bad (probably the most it would do is irritate your throat if you breathed a LOT of the smoke from burned clay.) You would have to breathe the fumes for a very long time or burn beads on a regular basis to have a toxicity problem. Just follow the baking directions here at the website, watch your beads while baking, monitor the temperature with a thermometer, and you’ll be fine!

There’s lots of baking information here at the website, just type “baking tips” or “how to bake” into the search box at the top of the page and you’ll get a list of great articles on the topic. Be sure to read the comments under the articles, as there’s often even more info, tips and tricks than in the original post itself. If you fall in love with polymer clay like I have, you might want to get the Polymer Clay Basics Course (link at top of the page.) It has 39 short-and-to-the-point videos that teach you how to work with polymer clay. Cindy’s videos are wonderful, she has a fantastic teaching style and the videos themselves make it easy to see the details of what she’s doing. They’re really well-done. I hope you can joing us here, you’ll love it!
~Kat, Riverside, CA, USA —Where are you from?

By: grace reyes

grace reyes — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:11:00 +0000

its just that im afraid of the toxin from the fumes of the clay if ever i burnt it.:-(

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:47:23 +0000

@grace reyes: Hi Grace, someone asked that question in a @comment above. The link will take you to the question, and Cindy's reply is right below it. Good luck, and have fun! ~Kat