Comments on: Polymer Clay Tutorial | Make Felt Buffing Wheels for a Dremel Tool

By: Cindy Lietz@Faux Druzies Tutorial

Cindy Lietz@Faux Druzies Tutorial — Sun, 22 May 2011 18:27:57 +0000

@Sandra: You're not slow Sandra... you are perfectly on time! Glad that the felt wheel is working so well for you. Makes a big difference Huh? @Mary: What? I am laying on my velvet couch (chaise lounge actually) right now eating bonbons as I type to you this eloquent message. Even have my gorgeous bead slave, Doug fanning me with peacock plumes! AND as an added homage to you Mary, I am wearing a Frangipani Flower in my hair! :-D Yes, it is possible to make some wonderful Faux Thunderegg Slices. I haven't yet come up with a tutorial on that, other than my Faux Druzy Tutorial, but I will put it on my list. Nice to have you back Mary! Missed you around here!

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 21 May 2011 01:05:24 +0000

Cindy, your apparently inexhaustible treasure trove of ideas continues to amaze me. Although it’s well known that you spend most of your day reclining on a velvet couch, eating bonbons and being fanned with peacock plumes by your willing slave Sir Doug, somehow you find the time to work these marvels for us. Thank you, thank you. And talking of ideas, do you think it would be possible to poly a cane or bead resembling a slice of thunder egg? I saw on telly a necklace made of what looked like about 5 slices of that stone in varying sizes in shades of blue and greenish grey and interspersed by what could have been your faux turquoise beads, flattened and squarish. It was magnificent! How could that effect be faux-ed? Thanks again, Cindy. XX Mary

By: Sandra J

Sandra J — Sat, 21 May 2011 00:50:49 +0000

okay, i’m i bit slow on the uptake, i have just made a felt buffing wheel (kind of like Cindy’s) and my goodness what a shine it brings out!! Thanks again Cindy for a wonderful idea

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:01:37 +0000

@carolyn: You poor thing! That must have been SCARY! Good thing you were able to get it turned off quickly before it got tangled up even more, or worse. I’ll follow your advice, for sure~

By: carolyn

carolyn — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:23:58 +0000

OUCH! Cindy, you said that we should be sure to tie our hair back when using the Dremel wheel. I have quite long hair so I ‘always’ follow that advice … well, the other day I just wanted to add an extra ‘buff’ to a piece, grabbed the Dremel and when the piece flew out of my hand I leaned over to pick it up off the floor without turning the Dremel off. You guessed it! The Dremel grabbed the end of my hair on one side and ‘curled’ it all the way up to my scalp. Fortunately, while I was trying to get to the on/off switch, it shut itself off. For a time I thought I was going to be the only senior citizen with a mohawk hair style! Thank God I was able to unwind most of it, and then strand by strand got the rest untangled from the felt wheel. So, guys, NEVER use the Dremel buffing wheel without tying your hair back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: carolyn

carolyn — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:59:01 +0000

I made the felt buffing wheel for my Dremel. I, too, have a flex shaft. Amazing all the carry over tools between rock hounding, wire art and now PC. There is nothing harsh about the felt so it doesn’t hurt if your finger gets in the way while buffing beads. Just wanted to report that the felt buffing wheel also works great for actually buffing fingernails!

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Guest List

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Guest List — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:15:10 +0000

Hi Helen,

Only the A-series color palette recipes come with the paid back issue packages. They are kept exclusive for paying members only, such as yourself.

The way to collect the B-series color recipes recipes is by subscribing to to the weekly email newsletter that is sent out each Friday morning. All of the weekly newsletters contain two B-series color recipes that can be downloaded to your computer. They are free for everyone. If you are not receiving these weekly email newsletters, the link by my name will take you to the Guest List sign up form.

Currently, there are no back issues posted anywhere, for the B-Series Color Recipes. I will be making them available at some point, but I’ve just not yet had the time to get it done.

By: Helen Sperring (honeyclay)

Helen Sperring (honeyclay) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:40:41 +0000

Hi Everyone…… I just purchased the video for felt buffers for the dremel tool. I think I went through this once before but don’t remember the outcome. I know B recipies come with this video but I can’t find them. I know 008 videos are old but shouldn’t free B recipies come with them?? I would really appreciate any help I could get from anyone. Thanks………..Honey West Palm Beach, Fl.

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:41:04 +0000

Welcome, Cindy, but I really feel I am the beneficiary here.

Anyone use the Flex Shaft attachment to buff? Results?

By: Cindy Lietz@Dremel Tool Safety Tips

Cindy Lietz@Dremel Tool Safety Tips — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:05:22 +0000

@Rose and Jocelyn… Thanks for posting your follow up thoughts about this library tutorial. Buffing is such an important part of getting a professional look with your polymer clay beads.