Comments on: Cool Polymer Clay Tutorial – A Fimo and Sculpey Cane Making Tip http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/ "Make What You Love... Love What You Make!" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:54:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Phaedrakat http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/#comment-37569 Phaedrakat Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:13:55 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/#comment-37569 @<a href="#comment-37428">Judy Moore</a>: Hi Judy, I'm not sure how the blue clay smeared the yellow. Are you talking about when you sliced a cane or something? This time of year, when your clay is warm, it's very easy for your cane slices to smear. You need to keep them firm, and for that, they need to be cold. Put them in the freezer for a little while, or the fridge overnight. You can take them out to cut slices, then put them right back in the refrigerator. That will cut down on your smearing. Also, make sure your blade is clean in-between slices. Use rubbing alcohol on a paper towel or cotton, and clean after every slice. You'll get much better results. BTW, the ugly color that resulted was probably because your blue & yellow were not "pure" (they must have had some red tones) so that instead of getting green when mixed, you ended up with a mud color. @Judy Moore: Hi Judy, I’m not sure how the blue clay smeared the yellow. Are you talking about when you sliced a cane or something? This time of year, when your clay is warm, it’s very easy for your cane slices to smear. You need to keep them firm, and for that, they need to be cold. Put them in the freezer for a little while, or the fridge overnight. You can take them out to cut slices, then put them right back in the refrigerator. That will cut down on your smearing. Also, make sure your blade is clean in-between slices. Use rubbing alcohol on a paper towel or cotton, and clean after every slice. You’ll get much better results.

BTW, the ugly color that resulted was probably because your blue & yellow were not “pure” (they must have had some red tones) so that instead of getting green when mixed, you ended up with a mud color.

]]> By: Judy Moore http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/#comment-37428 Judy Moore Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:00:28 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/#comment-37428 I made blue and yellow clay to make beads and the blue smeared the yellow. After baking, the beads turned an ugly color. You can't tell that I used yellow. How do you keep the darker colors from smearing? Thank you for your reply. I made blue and yellow clay to make beads and the blue smeared the yellow. After baking, the beads turned an ugly color. You can’t tell that I used yellow. How do you keep the darker colors from smearing? Thank you for your reply.

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Bead Making Basics Course http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/#comment-2281 Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Bead Making Basics Course Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:53:41 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/#comment-2281 <p>Hehehehehe!!</p> Hehehehehe!!

]]> By: Marianne Huber http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/#comment-2274 Marianne Huber Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:01:47 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/#comment-2274 COOOOLLLLL....pun intended. COOOOLLLLL….pun intended.

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Basics for Making Polymer Clay Beads http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/#comment-2262 Cindy Lietz@Basics for Making Polymer Clay Beads Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:00:50 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/#comment-2262 I agree Sue! It's really hard to cut polymer clay canes if your clay room is hotter than an oven! You may want to freeze a few extra to keep yourself cool too! :-) <em>Cindy Lietz's last blog post..<a href='http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/' rel="nofollow">Cool Polymer Clay Tutorial - A Fimo and Sculpey Cane Making Tip</a></em> I agree Sue! It’s really hard to cut polymer clay canes if your clay room is hotter than an oven! You may want to freeze a few extra to keep yourself cool too! :-)

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]]> By: Sue http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/#comment-2248 Sue Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:55:56 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-fimo-sculpey-cane-making/175/#comment-2248 Another great idea - especially timely because we're in the middle of a heat wave where I live!! Another great idea – especially timely because we’re in the middle of a heat wave where I live!!

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