Comments on: Rubber Stamping Polymer Clay – 4 Tips for Keeping Your Stamps Clean

By: constance tyler

constance tyler — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:29:59 +0000

I spritz my clay with water and the stamps or texturing sheets don’t stick.

By: Cindy Lietz@Lortone Tumbler Tip

Cindy Lietz@Lortone Tumbler Tip — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:26:16 +0000

@Jocelyn: Great tip on making your own insulated gloves for sanding!

@Carrie: that is a good idea for making your own stamp. Thanks for passing that along!

@Anna: Thanks for the sale alert!

@sandra yb: That is a very clever idea! You can also tint clear liquid clay with alcohol ink if you didn’t have the colored stuff. Thanks for the comment. It is so nice to have you here!

By: sandra yb

sandra yb — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:52:51 +0000

@ Stacey: I think I read on a website (can’t find it now) to put cling wrap down on your piece and write through it and the edges wouldn’t be rough. Haven’t tried it and I guess you would have to be careful not to poke holes in the plastic while you’re writing or use something less sharp. I also haven’t tried this, but one of my brilliant ideas is to use colored liquid clay to fill in letters. I know the Kato comes in some colors, not sure about the others. The dispenser would have to have a fine tip if your lettering is really small.

By: Anna Sabina

Anna Sabina — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:10:58 +0000

Clay Alert. Premo is 50% off at JoAnns fabrics too. Ends up being about $1.25 per pack.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:12:59 +0000

Stacey- There is a really cool tutorial on Polymer Clay Central on making your own stamps using scrap clay. It shows making letters with extruded snakes. Under the lessons link on the left hand side of the page, I believe it is under mixed media. Hope this helps, Rubber stamps are so expensive!

By: Anna Sabina

Anna Sabina — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:13:10 +0000

I was referring to the Alphadisc. Thanks for leading me back to the post because I could not remember the name.

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:42:50 +0000

Cindy,

Thanks for the tip! Been making my own using thin cotton tight gloves, lots of HOT sports creme, a dollop of Bag Balm, encased in the small sized stretch sugical gloves, but they break all the time.

With more women in the industry, bet I can goggle some of those rubber insulated ones up to work just fine. Will get me through the sanding and finishing processes during the winter.

And Doug, thanks for the heads up on the tool. Great to see you pop up every once in awhile, LOL!

By: Ken H.

Ken H. — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:39:56 +0000

I was going to do research when I got home from work, I thought I remembered something that reminded me of a large Dymo label maker.

By: Cindy Lietz@Alphadisc Wheel

Cindy Lietz@Alphadisc Wheel — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:21:50 +0000

My husband Doug just pointed out to me that Anna may have been referring to the Alphadisc Wheel I wrote about eons ago. It’s a disk Cool Tool with alphabet stamps all the way around it. To see what I mean, click the link by my name.

By: Cindy Lietz@Making Jupiter Beads

Cindy Lietz@Making Jupiter Beads — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:01:33 +0000

@Jocelyn: We used to use insulated rubber gloves on my dad’s fish boat when we were icing the fish. They are not exactly tight fitting but you can definitely work with them on. You might try a marine supply shop to find them.