{"id":1643,"date":"2008-12-06T17:55:59","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T00:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2013-05-21T18:31:58","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T01:31:58","slug":"polymer-clay-tutorial-dremel-buffing-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-dremel-buffing-wheel\/1643\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Clay Tutorial | Sew Your Own Dremel Buffing Wheel and Save"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Buffing Wheel Material\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2008-12\/06-buffing-wheel-fabric-90066.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Polishing Polymer Clay Beads With Homemade Sewn Fabric Wheels:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The other day I talked about how a Dremel rotary buffing tool is a super Christmas gift idea for anyone who wants to make polymer clay beads shine.<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> I also provided direct links to a couple of video tutorials on how to use a Dremel rotary tool for buffing safely and effectively. Here&#8217;s the link to that article if you would like to catch up:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-dremel-bead-crafts-gift\/1599\/\">The Dremel&#8230; A Perfect Gift for Bead Crafters<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Now if you are going to use a Dremel tool to buff your beads, you may want to consider sewing your own buffing wheels. It&#8217;s quite easy to do and can save you a lot of money over time. Plus&#8230; no more worries of having to race out to pick up new ones when they wear out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Although simple to make, there are a few things to keep in mind when making homemade polishing wheels for your dremel or any other brand of rotary tool:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Always use natural or un-dyed fabric. The dye in a fabric will transfer to the beads while buffing if you use a colored fabric. Linen, heavy cotton, white denim or canvas are good choices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Stack several sheets of fabric squares (as many as your machine can handle sewing through) and sew a spiral starting from the center and working your way out. Punch a small hole in the center for putting the screw through from the collet for your buffing wheel. Trim squares into a circle no bigger than 1&#8243; diameter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Don&#8217;t try to save time by skipping over the spiral sewing part. The fabric will quickly fall apart flinging threads all over the place. Keep the spiral fairly tight to avoid long strands from flying off while in use. A few short threads will come off the first time you use it but will stop after a couple of uses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Don&#8217;t try to make your buffing wheels last longer by making them bigger than 1&#8243; diameter. This will put too much torque on the machine and make it over heat. Trust me&#8230; been there done that!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you would like to see a video on how to make your own Dremel buffing wheels for polishing polymer clay beads, then check out Volume-005 at the Polymer Clay Tutor Members Library. The specific title in the Volume-005 order form is referenced as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Vid-005-3<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-01\/#vol-005\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sewing Your Own Dremel Buffing Wheels<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Included with this Dremel Tool Tutorial are 4 other related videos, plus 5 custom color recipe cards:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Vid-005-1<\/span> Adding Crackled Gold Leaf Onto Tube Beads<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Vid-005-2<\/span> Wrap Round Beads With Crackled Gold Leaf<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Vid-005-3<\/span> Sewing Your Own Dremel Buffing Wheels<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Vid-005-4<\/span> Using Rubbing Alcohol To Clean Dirty Clay<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Vid-005-5<\/span> Learning From A Burnt Clay Mistake <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Recipe-005-1A<\/span> Pistachio<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Recipe-005-2A<\/span> Mustard Yellow<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Recipe-005-3A<\/span> Purple Wine<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Recipe-005-4A<\/span> Teal Pearl <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Recipe-005-5A<\/span> Old Gold <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you would like to first see a preview clip of the Vid-005-3 polymer clay tutorial video, you can do that here:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/shiny-beads-polymer-clay-tutorial-buffing-wheels\/182\/#video\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A &#8216;Shiny-Beads&#8217; Polymer Clay Tutorial &#8211; Homemade Buffing Wheels<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polishing Polymer Clay Beads With Homemade Sewn Fabric Wheels: The other day I talked about how a Dremel rotary buffing tool is a&#8230;&nbsp;<span class=\"cmtcnt\">9<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,596,18],"tags":[630,2608,2637,2699],"class_list":["post-1643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finishing","category-promotions","category-tools","tag-dremel","tag-faux-textiles-fabrics-patterns","tag-finishes-varnish-sprays-glaze-sealers-wax-paste-rubs","tag-polymer-clay-sanding-buffing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}