{"id":16518,"date":"2012-12-20T03:05:27","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T11:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16518"},"modified":"2014-06-06T18:06:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T01:06:35","slug":"polymer-clay-safe-varnish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-safe-varnish\/16518\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Careful Which Varnish You Use With Polymer Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"video\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16518#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2012-12\/20-90326-pt0-polymer-clay-safe-varnish.jpg\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor Christmas Tree\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #326:<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Plus a Christmas (Singing) Surprise from the Lietz Family&#8230; Bloopers Included.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Well&#8230; here&#8217;s a Studio Tips video that should bring you a few holiday giggles! As you will soon see, the Lietz Clan is filled with silly people!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Side Note: It looks like in all the hubbub of getting ready for this video, we missed getting any polymer clay ornaments on the tree! They are actually still upstairs in my studio. MIA in this video are the Christmas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/beaded-spider-ornament-tradition-polymer-clay-tutorial\/14510\/\">Spider Ornaments<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/snowman-beads-christmas-polymer-clay-tutorial\/14477\/\">Snowman Ornaments<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/mistletoe-ornament-polymer-clay-tutorials-vol-055\/16459\/\">Mistletoe Ornaments<\/a>, and some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/hand-tinted-photo-transfers-polymer-clay-tutorial\/14540\/\">Vintage Santa Hand Tinted Transfer Ornaments<\/a>&#8230; but at least I was wearing some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/poinsettia-charms-for-christmas-polymer-clay-tutorial\/14807\/\">Poinsettia Earrings<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Topics Covered In This Video:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Why just saying, &#8220;If you want your pieces shiny, then just use varnish,&#8221; is bad advice and not enough information for you to have success with your polymer clay projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How all varnishes are not the same. And choosing the wrong one could mean disaster!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Why an oil based varnish is not the right choice for using on baked polymer clay pieces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The right kinds of varnishes to use on polymer clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How to test your varnish (or any other finishes for that matter) to see if they are indeed compatible with polymer clay. Not all finishes are.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Learn about the bad things that can happen to your polymer clay beads and other polymer projects over time, if you use the wrong varnish.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Plus a little Christmas silliness from the Lietz family, that may just give you a giggle or two. Or at least give you some insight into just who these crazy people are!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And&#8230; some Outakes&#8230; cuz who doesn&#8217;t love a few bloopers?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8xKtv1aNO_8?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">By the way, if you have a polymer clay question or challenge you&#8217;d like me to address in an upcoming video vlog, do post it in the comments below. I&#8217;d love to help you find quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230;<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8xKtv1aNO_8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Polymer Clay Safe Varnish<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\">. The Subscribe Button is right near the top of that YouTube page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=hubp0da1-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=13&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=gift_certificates&amp;banner=180TQ0K9X17QCCZQS4R2&amp;f=ifr\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #326: Plus a Christmas (Singing) Surprise from the Lietz Family&#8230; Bloopers Included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2522,2637,2693,228],"class_list":["post-16518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finishing","tag-bloopers","tag-finishes-varnish-sprays-glaze-sealers-wax-paste-rubs","tag-holidays-christmas","tag-family-personal-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16518","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}