{"id":16544,"date":"2012-12-27T03:05:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T11:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16544"},"modified":"2013-04-28T10:55:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T17:55:37","slug":"curing-polymer-clay-heat-gun-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/curing-polymer-clay-heat-gun-no\/16544\/","title":{"rendered":"Curing Polymer Clay With A Heat Gun Not So Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"video\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16544#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2012-12\/27-90324-pt0-curing-with-heat-gun.jpg\" alt=\"Heat Gun Polymer Clay\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #324:<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Do you know how hot your heat gun gets? Or perhaps a more important question is&#8230; how hot does is <em>not<\/em> get?<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/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 using a heat gun to cure polymer clay won&#8217;t fully cure your polymer clay pieces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How to see how hot your heat gun actually gets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Difficulty curing for the proper length of time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">When a heat gun does come in handy&#8230; if you want to partially bake polymer clay in stages&#8230; or if you are doing specialty techniques such as my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-faux-raku-pt2-deep-crackle-technique\/4788\/\">Deep Crackle Faux Raku Tutorial<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Why you will still need to re-bake your partially baked polymer clay projects, in order to fully cure your pieces for quality and longevity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kg4Zb-Z9n-g?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\"><\/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=kg4Zb-Z9n-g\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Baking Polymer Clay With A Heat Gun<\/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\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #324: Do you know how hot your heat gun gets? 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