{"id":16666,"date":"2013-02-04T05:20:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T13:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16666"},"modified":"2014-08-02T13:00:48","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T20:00:48","slug":"pardo-professional-art-clay-translucent-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/pardo-professional-art-clay-translucent-review\/16666\/","title":{"rendered":"Pardo Professional Art Clay &#8211; Translucent Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16666#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2013-02\/04-90344-pt0-pardo-translucent.jpg\" alt=\"Pardo Professional art Clay Translucent Polymer Clay\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #344:<\/span> Everyone says that Pardo Translucent is the clearest of them all. Let&#8217;s find out&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Last month I did a comparison review of 4 different brands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/comparing-translucent-polymer-clay-brands\/16577\/#video\" target=\"_blank\">Translucent Polymer Clay<\/a> (Sculpey III, Fimo Soft, Kato Polyclay and Premo Sculpey White Translucent).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Following that video, several viewers requested that I also review Translucent Pardo Professional Art Clay, to see how it stacks up against the other more common brands. Well, thanks to a kind member of the community (Nancy Q from the <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouverpolyclayers.blogspot.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Vancouver Polyclayers Guild<\/a>) who gave me a block of Pardo from her stache, I am able to present my findings for you today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808080;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>Availability:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; Manufactured by Viva-Decor in Germany (link removed because of issue with their web site).<br \/>\n&#8211; North America Distributor: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polyclayplay.com\/Cart\/categories\/Polymer-Clay\/Pardo-by-Viva-Decor\/Pardo-Professional-Art-Clay\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Poly Clay Play<\/a> (Trish Hodgens).<br \/>\n&#8211; UK Distributor: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pardopeople.co.uk\/\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Clay Around<\/a> (Penny Vingoe).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>First Impressions:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; No smell, even when baking.<br \/>\n&#8211; Made with Beeswax.<br \/>\n&#8211; Similar firmness to Premo clay when cold, but gets very soft when worked.<br \/>\n&#8211; Stickier than other brands.<br \/>\n&#8211; Clarity is higher than other brands, but only when baked for 60 minutes at 250F (120C) and not just the 30 minutes recommended on the label.<br \/>\n&#8211; Color whiter or more glass-like in color than other brands.<br \/>\n&#8211; Baking temperatures and times.<br \/>\n&#8211; Great clay for faux techniques and other projects where clarity is a benefit.<br \/>\n&#8211; Strength. Good. (I made a mistake in the video and said Pardo was stronger than Premo when I meant to say Premo was stronger than Pardo. The differences aren&#8217;t so huge however, so I left it in the video.<a id=\"video\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sulodot-rvI?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #888888;\"><strong>Question of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">When you buy polymer clay (any brand), do you prefer to buy in person, or are you OK buying your polymer clay online?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Please leave your answers in the comments below.<\/span><\/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, you can also 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 search engines. 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=sulodot-rvI\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Pardo Transluscent Professional Art Clay<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #344: Everyone says that Pardo Translucent is the clearest of them all. 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