{"id":16688,"date":"2013-02-11T03:05:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T11:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16688"},"modified":"2013-02-11T05:21:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T13:21:36","slug":"polishing-papers-sanding-polymer-clay-beads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polishing-papers-sanding-polymer-clay-beads\/16688\/","title":{"rendered":"Polishing Papers For Sanding Polymer Clay Beads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"video\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16688#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px;border: 0pt none\" alt=\"Polishing Papers Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2013-02\/11-90346-pt0-polymer-clay-polishing-papers.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"color: #808080\">Video #346:<\/span> A low tech sanding and polishing solution that will get the job done!<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: large\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: large\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Basic differences between an un-sanded and a sanded piece of polymer clay. To see a more detailed video on the big differences of sanding vs not sanding, watch this video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/sanding-buffing-polymer-clay\/16614\/#video\">Sanding and Buffing Your Polymer Clay Is Worth It<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Sanding polymer clay by hand &#8211; Low Tech Method.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Quick overview of Wet\/Dry Sandpaper and the grits available.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Introduction to polishing cloths purchased at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firemountaingems.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Fire Mountain Gems<\/a>, the size and costs.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Tips for knowing which grit is which.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Sanding set-up and supplies.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">How to sand, using the polishing cloths in grits from 400g, 600g, 1200g, 4000g, 6000g, 8000g.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Getting a nice sheen by hand buffing with felt.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zdy17OUUGyE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;color: #808080\">Question of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Have you ever used polishing cloths to sand your polymer clay? If you have, what do you think of them? And is there another type of sandpaper that you like to use, that is if you do sand your polymer clay?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">I&#8217;d love to hear your answers 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, 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=Zdy17OUUGyE\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Polymer Clay Polishing and Sanding Papers<\/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\" 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\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #346: A low tech sanding and polishing solution that will get the job done!<\/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":[2553,2699],"class_list":["post-16688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finishing","tag-fire-mountain-gems","tag-polymer-clay-sanding-buffing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16688","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=16688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}