{"id":17189,"date":"2013-06-03T03:05:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T10:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17189"},"modified":"2013-05-28T17:41:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T00:41:32","slug":"polymer-clay-storage-plastic-drawer-cabinets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-storage-plastic-drawer-cabinets\/17189\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Clay Storage In Plastic Drawer Cabinets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17189#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Storing Polymer Clay\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2013-06\/03-90387-pt0-storing-polymer-clay.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #387:<\/span> Important to first test if your polymer clay is compatible with the plastic drawers.<\/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;\">Wall of drawers for storing my blocks of polymer clay, polymer clay canes, beads, and jewelry findings.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">These <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiantire.ca\/AST\/browse\/6\/Tools\/ToolStorage\/PartsStorage\/PRD~0581084P\/Mastercraft+60-Drawer+Plastic+Parts+Cabinet.jsp?locale=en\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">60 drawer units<\/a> are made by Mastercraft and were purchased at Canadian Tire (a retail chain in Canada). Similar units can be found at other locations including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harborfreight.com\/40-bin-organizer-with-full-length-drawer-94375.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Harbor Freight<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I store my polymer clay, grouped by color.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Each drawer holds two 2oz packages of Premo Sculpey clay (wrapped and\/or unwrapped).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is very important to pre-test any plastic that your raw polymer clay may end up coming into contact with. You need to determine if the plastic is compatible with your specific brand of polymer clay.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I show several examples of sample raw clay from six different brands (Studio by Sculpey, Fimo, Pardo, Kato, Sculpey III and my favorite Premo)&#8230; placed in contact with the plastic dividers that came with my drawers&#8230; to see if the clay would react to the plastic. It is important to note that the dividers I used were made of the same plastic as the drawers, so this was an appropriate test. You may need to test in an inconspicuous spot on the drawers themselves if you don&#8217;t have such dividers to test on.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Signs of plastic vs polymer clay incompatibility are: Plastic turns foggy where clay touches it; Clay eats into the surface of the plastic; Clay becomes sticky or crumbly; Clay bonds to plastic and is difficult to separate.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My 60 drawer units comfortably houses every color in the Premo Sculpey line, plus a few more which I use for discontinued colors, possible new colors and a few for scrap clay.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">See through drawers make it easy to spot at a glance, any colors that need to be restocked.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E7Zy0o9GDQ8?rel=0\" height=\"323\" width=\"575\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808080;\">Question of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">How do you store your polymer clay? And, do you have any tips or have you had troubles when storing your clay that you would like to share with us in the comment section below?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I look forward to hearing from you.<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E7Zy0o9GDQ8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Storing Polymer 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\" 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 #387: Important to first test if your polymer clay is compatible with the plastic drawers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2586,2740],"class_list":["post-17189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools","tag-clay-compatibile-materials","tag-polymer-clay-tools-supplies-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17189","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=17189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}