{"id":17458,"date":"2013-09-02T03:05:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T10:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17458"},"modified":"2013-07-08T18:39:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T01:39:48","slug":"baking-beads-no-shiny-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/baking-beads-no-shiny-spots\/17458\/","title":{"rendered":"Baking Beads So They Don&#8217;t End Up With Shiny Spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17458#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Avoid Polymer Clay Shiny Spots\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2013-09\/02-90422-avoid-polymer-clay-shiny-spots.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #422:<\/span> There&#8217;s a time when shiny is good&#8230; but there are also times when it looks really terrible!<\/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;\">I did a tips video several weeks ago about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/acetone-remove-fingerprints-polymer-clay\/17280\/\">How to Remove Fingerprints and Shiny Spots Using Acetone<\/a>, but since there were so many comments from people having problems with shiny spots, I thought I&#8217;d do a video on how to avoid them in the first place.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Shiny spots on the back of your polymer clay pieces, happen when you bake on shiny surfaces. Whether it is a shiny glass or ceramic tile, a metal pan or a glass pie plate. If you stick your clay piece directly on a shiny surface while baking, it will leave a shiny spot on the back.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I show two samples of polymer clay; One baked directly on a shiny glass tile, and one baked on a piece of paper sitting on top of the same tile. The piece that baked on the paper has a smooth matte finish. And the one baked directly on the glass surface has a mottled uneven surface with some very shiny spots. Needless to say, the one baked on the paper looks way better!<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can bake any polymer clay piece on a piece of paper. Just lay a sheet or two of plain office paper (no printing) or a piece of cardstock or file folder on top of your baking pan or tile, and then add your polymer clay pieces.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I used to use parchment paper (aka baking paper) to bake polymer clay on, but I found that some brands will wrinkle in the oven and some will leave shiny spots&#8230; so you might as well just use regular paper instead.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Paper is fine in the oven at the low temperatures that we bake polymer clay at. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>VERY IMPORTANT:<\/strong><\/span> Make sure the paper does not touch the elements or the inside walls of your oven&#8230; or the paper could catch fire. But other than that, paper will be OK in the oven at low temperatures.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jWNcGFFMKCg?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;\">Do you have trouble with shiny spots on your polymer clay pieces? And do you think you will use this tip?<\/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=jWNcGFFMKCg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Avoiding Shiny Spots When Baking 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 #422: There&#8217;s a time when shiny is good&#8230; but there are also times when it looks really terrible!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2662],"tags":[2633],"class_list":["post-17458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-studio-tips","tag-baking-polymer-clay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17458","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=17458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}