{"id":18352,"date":"2014-03-03T03:05:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T11:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18352"},"modified":"2014-02-14T19:40:20","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T03:40:20","slug":"should-polymer-clay-still-bend-after-its-been-baked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/should-polymer-clay-still-bend-after-its-been-baked\/18352\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Polymer Clay Still Bend After It&#8217;s Been Baked?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18352#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Should Polymer Clay Bend After It Is Baked?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-03\/03-90489-should-it-bend-after-baking.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #489:<\/span> It depends on the thickness, but yes, polymer clay does stay somewhat flexible.<\/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;\">A very common beginner baking question.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Is it normal for my polymer clay to still be bendy after baking?<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Help&#8230; did I do something wrong?<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Polymer clay is not like regular earthen clay that cures rock hard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Polymer clay, like Premo Sculpey for example, remain flexible when baked, especially when thin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In this video I show samples of baked polymer clay at various thicknesses, and bend them to show how much flexibility you should expect.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2-3 playing cards thick = very flexible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">6-8 playing cards thick = slightly flexible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">14-16 playing cards thick = very stiff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Temperature can affect flexibility. Cool Temps = Stiffer. Warm Temps = More Flexible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Some coatings will affect stiffness, some won&#8217;t.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Thin flexible coating like Aleene&#8217;s Jewelry Gel will not make the piece stiffer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Thick Resin coatings like UV Resin Lisa Pavelka&#8217;s Magic Glos, will make the piece much stiffer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The short answer to &#8220;Should it Bend?&#8221; is &#8220;Yes. Depends on the thickness how much it&#8217;ll bend.&#8221;<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yRdqUY8-9Ds?rel=0\" height=\"323\" width=\"575\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18311\/\">Aleene&#8217;s Jewelry Pendant Gel<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=9879\">Using UV Epoxy Resin on Polymer Clay<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=15717\">Mermaid Scales Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you have any suggestions for videos on tips, techniques or products you would like to learn more about? Let me know in the comments section below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My goal is to help you to learn 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=yRdqUY8-9Ds\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Polymer Clay &#8211; Should it Still Be Flexible After Baking?<\/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 #489: It depends on the thickness, but yes, polymer clay does stay somewhat flexible.<\/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-18352","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\/18352","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=18352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}