{"id":18713,"date":"2014-06-26T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18713"},"modified":"2014-06-13T19:33:22","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T02:33:22","slug":"how-to-clean-your-polymer-clay-extruder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/how-to-clean-your-polymer-clay-extruder\/18713\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Clean Your Polymer Clay Extruder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18713#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-06\/26-90537-cleaning-polymer-clay-extruders.jpg\" alt=\"Cleaning Polymer Clay Extruders\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #537:<\/span> Tips for cleaning both the Makins Professional Polymer Clay Extruder and the Walnut Hollow Extruder.<\/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;\">Maintenance and care of your polymer clay extruders to keep them working smoothly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">From a cleaning perspective, both the Makins and Walnut Hollow extruder brands are very similar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Unscrew end cap to clean out left over clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Toothpick works well for removing clay from threads in cap and on barrel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Unscrew the other end cap and pull out plunger.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Scrape off clay stuck to rubber ring on plunger.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Both tool brands have extra rubber o-rings, should they ever need to be replaced.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Wipe off plunger end and barrel with baby wipe or rubbing alcohol.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Vaseline (Petroleum Jelly) can be used to lubricate rubber o-ring.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cut Lube or WD-40 works great to lubricate the metal threads of the crank shaft.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hnPJ5PQs3eQ?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18551#video\">Makins vs. Walnut Hollow Polymer Clay Extruders<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=1884#video\">Makins Professional Ultimate Clay Extruder<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=5206#video\">Extruder Cleaning and Maintenance Tips Plus Project Ideas<\/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=hnPJ5PQs3eQ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Cleaning Polymer Clay Extruders<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> &#8230; 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 #537: Tips for cleaning both the Makins Professional Polymer Clay Extruder and the Walnut Hollow Extruder.<\/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":[1707,2740],"class_list":["post-18713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-studio-tips","tag-polymer-clay-extruder-projects","tag-polymer-clay-tools-supplies-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18713","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=18713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}