{"id":19254,"date":"2014-12-11T03:05:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T11:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19254"},"modified":"2014-12-04T19:44:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T03:44:50","slug":"rubbing-alcohol-must-have-polymer-clayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/rubbing-alcohol-must-have-polymer-clayers\/19254\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubbing Alcohol &#8211; A Must Have For All Polymer Clayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19254#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-12\/11-90605-rubbing-alcohol.jpg\" alt=\"Pebeo Fantasy Paints - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #605:<\/span> Isopropyl Alcohol (99%) is one of the most useful supplies to have in your polymer clay studio.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/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;\">Rubbing Alcohol (Isopropyl Alcohol 99%) is one of my most useful polymer clay studio supply.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I use rubbing alcohol for many uses like&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cleaning dirty unbaked polymer clay and polymer clay canes&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Clean tools such as work surfaces, pasta machine, blades, cutters&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Removing permanent marker (Sharpie) inks&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Removing stickers from glass and metal&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Removing dried acrylic paints and finishes&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you have a finish that was incompatible with polymer clay (sticky, flaking, peeling), you can soak your polymer clay charms or other pieces in rubbing alcohol to remove the bad finish. Use toothbrush to scrub recessed areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can use rubbing alcohol to test paint to see if it is acrylic or oil based. Simply rub any cured swatch of paint that has been applied to any surface, with some rubbing alcohol on a paper towel. If color comes off, then it is a water based paint.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Thin alcohol inks with rubbing alcohol&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Clean up Alcohol inks&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mix with water and spritz on alcohol ink covered surface for a cool effect&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Remove sticky residue from UV Resin and UV Gel Nail Polish&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Clean Glass for adding polymer clay to&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Clean oil and fingerprints from metal&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">One of the cheapest and most used supplies in my polymer clay studio.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I purchase 4 bottles of 99% Isopropyl Alcohol in Canada for about $5 &#8211; $6<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_o5TOyLr1UA?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=3359\">Rubbing Alcohol Uses For Polymer Clay Bead Artists<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18516#video\">Cleaning Dirty Polymer Clay That&#8217;s Not Baked Yet<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=161#video\">Using Rubbing Alcohol To Clean White Clay<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=5206#video\">Clay Extruder Cleaning and Maintenance Tips<\/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=_o5TOyLr1UA\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Rubbing Alcohol &#8211; A Must Have For Every Polymer Clay Studio<\/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 #605: Isopropyl Alcohol (99%) is one of the most useful supplies to have in your polymer clay studio.<\/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":[2682,2776,237,2740],"class_list":["post-19254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-studio-tips","tag-cane-management","tag-painting-coloring-distressed","tag-rubbing-alcohol-acetone-solvents-cleaners","tag-polymer-clay-tools-supplies-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19254","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=19254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}