{"id":19729,"date":"2015-06-01T03:05:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T10:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19729"},"modified":"2015-06-01T06:10:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T13:10:48","slug":"tips-tricks-using-sculpey-clay-extruder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/tips-tricks-using-sculpey-clay-extruder\/19729\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips And Tricks For Using Your Sculpey Clay Extruder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19729#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2015-06\/01-90667-sculpey-clay-extruder-update.jpg\" alt=\"Sculpey Clay Extruder Usage Tips - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #667:<\/span> Since many of you may already own this tool, here is some information and ideas on how to put it to good use.<\/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;\">Today I am going to do an update on the Sculpey Clay Extruder.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In a previous video I did an Unboxing of the Sculpey Clay Extruder and I tried it out.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I had found it to be quite difficult to use. You need to be super strong to squeeze the clay out of the barrel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Since I know that a lot of you may already have purchased a Sculpey Clay Extruder, I thought that I&#8217;d try and figure out some ways to make it easier to extrude using this readily available tool.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I figured out some little tips and tricks that should help you out.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Using the same Sculpey Souffle Clay we used in the previous video, so it is a fair comparison, I show you how to use a baby wipe or kitchen wipe and a caulking gun to assist in extruding the clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Key tips and tricks for easier clay extrusion are&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Clay should be soft and warm. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Clean and lubricate the barrel with a moist kitchen\/baby wipe before adding clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Only fill barrel 2\/3 full, to increase leverage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Leave the wipe on the plunger to help fill the gap between the plunger and the barrel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Use a caulking gun to help push out the clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Larger dies are easier to push out the clay.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d2BET9elUnM?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=19500\/#video\">Review Lucy Clay CzeXtruder XXL HD<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18755#video\">Sculpey Souffle Polymer Clay Product Review<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18713#video\">How To Clean Your Polymer Clay Extruder<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17903#video\">Baby Wipes In Your Polymer Clay Studio<\/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=d2BET9elUnM\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Sculpey Clay Extruder &#8211; Tips for Easier Extruding<\/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 #667: Since many of you may already own this tool, here is some information and ideas on how to put it to&#8230;&nbsp;<span class=\"cmtcnt\">18<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2665],"tags":[2805,2787,1707,2740],"class_list":["post-19729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-product-demos","tag-lysol","tag-polyform","tag-polymer-clay-extruder-projects","tag-polymer-clay-tools-supplies-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19729","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=19729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}