![]() Be sure to cover your crafting area appropriately. Uncured clay may damage unprotected furniture or finished surfaces. We recommend working on cutting matt, wax paper, metal baking sheet, or disposable foil. Please make sure your work area is covered and you are not working on an unprotected surface. Excellent leveling properties, which allow it to be baked in sheets and poured into jewelry findings.īake at 275 ☏ (130 ☌) for 15 – 30 minutes.ĭO NOT EXCEED THE ABOVE TEMPERATURE OR RECOMMENDED BAKING TIME. DO NOT MICROWAVE.Add items such as glitter, spices, dried flowers and metal pieces to add interest to your creations before baking!.To thicken – pour into a cup and let sit out overnight.To thin - add Sculpey Clay Softener until desired consistency is reached.Strong and flexible after baking making it perfect for home décor, jewelry, scrapbooking and beyond.Twist cap for precise flow control – open completely to fill mold.Projects such as stained glass effect suncatchers and window clings are also easy to make and bake. ![]() When pigments or mica powders are mixed with it, it can be a stipple, a metallic glaze or a grout for polymer clay mosaics. When artists oil paints are mixed with it, it can be used as an enamel, a glaze or a backfilling compound. Translucent Liquid Sculpey is a liquid polymer clay that is also a bakeable transfer and color medium with many creative uses. It also protects it from the elements like when you wear it for jewelry.Translucent Liquid Polymer Clay by Sculpey 2 fl. Glazing really helps bring everything together and look its’ best. If you use a matte finish, it tends to dull things and really leaves translucent pieces looking less clear. ![]() I’d suggest using a glossy resin, or a varnish in either satin or gloss. What really brings everything together is glazing the finished product. If you make it really thick it will be more foggy. The thinner you make the translucent clay, the clearer it will be. I usually bake it a bit lower and longer. Overall, to get the best results with translucent clays, you should make sure you bake it at the proper temperature or a bit lower if you don’t have an accurate oven thermometer. If I'm making something thicker like frosting or dips, I will add little chopped pieces of colored polymer clay to it and mix until I achieve the perfect texture. This gives the most realistic look in my opinion because soft pastels are already less opaque naturally than acrylics or colored clay. To color it, I usually use soft pastels and shave off the dust with an x-acto knife and mix it in. Recently, Sculpey has come out with other colors besides translucent for their liquid clay line.but that was not an option when i started many years ago! I also use it to make faux sauces, gravies, jellies, glazes, dips, frostings, etc. It is a liquid consistency similar to ketchup and can be used for adhering clay pieces to each other. TRANSLUCENT LIQUID SCULPEY- This one I use for absolutely everything. Once completed, you can slice it, and will have an identical design throughout) you sculpt a design that you gradually stretch longer in length. (*the caning technique is kind of like making a loaf of bread. If I'm using clay for something very clear like gummy bears, pickle slices, or onion slices, I choose this one! It also has a more firm feel than Sculpey III which makes it much easier to use when making thinner pieces or plan to use it for caning techniques. SCULPEY PREMO- in terms of translucency, I've found it to be the clearest. I almost never use any colors straight from the package for making miniatures and always mix a little translucent along with whatever else I need to change the color a bit. Because of its softness, I typically use this one when I'm needing to add a little bit to lessen the intensity of a color I'm mixing. ![]() It tends to have a faint, warm tint to it if used on it’s own. SCULPEY III - It’s the softest in your hands, and is not quite as clear as the other options. Below i have broken down the purpose i have for each one. I sculpt mostly miniature food, and to achieve realism, opacity definitely plays a big part in that. I use all of them for different purposes and my preference. The Translucent polymer clays I've used are Sculpey III, Sculpey Premo, and Translucent Liquid Sculpey (TLS) polymer clays. When you mix in different colors, you don’t truly know how transparent you have made your mixture until it’s in the oven.įor this reason, I would suggest baking a test piece first and write down the ratio you used before working on a big project. The main reason being, It won’t look translucent until baked. ![]() Translucent clay in my experience, is definitely the most difficult to figure out at first. ![]()
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