![]() ![]() It is strong when baked, yet soft enough when raw to work with easily. If you click the link by my name, it will take you to more info about that.Īs far as clays go, my favorite clay to use is Premo Sculpey. It will help you avoid lots of problems, and make you advance much quicker than if you try and go it alone. She is right about the Beginners Course being the best place to start for any beginner. It has been super busy around here, so I am very glad to see that Jocelyn helped you out. It is a medium that you can work with for the rest of your life if you wish. It is really cool that you are being creative with polymer clay. Thank you for your time Katherine O: Welcome Katherine! It is so great to have you here! My daughter Willow is 14 and my son Fisher is 12 in a couple days and they love to be artistic. I’m sorry for all the questions, but I’m not sure who else to ask so when i found this i was relieved. My final question is which clays would you say are best for sculpting realistic looking charms such as food? I have decent quality acrylic paints for regular painting at my disposal i was wondering what your opinion on those might be? I used to mix colours with the fimo, but i’m thinking painting the charms might give them a more realistic look and quality, but again i have no idea which paints would be durable and long lasting enough for jewellery. Um also i’m considering the cost of the clays as i’m still a teenager with not much of an income, so i was wondering if the half fimo/half premo mix was very costly? Um hi, i’m thinking of making my own cutesy jewellery with handmade charms and i’d previously used fimo soft and classic about 4 years ago as a youngster for fun, but i had some questions on the different clays.įirstly, which clays are best concerning waterproofness (i don’t recall fimo being waterproof) and best at taking all the knocks and what not that you’d expect a charm bracelet or necklace to have to handle on a day-to-day basis ? ![]() Questions? Comments? You know what to do Cindy Lietz from Polymer Clay Tumblers: Thanks goes out to doll artist Bonnie Jones for the advice she has given me in the past, about using Quick Mix to add strength to polymer clay. Premo mixed with Fimo Mix Quick seemed to improve the strength as well. But the winner for strength goes to Premo Sculpey. ![]() All stuff I knew through experience but it was fun to see the side by side comparison! Here’s another article you may want to read about my least favorite brand: Sculpey III Makes Me MadĪs far as the hardest polymer clay off the shelf, I’d have to give first place to Fimo clay. It was the most brittle, the least flexible and it baked to an icky purple-brown… definitely faired the worst. Strip could be bent in half the most times without breaking (Very Strong).įor strength and hardness I honestly cannot recommend Sculpey III.Premo Sculpey (White) and Fimo Quick Mix 50:50 Blend: Thicker block felt firm when still warm.Baked to a horrible spotted purple-brown color.Strip snapped with the first bend (Weak Rating).The strip was not very flexible at all.Strip could be bent in half several times without breaking (Strong Rating).Thicker block felt the hardest when still warm.Strip could be bent in half a couple of times without breaking (Strong Rating).The strip was firm but somewhat flexible.Here are the results after baking for 1 hour: I ran a little short for the PQ mix so the block is slightly smaller. PQ= 50:50 mix of Premo and Fimo Mix Quick.Using a letter rubber stamp I identified each brand with a letter: I also baked up a sample with Fimo Mix Quick added in to see if that made any difference.Įach strip sample was approximately 1/16″ thick, and the blocks were 3/8″. So taking 3 of the most common brands of polymer clay Fimo, Premo and Sculpey III, I baked up samples in thin sheets and thick blocks to see how they would compare in a number of categories. ~EricĪ: Well Eric I thought it would be fun to answer your question by doing a little experiment! Although I had some good guesses as to which clay bakes the hardest, it’s always best if you can show proof. Which make of clay bakes the hardest? Thanks so much for your time. I find that after it is baked it isn’t as hard as I would expect it to be. My first purchase of clay to work with was Sculpey III. What make of clay is best for thicker items (1/4 – 1/2″) that are made and baked. ![]() I’m so new to polymer clay work that it isn’t funny. Q: Hi Cindy, When you get a moment I’d like your opinion on this. Battle of the Brands: An Experiment for Strength, Hardness and Flexibility: ![]()
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