Handmade products recently conquer increasingly popularity. Unique things are very nice to give friends or decorate their home. Completely different materials for handmade products are sold in stores, and one of them is a polymer clay. Of it make figures, make a variety of compositions for decorating the interior. And the clay is perfect for the manufacture of real jewelry from it. But it is not enough to simply soften the clay and cut out the right product out of it, then it is necessary to bake it so that it solid. In this article, we will tell you in detail how to properly bake the polymer clay.
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Right baked figurine or element of the composition must be solid to the touch, but at the same time begun a little, i.e. To be plastic From a finely rolled and properly baked plate with a scissors or a stationery knife, you can cut any desired elements. If necessary, a variety of holes can be drilled in a well-baked clay. The surface of the finished product should be matte and the same color, which clay was before baking.
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The most important thing when baking the polymer clay is the strictest observance of the coating temperature and the time of finding the product in the oven. Information about these parameters is on a package with clay. At the same time, from different manufacturers, they may differ, read the instructions very carefully. Typically, the temperature varies from 110 seconds to 130 s. If the product is bakeed at a lower temperature, then it will become fragile with time and starts crumbling. If the temperature exceeds, the element from clay is first deformed, and then it will simply be strained by contradiction. Baking time is also indicated in the instructions, but on average it is 30-40 minutes for large products and 3-8 - for small. Flat elements are baked from 15 to 20 minutes.
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For the baking of the polymer clay, a kitchen gas or an electric oven is suitable, in which there is a temperature controller. To bake, you will need any ceramic flat plate or even an unnecessary ceramic tile, which remained after the bathroom repair. If there was nothing suitable in the house, the products can be decomposed on the usual metal counterpart, shining baking paper (culinary parchment) or a glass sheet. In order for the so-called "breakdowns" on the bottom of the product during the design, there are several table paper napkins under them. Products unfolded on the counter, tile or plate are sent only to the oven preheated to the desired temperature.
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Very small elements (beads, leafy of flowers, butterfly wings and other similar) First you need to neatly put on the toothpicks. Next, the toothpicks are punishable to the ball from the foil, in which the flat platform is made below for its exact fixation on the surface. And this ball is already put on the tile or baking sheet and goes into the oven. Please note that small elements planted on the toothpicks and, as if hanging in the air baked faster than the same, but lying on a flat surface. The time difference occurs due to the fact that when the products are located on the plane, it first warmly goes to heating the ceramic tile or bent, and then - on the clay product.
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It is not recommended to sculpt from the polymer clay of the figurines, any elements of compositions or jewelry with a thickness of more than 1 cm. The thick layer of clay will not bake up to a normal state, inside it will be "raw". Therefore, in order to make, for example, a puppet head, it is first manufactured by its base of foil. Then the substantine layer of polymer clay is put on the basis, and this head is baked.
A properly baked product made of polymer clay can be polished, toned with acrylic paints and lacked. If necessary, finished figures or jewelry can be washed with water, they are not afraid of it.
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