Being a sculptor and. I have a natural preference for clays that blend. Leached Premo seems to be that clay. I've had no trouble with bubbles. I rather like the stickiness. Just my 2 cents, Katherine Dewey. I. mix clays or clay combinations as needed for whatever project or. I'm working on. Some clays for instance aren't too good for. I may use super sculpey for the main part of a piece. Premo or Promat or a mix of different clays for the detail work. Get. as many samples as you can. Its a fun way to find out what fits your particular. Leaching, especially suited to blendable. Place a weight on top (for example, a Rio Grande catalogue) and let. Some of the plasticiser in the clay will. Put the ball back together by sealing the seams using thumb. If the clay loses its shape. To answer your question, there isn't any hobbyist product I know that will give you the same results (as oven-bake clays-- produce similar results, smooth, plastic. The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic . If seams blend easily, yet the two hemispheres. Katherine Dewey .. I. always imagined that your preference for leached clay was one of those personal. I* would be perfectly happy using clay straight from. Really really wrong!) Anybody reading this, take note. Premo for sculpting and leached Premo. Sherry ..(see more on leaching in Conditioning). I have recently learned that leaching not only removes some of. Diane B.. The short answer is . It. also removes color stabilizers that help keep. Someone would need to break a block into two parts, wick. CW69About CBS Television Stations Group (Formerly Paramount Stations Group), a division of CBS Inc., officially entered the Atlanta market September 1, 1995. It does change the strength though, and I was told that. If strength is an issue, then I suggest leaching the daylights. If ease of sculpting is the biggest concern. I also don't recommend. Fimo because it just doesn't. Jack Johnston. seems to prefer a softer clay. I and many others prefer a much firmer clay. But. just that part of the consistency is not enough to say it's a good clay with which. Fimo is very firm in many of it's colors but seams don't. Many very fine artists, some of the best in the world, like. Premo. I find it too sticky unless it's leeched and even then it's kind. I like a good solid clay that has an almost waxy consistency. The absolute favorite sculpting clay of this particular dabbler. Promat, and in particular promat black seemed to combine all. I wanted. Firm, Waxy, great detail hold, and VERY strong. PREMO. clay is very heat sensitive and easily by overworked.. Shane.. Many. times there is a lot number stamped on the box. So when you find that first. I use to reserve boxes of clay of the same lot once I found one I liked. Katherine Dewey ... Works for me, .. can. Baking > Darkening, Scorching).. Sadly he wasn't around long. Kathndolls.. Super. Sculpey. tends to plaque(moon). Cheryl ... Right. I'm trying a 5. 0- 5. SS and Cernit. I've heard. I haven't gone clear through the process. I can't tell you my honest opinion. I question the validity of the decomposing (baked. So many artists undercure. Super. Sculpey and Super. Sculpey blends to prevent scorching that as a result the. Katherine Dewey. Terra. Cotta original Sculpey in the box is extremely. Sculpey in. a box?).. Terra Cotta Sculpey in Characteristics> Sculpeys > White & Terra Cotta. Super. Sculpey Firm(dark gray).. It's important to note that all. Polyform (Premo, Super. Sculpey, Sculpey. Sculpey III) have a quality I call . If you need tobake the piece again. Katherine Dewey I. Sculpey's Superflexall the time (now called Bake. Bend). Yes, it's tacky and somewhat greasy, but it's a problem solver. For modeling, I normally blend Beige. Flex in a 5. 0/5. Premo (any color) that's been leached. Beige Flex is so inert. The result. is a slightly tacky clay the exact color I need with a consistency similar to. Premo, but it does remain flexible after baking; that's the quality. I want. Examples on my webpage http: //www. Katherine Dewey. Tommie's saga re. KATO POLYCLAYfor sculpting (he liked it very much. My only complaint so far is just a minor one. The Kato skin tone clay. But it's not a big. I do that most of the time with the premo and fimo, too. That nice blending. Dawndove~I tried the flesh colorto sculpt. So I tried mixing it with translucent. Still didn't. like it. And the feel was a bit too mooshy, for my tastes. Some people like Cernit. I'm not knocking it, it was not for me. Guess I'll be a Super. Sculpey girl forever.. I do like the clay, it's just different from anything. I've tried. Ginger Vernon said when I first ordered it that they were going. I like the softer, more elastic Premo. The thing. that I love Kato clay is that it doesn't color shift like Premo. Since I make. figurines I was always having trouble with the skin darkening especially. I do many repeat bakings, different body parts tend to bake a lot. Kato clay has a slightly shiny surface (looks a. I like for the hair of a figure. I prefer Premo's soft matte finish. Dawn. S... If you dip a pinkie in cornstarch & smooth it over the surface. Kato. clay. Marla. ALL the FIMOs.. the Fimo clays have been reformulated. Chris ... miniaturists. We will. update this page as soon as they are completed. Sue H. http: //www. Information. The latest batch was very difficult to use for. We are waiting for more information. I have found this. Sue H.. while. the general hobbyist will probably find the clays easy to use, some of. We will. update this page as soon as they are completed. Sue H. http: //www. Information. Soft enough to. I found. it not quite as strong as Classic Fimo, nor Premo. As I'm one who believes the. Fimo Soft, on its own, did not stand up to the task.. I. mostly use Fimo soft. I love the constancy of the clay, and seams disappear. I have not so warm hands. Christel.. I've. been sculpting horses - my other great love! Fimo Soft is a great sculpture. S Sculpey. Maximum clay thickness should be no more than 1. Donna Kato.. I. had always worked with Fimo. My husband had to condition the Fimo for me. Fimo. Soft) came out I just couldn't work with it. I didn't like the colors or texture and it was harder to work with. I. really freaked because my whole line and livelihood was based on the old Fimo. I can mix it myself, it takes 7. Fimo was! It is soooo much better to sculpt. I can sculpt all day & night without. Kristy.. Fimo's Classic is too. Soft is too soft for me, so what I have been doing for my sculptures. I want (Classic being the smaller proportion). Christina PUPPEN. Fimo(. Doll fimo (puppenfimo) is much. It doesn't looses its shape when curing, doesn't get. And most of all, I think this is the only polymerclay. Holland ) that doesn't get the plastic shiny look after curing (I compared. Fimo, Cernit and Creal. Therm)... Also compared the 'smearability'. If you make a head you usually have to add layers of polymerclay. Cernit was the most difficult, I had to. Creal. Therm was in between those two brands. Maybe on a larger scale I would like it better but not on small. Nanner .. I e- mailed Maureen. Wee Folks about your question. Puppen. Fimo is a bit less elastic than is regular FIMO. I would add Mix. Quick to it. At least adding the same product. I. have used a lot of different clays and mixes I keep coming back to the Puppen. I make. Cheryl.... If you like a darker. Puppen. Fimo), Prosculpt is great to work with , easy to seam. Puppin Fimo , and comes in ethnic colours, though it's not as moveble. Cernit which I use in larger dolls but not in miniatures. Cheryl.. a friend of mine sculpts in Super. Sculpey. then applies a thin layer of Cernit over it to give it a more translucent. I like it mixed with S. Sculpey for dolls. By itself- . it's got lots of bounce and I didn't like that. It's sort of like Fimo- and that. Kathndolls(no longer being. I get it close. Then rubbing, stroking or patting. Jeannehttp: //www. Faux- -Wood). This one is great for minis. Nanner.. Drawback.. Almost double. the best Premo price!) .. I have found that if it is very old- -- like. Sculpey Diluent/Softener to soften it some. Just put a few drops on it. If you can get it warm, you can gradually get it. I have Cernit that is going. I have some Pro- Sculpt that is three. It works up just fine though. Premo. Jeanne R.. When. baking Cernit, the slow approach would be bad as the clay seems to soften. Helene.. What I have been doing is to sculpt. Pro- Sculpt and then make a mold of that. Then I use Cernit. Cernit is my favorite. Super. Sculpey, then applies a thin layer. Cernit over it to give it a more translucent look. Jack Johnson is the vendor..... It's really nice to work with. It doesn't. moon or crack, but it isn't as translucent. His clay also blends better than. I've seen. I can sculpt really tiny faces. Pro- Sculpt much more easily than with Cernit. Prosculpt's Caucasian ispink, ugh. I would rate it equal to Premo in surface hardness. I adore it alot when making babies. It's a rosier color. Light. Gardensof. Utopia..... I use Baby. Baby looks like, check out my gallery where everything. Baby (the 1st two on 4th row are Caucasian, you can see how. I used to sculpt in Roma Plastelina so sculpting. Prosculpt is the closest thing to that real clay feel for me, blending. Nanner... Light .. Fairy Light) is really light, but not. I use fairy Light with mostly everything, even baby sculpts..... Gardens. Of. Utopia... Translucent. White is great.. Gardens. Of. Utopia.. Pro. Sculpt is not. Cernit- -- but if you add Premo translucent. Cernit- -problem is, it then begins to work like. Cernit. Hard at first and then too soft... I found what works best for me. It is amazing. what you can touch the next time and how much more control you have over the clay. The powder. makes it easy to make even smoother with no fingerprints. I normally. don't touch the clay all that much with my hands... I keep my babies'. I cut away with tools and smooth. I go... When i add patches though like . Dianne C.. Pro. Sculpt. Sculpey's. Softener- Diluent), which is called Smoothing Oilmixing. Years ago, when I was low on Super Sculpey, and in rush to finish. I used Cernit, blending it with Super Sculpey at a one to one ratio. The main caveat is that when caning, *any* clay mixes, or. There are also. doughs that look and work like polymer clay (which can be made - -easy- -. Here are some alternatives: 1) Low melt plastics. Typically this is sold as. One brand. is called Friendly Plastic.
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