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Post by BLL on Jun 28, 2008 19:33:06 GMT 12
hadn't heard of this for clay before, but apparently whipping your piece out of the hot oven and plunging it into ice-cold water makes it stronger and shrinks up any cracks that may have appeared. Sounds too good to be true!
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Post by lindiloo2 on Jun 28, 2008 21:26:32 GMT 12
it does, maybe Im wrong but, dont you get moonies when there is a big temprature chainge from hot to cold?
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Post by fantail on Jun 29, 2008 14:05:24 GMT 12
Sounds like it can cause cracks too
think about it -the outside will shrinks faster then the inside
I though thats why a lot of people let things cool down in the oven
but who knows, it might work for thin things
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Post by blue on Jun 29, 2008 20:19:07 GMT 12
For the love of chocolate please PLEASE do NOT do this with prosculpt or living doll ................ MUST leave in oven till cooled or it will CAUSE more cracking.... and if you must try it please use an oven mit.
does works well with dukit and fimo tho...
for the most part. Moonies...= overbaked or air in clay or....your sculpting technique eg mooching rather than scraping away and adding. softer translucent clays eg SS much more prone to moonies.
ok thats my 5 cents worth...
((( sneaks away with Bll's clay cleaning vodka)))
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Post by BLL on Jul 1, 2008 12:19:10 GMT 12
ok ... was a tip in Sue Heaser's latest(?) Encyclopaedia of Polymer Clay Techniques. More modelling than sculpting?
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Post by fantail on Jul 1, 2008 12:48:44 GMT 12
I recently read it some where else by some one who does full size baby sculpts
maybe it really works -who knows
I'm too big of a wimp to try
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Post by BLL on Jul 2, 2008 9:20:46 GMT 12
I'm sure I'll give it a go at some stage - on something small!
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