Repairing Broken Glass Globe

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Garie's Liquid Clay Technique In Straw

The technique of creating bendable features, using straw, wire armature and liquid clay, for fun and animation projects

FILANI LIQUID

Chipboard or plywood to position the armature wires

Using Filani Liquid for creating bendable feature

Filling liquid clay into straw

Allow the liquid to overflow through the tiny hole on the clay stopper

Secured the wire armature on one end of the screw

Secured both ends

Tighten one end of the wire armature with a plier

Creating more bendable liquid gel on the board

Board ready to bake

Baking the straw filled with liquid at 150º C for 30 minutes

Baked liquid filled straws

Cut the straw with a knife or blade

Cut all the straws

Removed straw from the board

Baked Filani liquid will be bendable

Creating a loop

Making bendable arm or leg

FIMO DECOR GEL

Filled Fimo Gel into the straw

Capped both ends with polymer clay and insert a piece of wire
armature, baked the filled straw at 150ºC for 30 minutes

After baking and cooled, cut the straw wit a blade

Removed the cut straw

Small detail molded from straw

Bendable headless snake

A coiled ring


TRANSLUCENT LIQUID SCULPEY

Filling the straw with TLS

One end is capped with polymer clay and wire armature

Baked the capped straw at 150ºC for 30 minutes

Cut baked TLS in straw with a blade

Removed the straw

A bendable TLS into "S"

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Testing Kato polymer clay to the recommended temperature.

In my previous test to all types of clay, I've already increased the baking temperature to plus ten degree Celsius more that the manufacturer recommended temperature for many types of polymer clay such as Sculpey 130º C, Cernit, 130º C, Filani 130º C, Pardo 130º C and as for Fimo from 110º C to 140º C.Since, Kato Clay is not commonly used in Singapore, the recommended baking temperature is 150º C, I had a request from Gillian Wiseman, after posting my test in (clay-Polymer)

"Garie,

It would be nice if you would also test Kato clay at the recommended baking temperature, rather than at the standard temp for the rest of the clays, which means it is undercured in your tests.

Gillian"


Here is the test on Kato baking at the temperature 150ºC, thickness is 6mm in diameter.

To achieve a constant temperature
of 150º C, I rely on my oven
thermometer and baked the
clay for 30 minutes

The baked clay is silky smooth like plastic.

Comparing unbaked to the baked Kato at
150ºC the color changed slightly at
140º C and at 150ºC the clay is darker.

Bending the 6 mm thick, Kato clay is
 harder to bend than Fimo, Sculpey,
Filani and Pardo.

The clay can be bend as compared
the 140º C which is brittle and break
Temperature, its is a tough clay to
bend, after about 7 times bending,
 there's some cracks on the surface
of the baked clay.

Gillian is right, that it is 'undercured'
which will mean changed to darker
color.
Basically, if you are going to make
the clay tough it should be 150ºC,
but if you are going to combine Kato
and other types of polymer clay then
the safest will be 140º C to avoid
color changes, as higher
temperature will also affect other
brands of polymer clay.

I am happy that she commented on
the post, which prompted me to
further the test on Kato Polymer
Clay

" Thanks, Garie; you do such a good job with your tests. 
It really is important info that we all need to know.

Gillian"
October 8, 2013 PM 09:45:47 GMT+08:00

Testing Polymer Clay Flexibility At 12 mm Thickness In Diameter

Test samples selected subjected to further flexibility test at 12mm thickness in diameter, after baking for 40 minutes at the temperature of 140º C, these are the flexible clay, Fimo Classic, Fimo Soft, Premo, Filani and Pardo.

The clay that are flexible after the two test,
2.0mm thickness and 6.0mm thickness

12mm test samples prepared to be baked
in the oven at a temperature of 140º C for
40 minutes

Baked test sample after 40 minutes

Various test samples rigid and hard

Using my fingers to compress does
not bend or flex the 12mm thick clay

Using both hands, I am able to bend the
12mm thick Fimo Classic clay

Using my fingers to compress does
not bend or flex the 12mm thick clay

Using both hands, I am able to bend the
12mm thick Fimo Soft clay

Using my fingers to compress does
not bend or flex the 12mm thick clay

Using both hands, I am able to bend the
12mm thick Premo clay

Using my fingers to compress I can

 flexed the 12mm thick clay

Using both hands, I am able to bend the

12mm thick Filani clay

Using my fingers to compress does

not bend or flex the 12mm thick clay

Using both hands, I am able to bend the

12mm thick Pardo clay, that does not
shows any cracks unlike the previous
two tests, both on 2.0mm and 6.0mm


Conclusion:
The final result with regards to the most flexible polymer clay is Filani 
even at 12 mm thickness.

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