Polimer Kil ile Takı Yapımı

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• About cleaning polymer clay and safety issues

  Plasticizers in polymer clay can make all items in contact with it sticky and sticky. To avoid color contamination and prolong the life of your tools, you will need to clean them regularly. To do this, you can use a napkin with alcohol (ethanol or isopropanol), as this product dissolves polymer clay than soap water.

  Baby wipes are also an option to clean your tools, work surface and your hands when working with a different color. If they have alcohol in their composition, even better.

  After working with polymer clay, the hands also tend to get sticky because of the plasticizer. Although polymer clay not toxic, it is important that you remove these residues from your hands, especially if you are going to cook or eat right afterwards. To do this, washing your hands with warm / hot water with soap or washing up liquid may not be enough, especially if you have used liquid clay.

  To remove these persistent residues, you can use a hand degreaser (like those used in workshops) ideally without exfoliating, or antiseptic gel alcohol (hand sanitizer). There will be other effective alternatives to remove these tenacious residues, however I recommend using isopropanol or ethanol to clean your hands, as these solutions are too aggressive for your skin and could damage it. After cleaning your hands, you should moisturize them with a cream to prevent them from drying out too much with frequent washing.

  Cases of allergy to polymer clay are very rare, but it is a possible situation. When working with this material frequently and for a long time, some people may develop skin irritation due to this contact, such as with epoxy resins and putties.

  If you suspect a reaction on your skin or if you simply want to avoid getting your hands dirty, you can model and sculpt the polymer clay with vinyl or nitrile surgical gloves. The advantage of gloves, in addition to keeping your hands safe and clean, is that they will also prevent you from leaving fingerprints on your dough. However, you should avoid latex gloves at all costs, as this material is also allergenic (it is much more likely to develop an allergy to latex than to polymer clay) and latex too you can react with polymer clay.

  If you want to know more about safety issues regarding polymer clay, here are two articles to review:

  Article 1
  Article 2

• Mixing colors with polymer clay

  If you have few polymer clay colors and you don't have a lot of knowledge about color blending, there are color blending guides and tables on the internet that will help you find the right proportions to mix to get a specific color.

  Trycolors
  You can also try this site. In it, you can define the set of colors that you have at your disposal in the “Customize” section. In the next unit, you will also be able to use these tools to help you prepare some color with acrylic paint that you are missing.

  Article
  In the fox modeling class, I told you about the tip to get colors that go well together. Just mix an extra color or one of the colors you already have. I would like to emphasize that I learned this “hack” thanks to the artist Cindy Lietz who is behind the channel “PolymerClayTutor”. You can find more information about this very useful trick in this article on your blog and in the video you will find on that page.

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  Polimer kil koşullandırma hakkında

  Bu belgede, dersler sırasında söylenenleri tamamlamak amacıyla polimer kilin koşullandırılması hakkında daha yararlı bilgiler ekledim.

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  Polimer kil nasıl geri dönüştürülür ve korunur?

  Polimer kil ile bir süre çalıştıktan sonra, orijinal ambalajına geri koyulamayan renk karışımları ve diğer parçaları biriktirmeye başlayacaksınız. Bu ekte, polimer kilinizi geri dönüştürmek için neler yapabileceğinizi size göstereceğim. Ayrıca çiğ hamurunuzu saklamak istediğinizde dikkat etmeniz gereken bazı önlemlerden de bahsedeceğim.

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  Çatlak varsa veya piştikten sonra bir şey kırılırsa ne yapmalı

  Pişirme sırasında veya sonrasında çatlaklar ve kırılan parçalarla uğraşmak zorunda kalabilirsiniz. Böyle bir durumda, aşağıda bu kazaların nasıl düzeltileceğine ilişkin bazı bilgiler bulunmaktadır.