Showing posts with label How to. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How to. Show all posts
Friday, April 22, 2011
How to apply future polish on your clay art pieces
I have used different kinds of glazing liquid on my clay pieces, each of them gave me different results. When I first used the future polish (in our country it is called "Pledge wipe and shine" floor polish) I didn't like the way it turned out. That's because I was applying it the wrong way. At first, I used cotton buds and soft bristle paint brush, dipped into the liquid and applied it on my art pieces. It gave me that shine but with the mark of strokes from applying the liquid with cotton buds and soft brush. So what better way to apply it? Well, I thought of pouring some of the liquid into a bowl and immerse my clay art pieces. I used dry tip cotton bud and dabbed excess liquid lightly without rubbing it off and dried it with a hair dryer at the lowest setting by moving the hair dryer to and fro against the clay. It turned out wonderful. Here are some samples of my experiment.
Monday, April 4, 2011
How to care for your clay jewelry
How to care for your clay jewelry
How can you make your polymer clay jewelry lasts long? Here are some tips:
1. Avoid placing them in direct sunlight, appliances, furniture like wood table tops and certain kind of plastic as this may react to your clay pieces.
2. Never use jewelry cleaners on them, if your polymer clay jewelry is accompanied with metal, try not getting it onto your pieces by covering them with plastic while cleaning the metal.
3. You can restore shine on your pieces by buffing them with a lint-free cloth or you can apply a small amount of future floor polish. Never use nail polish this may make your pieces sticky.
4. All metal tarnishes overtime to prevent progression, store your jewelries on cloth jewelry bags and avoid storing them in high humid area.
5. You can clean your pieces using soap and water, avoid getting it onto metal. If water gets into the metal, try to dry them out completely before storing them.
If you have a questions, something to add and comment about these blog, please feel free to post and I'll try to answer them.Thanks!
How can you make your polymer clay jewelry lasts long? Here are some tips:
1. Avoid placing them in direct sunlight, appliances, furniture like wood table tops and certain kind of plastic as this may react to your clay pieces.
2. Never use jewelry cleaners on them, if your polymer clay jewelry is accompanied with metal, try not getting it onto your pieces by covering them with plastic while cleaning the metal.
3. You can restore shine on your pieces by buffing them with a lint-free cloth or you can apply a small amount of future floor polish. Never use nail polish this may make your pieces sticky.
4. All metal tarnishes overtime to prevent progression, store your jewelries on cloth jewelry bags and avoid storing them in high humid area.
5. You can clean your pieces using soap and water, avoid getting it onto metal. If water gets into the metal, try to dry them out completely before storing them.
If you have a questions, something to add and comment about these blog, please feel free to post and I'll try to answer them.Thanks!
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