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Makes the sign of the cross and backs away quickly... evil tempter!
Thanks for the input. :-) Diana Jackdaw wrote: And if ever you want to branch into casting in low melting point metals, these moulds can take it without deterioration. |
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Diana Curtis wrote:
Makes the sign of the cross and backs away quickly... evil tempter! Thanks for the input. :-) Diana Jackdaw wrote: And if ever you want to branch into casting in low melting point metals, these moulds can take it without deterioration. hahaha ya know what they say, you Uber-Enabler you... what comes around goes around! Tis a pleasure to behold... someone tempting the temptress. Oh and thanks for getting me back on track, and enthused again, with my ribbon/cell piece. I decided to wait on remaking the dragonfly and started a new one... same technique, different design! So far so good... thanks sweetie! -- Polly -- don't spook my groove... icq 13968113 http://saxoncreek.com/ |
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Always a pleasure! I can hardly wait to see the finished one.
I did enable someone today too. Her muse has been dormant, that happens when the clutter in the house reaches critical mass for some of us. A reminder that cleaning wakes the muse sent her scurrying to clean. Go figure, ME, encouraging someone to CLEAN. ewwwwwww Diana Polly S. wrote: Diana Curtis wrote: Makes the sign of the cross and backs away quickly... evil tempter! Thanks for the input. :-) Diana Jackdaw wrote: And if ever you want to branch into casting in low melting point metals, these moulds can take it without deterioration. hahaha ya know what they say, you Uber-Enabler you... what comes around goes around! Tis a pleasure to behold... someone tempting the temptress. Oh and thanks for getting me back on track, and enthused again, with my ribbon/cell piece. I decided to wait on remaking the dragonfly and started a new one... same technique, different design! So far so good... thanks sweetie! |
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I think I've been using MM for three years now, or mabe longer...I'll ask
Linda to check her sales records. Time awareness is not one of my best abilities. All of those molds are extremely flexible, have made hundreds of casts, and dont need any mold release. All my elasticlay molds are deteriorating. Even those only three years old and made in Colorado are hard .. There is also a texture appearing on the insides of the older Elasticlay molds, kinda pebbly---I'm guessing its shrinking in some. I believe the extreme low humidity/highaltitude? here is also a factor---my molds lasted longer in San Diego. The again, some of the worst offenders in the aging thing were MADE back then and are 12, 15 years old. -- Sarajane's Polyclay Gallery Beads-Dolls-Wearable Art www.polyclay.com see the current auctions at: http://snipurl.com/aiid "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... 7 years..thats not a long time. I know miracle mold is in my future. For now Elasticlay will have to do. Just a little longer. I think when Meg is in school Ill feel more comfortable working with it. Do you recall how old your oldest MM mold is? Diana Sarajane Helm wrote: you are welcome! one thing about elasticlay---all my Elasticlay molds have turned hard as rocks over the years. Many of the oldest (7-15 years) have hairline cracks throughout. |
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| On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:27:07 -0500, Diana Curtis wrote:
I have an almost 4 year old child. There is no safe place. :-) Thanks for sharing your tips. I will try armor all soon. SJ was nice enough to send me a vial of it to test. Is she a first class enabler or what? Diana First Class! My masters live in a clay-safe tackle box on a shelf the cats can't normally get to. Four year olds are probably better at getting closets and cupboards open. I'm often thankful that my cats don't have opposable thumbs! Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/ Balticon Art Program Coordinator http://www.balticon.org |
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Helen Halla Fleischer wrote:
First Class! My masters live in a clay-safe tackle box on a shelf the cats 'Clay-safe' tackle box? I'm confused! lol -- Polly -- don't spook my groove... icq 13968113 http://saxoncreek.com/ |
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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 22:22:45 -0500, "Polly S."
wrote: Helen Halla Fleischer wrote: First Class! My masters live in a clay-safe tackle box on a shelf the cats 'Clay-safe' tackle box? I'm confused! lol Tackle boxes have to be able to stand up to the plasticizers in fishing worms, so they don't disintegrate when in prolonged contact with clay, either. Other plastics, acrylic, etc, will melt, which is why I find it strange that bead rollers and rolling pins, etc, are made of this. Glassattic.com says embroidery thread boxes won't work, but they're made out of the same thing as tackle boxes. I've had Sculpey III in an embroidery thread box for four years now, and it's still fine. |
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Fenrir Enterprises wrote:
Tackle boxes have to be able to stand up to the plasticizers in fishing worms, so they don't disintegrate when in prolonged contact with clay, either. Other plastics, acrylic, etc, will melt, which is why I find it strange that bead rollers and rolling pins, etc, are made of this. Glassattic.com says embroidery thread boxes won't work, but they're made out of the same thing as tackle boxes. I've had Sculpey III in an embroidery thread box for four years now, and it's still fine. Ah ha! Thanks! I guess I read that wrong... I thought she meant clay-safe as opposed to tackle boxes that aren't. I use a big Plano tackle box from my brother and was wondering if there was something bad about some of them! Hey its late! What can I say -- Polly -- don't spook my groove... icq 13968113 http://saxoncreek.com/ |
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| On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 22:22:45 -0500, "Polly S." wrote:
First Class! My masters live in a clay-safe tackle box on a shelf the cats 'Clay-safe' tackle box? I'm confused! lol As in the plastic it's made of is not one of the types that reacts with my polymer clay masters. Some plastics will degrade and get sticky even if the clay things stored in them have already been baked. Most any tackle box that is "worm proof" is safe as the worms they're talking about are made of plastic that melts the wrong stuff even faster than our clay things. Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/ Balticon Art Program Coordinator http://www.balticon.org |
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