tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post5401256684111554629..comments2024-03-20T13:35:46.089-04:00Comments on Life on two wheels: Winter modifications, Chapter 1David Massehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-65060563501160324082011-01-06T09:44:04.371-05:002011-01-06T09:44:04.371-05:00Hi Rick,
I have to say that the Sculpey is amazin...Hi Rick,<br /><br />I have to say that the Sculpey is amazing stuff. It is so fine that you could actually read the label from the Corona bottle I used to roll it out imprinted in the clay. When I saw that, I used some parchment paper between the bottle and the clay, and the Sculpey took on the fine texture of the parchment. As for shrinkage, as far as I could tell, there was absolutely no deformation after baking. The pattern that imprinted on the clay from the back of the hook was absolutely faithful, down to the finest detail.<br /><br />The only thing is that it took a fair bit of muscle to knead the Sculpey to the point that it was soft enough to work with. There is a softer type of Sculpey that is said to be much more malleable right out of the package. It may be that the softer Sculpey is the one they use more often with kids and that it deforms in the curing process. Young kids would not be able to work with the Sculpey clay I used, it's just too stiff.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-79454481108974788522011-01-06T06:35:44.720-05:002011-01-06T06:35:44.720-05:00I couldn't live without my curry hook. You...I couldn't live without my curry hook. You'll love having it when you start riding again in the spring.<br /><br />The use of Sculpey is brilliant. I'll have to keep it in mind when I'm doing mods on my scooter. Did it shrink or deform at all when baking? I seem to recall that when my daughter was making beads and such that it would sometimes lose its shape.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Rick (Chichikov)Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056091007479583949noreply@blogger.com