Baking Sculpey Different Thickness

The rest of this article contains in depth answers to common questions about polymer clay baking problems and methods for cooking beads safely and beautifully.

Baking sculpey different thickness. 15 minutes per 1 4 6mm of thickness. Btw other brands lines of polymer clay aren t as susceptible to darkening and also being brittle in any thin areas after baking are the lines listed in the top paragraph so stronger and less susceptible would be especially. Sculpey baking instructions and time for types of clay. If you do have more than one piece on a baking tray make sure that they are not touching each other and have about 1 inch 0 025 m in between them just in case they fall over in the oven.

Some brands lines will always be brittle in thin and or projecting areas after baking with later stress and the worst of those is original sculpey which it looks like you used these will be a little better brands lines but still not as strong as others will be when thin. Bake for 15 minutes per quarter inch of thickness. Beginners can get a feel for polymer clay and explore their imagination with easy to use sculpey iii. Baking polymer clay perfectly every time.

You can do this by baking it in a regular oven or even a smaller toaster oven at home. For example a piece of 1 2 thickness should be cured for 30 minutes. Now that you have painted you polymer clay project it s time to cure it. This formula is the same whether you are making figurines beads decor or any other clay project.

Although it varies slightly by brand most polymer clay must be cured at 265 f to 275 f 129 c to 135 c for at least 15 minutes per inch 6mm of thickness. Most polymer clay artists will agree that these are the absolute minimum times that you should use and the recommended 10 minutes for kato is just plain erroneous. Here s an easy baking polymer clay chart where you can look up bake times and oven temperatures by brand if you re in a rush. While polymer clay is non toxic i don t recommend curing the clay.

So if your piece is 1 2 inch thick you would bake it for 30 minutes and if it s 1 inch thick you would bake it for an hour. The times here are per 1 4 inch thickness of clay. The original sculpey formula is 275 degrees fahrenheit baked for 15 minutes for every 1 4 inch thickness. It s important to understand how to bake sculpey clay.

Polymer clay becomes much stronger when it is baked longer than these minimum times. First the various brands lines of polymer clay have different characteristics including for strength after baking. Kato polyclay fimo classic cernit probably the new souffle premo and probably fimosoft effect. Place your clay figures on the baking tray spaced evenly apart.

Depending on the size of your figures you can bake multiple clay projects at a time. Sculpey bake shop and sculpey iii are available in a range of fun vibrant colors whereas original sculpey is available in earthen clay colors ideal for painting later on.