Customs: curing polymer clay not by oven?

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  1. SG hailstorm

    SG hailstorm JaAm aficionado

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    so, usually i don't ask this as i haven't needed to in the past, but this particular project im working on is giving me a bit of trouble, i tried curing said project in the oven and it started warping (thankfully i got it out in time to reshape it) but my clay work was ruined, does anyone happen to know alternate methods of curing polymer clay on customs and whatnot?

    P.S the clay is craftsmart polymer
     
  2. marvel b

    marvel b Bearer of the Matrix of Smash

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    i remember reading that boiling water in a pot,simmering it, then dipping it in 30 second intervals does the trick. i've never done it myself, though.......
     
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    1. Oven, but make sure you have an armature within the clay to keep it's shape.
    2. Boiling. Just go to youtube and search for boiling polymer clay.
    3. Heatgun...I don't recommend this as it is hard to not screw this up.
     
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