travails

[dancing_crow]

I want to go over the list of things that work as glazing on polyclay, and see what else I have in the house that could work because I am kind of sick of sticking my fingers to the tiny things... I tried to glaze the gray fimo rabbit Alice made for me yesterday and first i had to unjam the nozzle which then spilled superglue onto the pad (but not the computer - did that once, not going THERE again), and dribbled all over the bun, and stuck my left forefinger and thumb to the bun, so I finished dripping glue over it, while it was not going anywhere - in the same theory as a vise? however in unsticking my fingers managed to throw it on the floor and then I picked it up and it was covered with glued on dust and threads and also fingerprints (and me again), so I buffed off a lot of it, and only made small gouges in the surface of the bun (because Dremel tool) and then added more superglue and more of it stuck to the fingers on the other hand and glued me to the glue tube and I eventually got loose and placed the bun on something proven not to stick to superglue (gasp! such a thing exists, and a good thing too - it is the wrapper of some very very fancy chocolate, and I kept it cause it had a nice pattern but when I tried to glue it to the pad it just kept peeling up and leaving a super smooth surface underneath, so I have a new tool rather than a new decoration? which is fine. I'll figure out how to transfer the decoration to something else later on) so I had three fingers and two thumbs all attached to things that they should not have been attached to and the bun sitting on the chocolate wrapper with some non-glazed bits and I am now down what seems like it should be half a tube of superglue but likely is not that much, and I should find something else that seals the surface without making the clay sticky or nasty over time. yeah.

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[clevermanka]

This post is a RIDE 😂 Also that chocolate wrapper sounds like magic and a very handy implement.

[dancing_crow]

aw, thanks

[stasia]

Verathane is what I've always used on my polyclay things. I get it at Home Depot in the small container. It's a floor varnish, I think.

[dancing_crow]

Varathane sounds much easier than my process so far! Also I remember Margaret looking for floor wax of some kind when she was visiting once. Future Floor Wax? Like I said, I'm certain there are easier ways!