[Jewelry making - Article 00451] - Re: [Orchid] Crisp mold-making material for PMC

[TheWildInside]

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    Thanks, Diane. I had several off line suggestions to use Sculpey as
    well.. though several folks suggested Sculpey III. Is this different
    from Sculpey Moldmaker? I have no experience with polymer clay,
    though have seen a great project for transferring black and white
    photographic images onto polymer clay, so perhaps this is a sign that
    I need to go down the clay aisle at the local Jo-Ann's. (Can you cure
    this stuff in a regular oven.. my husband would divorce me if I went
    out and bought one more piece of equipment). 

    Veronica... your technique intrigues me; but egads, I'm not sure how
    comfortable I am gluing down an expensive metal stamping die. Your
    instructions gave me a very clear mental image of what you mean,
    however, so if I'm not happy with the results using Sculpey, I may
    give it a go (though I'm unfamiliar with "clean clay" or Aluwax??). 

    I like the sounds of the RTV moldmaking material much better...
    since my stamping die is not rubber, I'm not concerned about it
    sticking. I had envisioned a process something like this when I was
    thinking about painting on a mold making substance. Just for clarity,
    when you say "Fill the rest of the mold with RTV and put it on a
    LEVEL surface to cure overnight".. do you mean more of the brush on
    stuff? Or a big gob of the the two-part mold-making material I struck
    out on (it IS tricky to mix!!!)
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