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 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:29 pm
I bought a pound of white sculpey to make charms from during the summer. I went back when I needed it to make my french project, but then it was crumbly and broke into tiny pieces.
Is there any way to fix this sculpey?
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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:43 pm
Oh gosh. This same problem happened to me. Apparently in order for sculpy to stay moist, you have to store it in a container thingy and put it in the fridge. I only know this because when i looked it up, to see if i stored it wrong sure enough i did.
Such a rip off. "Moist until you bake it!" blah
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:44 pm
Oii seriously?
SO my sculpey is dead forever?
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:29 pm
You can try to save your Sculpey depending on the brand you have...
I normally work in the Fimo/Sculpey color kinds. In which you can get a mix quick. It sort of 'remoisturizes' the stuff into a workable condition. But it takes a lot of time to knead it in, and it will become cold very quickly; which would require kneading it more so just to work with it.
Really, depending on how much it is, and how hard the clay is, you may want to consider just tossing it?
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:21 pm
I always just rub a bit of petroleum jelly in it. It only takes a little bit and doesn't affect its bake-ability. Just be patient with it 'cause it takes a bit of working with it.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:59 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:56 pm
This is the stuff I use for my stuff and it does that alot. I have a 2 year old box that does it. You can simply put all the pices in the palm of your hand and knead it to no end. It may be difficult at first but it works after a bit. You might have to put some force into it.
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Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:33 pm
Trick for me is simple remix it with some clay that is still plyable. This is more of a blending method if you want flat white you'll still need to get more.
Other option is clay softener but this can only go so far and since you'll be working with white you have more opportunity for contamination
Either way though, if you have to do it by hand TOSS IT!. It can take quite a bit of cranking on the pasta machine and last time I tried to do just a fraction of a 2oz block I nearly exhausted myself. xp
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:31 pm
Sculpey sells clay softener. smile
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 9:26 pm
I ran out of petroleum jelly and found that vegetable oil works pretty well, too.
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