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Offline Wirelizard

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Salvaging Sculpey?
« on: December 10, 2008, 07:17:38 AM »
In April or May of this year (about eight months ago) I bought a 1.75lb pack of plain white Sculpey; I used about half of it on various scenery projects, then put it back in it's box and ignored it.

I pulled it out last night, intending to do another round of ruins-on-CD, and found the Sculpey had hardened, gotten crumbly, and was generally unusable.

This stuff is supposed to "Stay soft until you back it", as the packaging boasts; it was wrapped up in plastic inside it's box but not sealed, particularly.

Anyone know if sealing it up properly (ziplock baggie) or something will salvage my Sculpey, or is this batch destined for the bin?

Offline Evilcartoonist

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Re: Salvaging Sculpey?
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2008, 01:05:32 AM »
Sculpey makes a clay softener just for this sort of emergency:

http://www.sculpey.com/Products/products_access_claysoft.htm

Offline Ramshackle_Curtis

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Re: Salvaging Sculpey?
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2008, 10:50:29 AM »
Give it a good knead, that will help. Add some water too, but only a little.

Super sculpey is awesome, I use it to hold resin pieces in place while I glue them and as a gap filler. Super glue sticks it like the proverbial brown substance to a blanket!

 

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