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Flagg- It's good to meet a clay expert.
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Dude, I never claimed to be a "clay expert" - I'm an analytical chemist, and my educational background is in both physics and chemistry. You could do worse.
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Originally Posted by Pram Maven
This is oil-based, with several grades of microcrystalline as the binder. [pointless epithet] The grease that makes the more brittle waxes stick to the marble dust and talc is petroleum jelly and the oil is mineral oil.
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You're adding these to the clay, right? To make it more pliable? You may inadvertently be upsetting the balance of the (assumed) polymer mixture that comprises the "clay" and, as such, render it unusable.
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Originally Posted by Pram Maven
The heating element is either a heat gun or a stove burner; I only recently started using a heat gun because it was faster and I have not observed any health issues aside from a burning pain in my stomach and the constant need to urinate.
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Gentle heating - not on a stove, or with a heat gun. Try under a heating lamp.
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The two pans which make up the double boiler do not come in contact with food, except I do put wads of chewing gum in there sometimes and I've used them as an ashtray.
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And stop smoking.
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Originally Posted by Pram Maven
...this is the chat thread, don't expect a straight answer. I think it belongs in Art Shit, though.
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Yes.
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Originally Posted by Pram Maven
...Dad.
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Oooohhhhh. I get it now. :aha!
That wasn't funny; you get points for trying, though.
