varnish for polymer clay?
Jul. 19th, 2007 12:58 amSo, I've been making polymer clay items for quite some time now, usually I don't varnish them, but now i want to attempt to start selling them, and i want it to be more professional.
I know that future floor polish is mostly used to coat items, but i cant quite get it over here. Well actually i can i think, i just dont know which one it is!
I've read on various non polymer clay sites that the equivalent of future floor polish in the benelux (belgium netherlands luxembourg, ) is either something called klir, sols plus, or vloer plus. these are all products by johnson also, but johnson carries all three of these products in my country, and they are most definately not one and the same stuff!
I send johnson an email about this matter, whether they could recommend something to me which is similiar to future floor polish, but i got no reply.
My bet is that is "vloer plus" because its description seemed most similiar to that of future.
however, it is pretty impossible to find where i live, so i wanted to ask if any of you had any experience with the following products:
Fimo shiny varnish, varnish on synthetic basis
Fimo shiny varnish on water basis
decorfin varnish shiny
decorfin varnish non-shiny
are they any good at all? or do they peel off or otherwise suck?
I mainly use kato clay, and i had ordered something called "poly glaze" also from the same website, but its not really a varnish since it says to varnish over it after using, and i really dont like the way it makes items look anyway.
anyway, onwards to some pictures of items!
my first item made from felt. its a little strawberry cake.
a pendant i made for myself (turned out a little wobbly, but eh, its for me anyway xD)
my first attempt at making a rose from clay
also, which one of these pictures is the best? my camera is kind of crap (only digital zoom, no macro function.) but i cant really afford a new one. pictures in generally turn out best taken in bright daylight i find, but if i take them in front of the window they arent that good either, i dont really know how to take the best pictures (but maybe, just all of these pictures suck)
are these pictures reasonable enough to sell items with? :S
I know that future floor polish is mostly used to coat items, but i cant quite get it over here. Well actually i can i think, i just dont know which one it is!
I've read on various non polymer clay sites that the equivalent of future floor polish in the benelux (belgium netherlands luxembourg, ) is either something called klir, sols plus, or vloer plus. these are all products by johnson also, but johnson carries all three of these products in my country, and they are most definately not one and the same stuff!
I send johnson an email about this matter, whether they could recommend something to me which is similiar to future floor polish, but i got no reply.
My bet is that is "vloer plus" because its description seemed most similiar to that of future.
however, it is pretty impossible to find where i live, so i wanted to ask if any of you had any experience with the following products:
Fimo shiny varnish, varnish on synthetic basis
Fimo shiny varnish on water basis
decorfin varnish shiny
decorfin varnish non-shiny
are they any good at all? or do they peel off or otherwise suck?
I mainly use kato clay, and i had ordered something called "poly glaze" also from the same website, but its not really a varnish since it says to varnish over it after using, and i really dont like the way it makes items look anyway.
anyway, onwards to some pictures of items!
also, which one of these pictures is the best? my camera is kind of crap (only digital zoom, no macro function.) but i cant really afford a new one. pictures in generally turn out best taken in bright daylight i find, but if i take them in front of the window they arent that good either, i dont really know how to take the best pictures (but maybe, just all of these pictures suck)
are these pictures reasonable enough to sell items with? :S