How to prevent breakage in your baked pieces?
Make sure it is completely baked. Other baking tools to be used: bead racks, oven molds, etc. Bead racks are useful when baking to keep rounded pieces from rolling off your baking pan in the oven. If you don’t have a bead rack a paper accordion can be your solution. Remember to use an oven thermometer in the oven to be sure that the oven is the correct temperature. Ovens can run too hot or too cold. What to do if you are using two or more different types of clay with different baking times? If this happens bake it longer, but do not raise the temperature. The temperature being too hot is what burns clay not how long you bake it.
Storage:
Blended, conditioned, and flattened clay can be stored in clear sheet protectors or zip lock bags. Your polymer clay can sit in a zip lock for weeks to months and will have no effect on the clay. Ziplock bags also maintain the moisture in the clay so that it does not need conditioning every time you want to use it. It also keeps the clay free from dust and lint.
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Basics of Polymer Clay for Beginners
