thanks for the tip :)

April 14, 2020---Tried the baby oil routine and NOT having much luck with it. While it is softening, I still have hard, little clumps like a pea and it's a pita in trying to break them apart. HAD planned on using the clay upon buying it, but things happened and couldn't get back into modeling for several years, so that's how old mine is.

@@oldbaldfatman2766 Wow! That's too old :D Mine are 6 months old maybe.

What...nothing done.

Happy to help! Sometimes even if the clay is new, it can be hard and crumbly because of the poor storing conditions. If you buy the clay from an art store yourself, you can squeeze the package and understand if it's soft or not. If the clay you have is translucent, the air bubbles can be seen so be careful about that. You can use a pasta machine if you have one, I didn't have it when I recorded this tutorial.

@@MahmurLemur thanks for the help! I found out what it was was reallyyyyy old clay that for some reason was still being sold.

My pleasure :) Olive oil is a nice idea too.

You're welcome! I'm glad it worked!

I should have used a cup!

Not at all! 20 years ago! I hope this works for you!

@@MahmurLemur IT WORKED! I wish comments allowed for pictures, but anyway I made a three-legged toad (fortune frog) in a kind-of dark celadon. Holes for three thicknesses of incense stick and a slot in the mouth for a coin.

@@aimeeglenister2893 Nice! I'm happy that it worked 😄

Yes it works! But my translucent clay had bubbles in it. I think it works better with colored clay.

@@MahmurLemur Maybe. I did it with coloured clay

Fred Freddy, Frederick I don't think there is a way. Maybe you can carve it or use it as a base for another sculpture. You can add clay to it and give it a shape you want

I don't know about baking soda, maybe corn starch works better. Not sure :) You can also use an old blender if you have one.

@@MahmurLemur i really appreciate your answering my ?s! I will try cornstarch instead. I definately wouldnt cvp p]0 Z q

Yeap you can bake it :)

Did it work OK?

Tek sorun yoğururken araya hava kabarcıkları karıştığı için pişerken transparan killerde yuvarlak izler kalması. Super sculpey Firm'de o kabarcıklar gözükmez ama yüzeye yakınsa kabarıklıklar oluşbilir onu da zımparayla giderebilirsiniz. Kiliniz çok mu kötü durumda? Super Sculpey'nin kıvamı çok iyidir genelde biraz yoğurunca toparlar.

Öncelikle videonuz ve yorumunuz için teşekkür ederim. Küçük bir parçayı birqz yoğurdum ama çatlaklar yine de oluşmaya devam ediyor. Krem kullanmadan önce biraz daha yoğurayım en iyisi :D Teşekkürler :D

:D You need to do a 30 minutes long yoga for hands :D

@@MahmurLemur i just did 25 blocks of different colored clay over the course of 7 hours and im certain I developed carpal tunnel 😅😭 but hey saving money lolllll

Omg that will be me if I let my clays sit for another year 😬 I started buying clay in 2016 lol and stopped using them a few years ago oh my. I'm fearing the idea of conditioning but I also just found a video where someone used a food processor. (Specially a glass one that you can use for nuts and ice).

Merhaba, eski bir kil muhtemelen aldığınız yere götürün bence.

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I think that would work. Just try it with a little bit of clay :)

I think that would work.

+Weezie Pimenlu In this tutorial I used Fimo's transparent clay. But I usually use a mixture of Super Sculpey Beige and Firm for my sculptures.