Hey Annette, thanks so much for the feedback. Great to hear you're just starting - it's such a great medium to work with and so incredibly versatile. Thanks again. xx

You are so welcome. Thanks heaps Tracey x

Hey Emma, that means the world, thanks honey x

You're welcome! Thanks so much x

My pleasure Pamela ♥

So good to know Wendy. You know that's the thing I love about Kato - limited colour range so you really are forced to mix colours you want which means creating colours which are unique to you. Thanks heaps for getting in touch and your kind comment. x

Hey Annemarie, there are a couple of reasons actually - the first being simply personal preference. Depending on what I'm working on of course though even flat pieces I prefer to have little to no flex in them - as I said personal preference. The other reason is a little tricky to explain but I made a bunch of rings a few years back with Premo clay and even after curing, the warmth of my hand "distorted" them and they lost shape. As I said it's really hard to explain so not sure if you understand what I'm trying to say. There are some instances where flex in your work is of utmost importance (ie if you're making a wrap around bangle - Premo would be the absolute perfect clay because of it's flexible qualities). There are other instances as well but I'm sure you get the picture. I make lots of beads and I simply like the strength of Kato for these. Hope that helps ♥

@@debbiecrothers1 oké now I understand. Thank you 😘 I really love youre work ❤️

Thanks so much Annemarie, what a beautiful thing to say. Lots of love x

@@annemariewestelaken2684 I find that Kato is just not as flexible as Premo when cured properly.

Hey Annita, thanks so much and yes absolutely curing twice would work. I guess it depends on what you're making but that is a great idea.

Hey Annemarie, so sorry I haven't replied to this yet. I simply prefer my pieces to remain fairly rigid. There's not really any reason it's just my preference.

Thanks Annette. Yeah I was pretty surprised with curing at 130 as well. Just remember this is one little test so it's a great idea to do your own as I suggested. I often combine all my clays and cure at a higher temp. So long as you're aware there could be a colour change it should be fine. I normally cure for a minimum of 30 - 40 minutes but sometimes go longer if I'm working on thicker pieces (beads etc) then it's more like an hour.

@@debbiecrothers1 thanks again Debbie.

Hey Vanessa, I have tried sculpey premo and cernit and they worked fine for me. I haven't tried Kato and Fimo actually but I would suggest you could create a few small samples with different ratios of clay to see how they go. Good luck

Yeah I guess it surprised me as well but then it depends on what ratio of clays you're working with and what temps you cure at. The Premo yellow all seemed to dislike being cured at higher temps - that was my experience anyway. ♥

Hazel some of the kato clay I have is quite firm. For certain processes I like it a little softer so it's beneficial to mix some Premo and Kato together to create a more workable consistency.

Hazel, I'm sure you probably know that Kato has introduced a clay softener by now.

@@grittykitty50 I wrote this 6 months ago so I think it had only been introduced plus in the uk it seems to be the least used clay