The Polymer Clay Test To The Latest, Pardo Art Clay, 
Fimo Classic, Premo Sculpey And Cernit


Test Two Baking At 140ºC/150ºC For 30 Minutes,
Switching The Oven Temperature Off And Allow 
The Test To Stay In The Oven For An Hour
(Aways preheat oven for 15 minutes)

Test Two





Pardo Art Clay


Pardo Art Clay From Fresh Pack


Conditioning starts straight from the clay pack


It is messy to condition Pardo Art Clay


Condition above 5 minutes still have difficulty in blending the clay


Continuing the process still doesn't blend the clay completely


Finger kneading is require to condition Pardo Art Clay,
noticed the clay stains on my palm, both test 1 & 2 
shows the same problem.


Fimo Classic


Fimo Classic Clay from a new pack


Test starts with conditioning above piece of Fimo Classic 


Although the Fimo Classic is also crumpy, it is easier to condition


Conditioning Fimo take less than 5 minutes, gives a better blending 


The blended Fimo clay create lesser stains than Pardo Clay

Premo Sculpey


Premo Sculpey from a new pack


Premo clay piece feels softer from the pack


Less than a minute and it blends easily


Cernit


Cernit clay from a new pack


The Cernit piece is also soft to handle


Rolling the clay will soften it quickly, if the hands is too warm, 
will make the clay soft and difficult to shape


Test tile before baking

Test tile after baking no color changes


Numerous tests were conduct to obtain the different results

Chart For Temperature Test At 140º C/150ºC For 30 Minutes,
Switching The Oven Temperature Off And Allow 
The Test To Stay In The Oven For An Hour


 

      
 POLYMER CLAY TYPES

      
  FLEXIBLITY

      
 ADHESION

      
 STRENGTH

      
  COLOR

      
  PARDO ART CLAY

      
 Flexing and bending 200
      tmes without breaking

      
Scissor action on crossed polymer 
clay 56 times above still unable to 
seperate

      
 12 pounds and still holding

      
   No Change
      In Color

      
  FIMO CLASSIC

      
 Flexing and bending 129
      tmes without breaking

      
Scissor action on crossed polymer 
clay 56 times above still unable to 
seperate

      
 12 pounds and still holding

      
 No Change In Color

      
  PREMO SCULPEY

      
 Flexing and bending 152
      tmes without breaking

      
Scissor action on crossed polymer 
clay 56 times  above still unable to 
seperate

      
 12 pounds and still holding

      
 No Change In Color

      
 CERNIT GLAMOUR 

      
 Flexing and bending 140tmes
      without breaking

      
Scissor action on crossed polymer 
clay 56 times  above still unable to 
seperate

      
 10 pounds and still holding

      
 No Change In Color
 
 
 
 
 

I have selected the four different brands of clay which were considered to be 
better in quality, but both tests yeild different results using different baking method. 
Testing all the clays for flexiblity, adhesion and strength, depends on conditioning 
and baking the clay at the right temperature. 
Test two produced a better results, with the recommended temperature, but you will
have to leave the clay project in the oven to absorb the heat for an hour. I've found 
that improper conditioning or kneading the polymer clay create inconsistent results, 
such as bad adhesion and strength.
 You can also get better result by baking the clay for  45 minutes instead of 30 minutes.
Even with the recommended baking temperature of the new Fimo clay at 110º C, it 
should be bake at the normal temperature of 130ºC or my recommended baking 
temperature.
For Pardo clay that is difficult to blend, add some baby oil that will take a shorter 
time to condition the polymer clay (test conducted strictly through kneading 
without using the baby oil).

Test Date 25 December 2011



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