Adding Oil Paint To Polymer Clay, Can Create Your Own
Colored Translucent Clay And Colored Clay


 

                  
 There are many
                  paint medium for the arts, choosing the right medium to mix with
                  polymer clay is very important, as it might mean, clay mooning,
                  cracking of the clay or sticky clay.


                  
Many clay artist,
                  crafter and others choose different paint medium to mix with
                  polymer clay, such as powder pigment, add with water or oil,
                  acrylic paint, ink base paint, and oil paint


                  
If you are using
                  Air Dry Clay the acrylic paint (water-based or water-borne) is
                  suitable for mixing with the clay, even ink-based paint is OK!


                  
As for Polymer Clay,
                  any fine quality oil based paint is fine to mix together, just
                  like singing with harmony. I have been mixing oil paint and polymer
                  clay for many years and non of my old clay project cracked. Cracking
                  can also be cause by mixing water based paint into the polymer
                  clay, baking the clay at 130 degree C, will cause the moisture
                  to evaporate and this caused fine cracks on the clay, eventually,
                  it will lead to bigger crack. Oil paint added into any polymer
                  clay will not affect the clay in anyway.


                  
Mixing oil paint
                  can create your own unique colors by even blending with the standard
                  colors, expanding more vibrant colors, to widen the kaleidoscope
                  of polymer clay.


                  
Basic method of adding
                  oil paint to polymer clay is easy, this will help many to have
                  fun creating more polymer clay colors and transluncent clays


                  
My preference baking
                  temperature for the new Sculpey III and Premo Polymer clay is
                  150 degree C, baking for 30 minutes, in fact, higher temperature
                  will makes the clay stronger, not to go beyong my preference
                  is safe.




Test on Sculpey III Mix With Oil Paints






















Test on Premo clay mix with oil paints
































































Dated 16th March 2013