Oh, the smell of burning plastic

[gategrrl]

Yesterday I went and bought a mold of sun-faces and some Fimo and Sculpey plastic clay stuff, in order to make components for a present for a friend...I make the peices, and stick them in the oven with the expensive temp gauge I bought for Mermaid's diorama project. The oven didn't seem to be getting hot enough, so I turned up the dial a bit. My mistake was to walk away.

Now the house smells like burned plastic, and it's HORRIBLE! I managed to catch the stuff in time while it was bubbling, but the peices are ruined and I'll have to make some more. :-(

Any hints from my very creative flist on how to work with this stuff? I've never used it before in my LIFE, and I thought it would be neat to try it (finally).

Comments

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

I used to make very thin, delicate jewelry with Fimo, so it can be done. You just need to get it warm to make it pliable - rub between your hands, or get some friction on it somehow. Sometimes you need to break it into little pieces, get them pliable, then start merging them. And yes, the translucent is WAY cool!

It doesn't make a very strong bad smell when you bake it - just sort of a warm play-doh smell. :)

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, the translucent is awesome - I bought a packet of it to use, and wow, so cool!