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).

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[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Luckily, the local Michael's is having a sale on the stuff ($1 for a 2oz brick) so I bought five or six of the things: I'll probably go back and get some more. Doesn't it come in larger brick sizes?

I followed your advice and it worked perfectly, so thank you so much! One of my burnt pieces came out kind of neat - the bubbles didn't completely snocker it, but, I wouldn't want to glue it to the bookcover. I think I'll keep it as an example of what NOT to do!