polymer clay

[ittibittirainbow]

I have a question... Why hasn't anyone used polymer clay like Fimo or Sculpey? It's non toxic and comes in a myriad of colors. You can do all sorts of things with it. You can mix and match colors. They also have "stone" colors, and Glow in the dark too. It can be sanded and painted. It's also water proof right off the bat. It works great with silicone.

I've used it as a divider from land to water, used it for a dam to seal off a ten gal tank (I got fed up with my glass cutting skills or lack there of lol). I do have to admit I still haven't figured it all out. The very first time I tried this the divider sagged in the wrong spots when it was in the oven but I've done some more research and I think I've come up with a solution. I wont divulge any info until I know it will work (fingers crossed).

All in all I just want to see if anyone has any objections to using this in a tank? I've been using it in my tank for over a year now and it seams to be working out great.

I plan on reworking my 2 ten gal vert tank (2 10 gal tanks vertically on their sides and pushed together) and using more of this stuff.

If I knew how to put picks up or even had picks to put up I would.
~~~I'll work on that

[beckdg]

https://www.vivariumforum.com/communi...html#post39630

introductions section sticky for further reference.

[ittibittirainbow]

thanks ill try it

[ittibittirainbow]

OK So it may have been a bad idea to tell me how to do this lol

Whole "tank"

Sculpey divider

a little blurry sorry

the inhabitants: pic 1 is Jimmy pic 2 is Elvis

can you see the crook in his lip? he had it when i got him (bonus i got him for half off little did the clerk know i wanted him anyway and would have payed full price) it was a bad sore and they didn't think he would make it.

[beckdg]

hmmm... interesting. anything else you can tell us about it? got a link to an msds, manufacturers site, etc.?

he's a looker, btw.

[ittibittirainbow]

well no I don't have that but I've read the packaging and it says non toxic. What type of stuff SHOULD I be looking for?

[ittibittirainbow]

This is the web site for Home | Polyform Products Company Its the Sculpey brand. This is the one I used before and plan to use again. I just want to see what people say about it.

[beckdg]

i can't foresee a problem, but i'm having trouble finding ingredients in the clay. the msds is vague at best with a long list of N/A's and NONE's. unfortunately, to add to that, i don't recall ever using it myself to know exactly what you're asking about.

good news;

i don't see anything wrong with it.
the fact that it has to be baked is a plus for security.

bad news;

that doesn't mean squat, lol.


keep us up to date if you have any issues you think may be related. otherwise, i'd say pretty cool.

[ittibittirainbow]

i will thankz