How to store its Fimo paste and other polymeric pastes?

The best-known brands of clay are Fimo, Sculpey and Cernit. There are others, but they all work on the same principle. They must be baked to obtain a hard, unbreakable piece. Our raw material is therefore a malleable clay created from PVC and plasticizers.If left in a corner, it could become completely unusable because it's too dry and crumbly.

Here are a few tips for storing your polymer clay:

Store away from heat and cold

Your clay is heat-reactive. It can harden when it's cold and soften when it's warmer. And it's precisely these temperature changes that can make your clay brittle and unusable. Leave your loaves in a room at around 20 degrees.

Keep your clay packaging

Once you've opened your loaf of clay, you need to take the portion you need to create and repack the rest of the dough in its packaging. Add a little scotch tape to wrap your paper around it and hold it in place.

Use crystal paper

You can use crystal paper to wrap leftover polymers or canes you've modeled. This paper, which is also used to wrap bouquets in florist shops, doesn't cause the clay to react chemically and protects it. You'll find this paper at Perles and Co under the name papier bruissant.

Store in an airtight box

Once you've wrapped your leftover clay or canes in crystal paper or their original packaging, you need to store them in boxes that let as little air as possible get inside. Putting the clay in a Tupperware-style box, for example, or in plastic zip-top bags like the ones we use to package and sell our beads, is also a good recycling idea.