Translucent Liquid Clay Comparison

I've very much enjoyed the benefits of liquid clay. It's great used as a sort of glue. It hold eye pins in the clay very well if you dab some on were the clay and metal meet. It also works well to just bond two pieces of clay together. On more delicate projects, it can be hard to keep pieces together without messing up the project or it falling apart. If you place translucent liquid clay between the pieces, they stay hard and stuck together after baking. Also, if your into miniature food making or looking for a liquid like effect in your projects, you can mix liquid clay with chalk pastel power or a small piece of clay to color it. This is useful for sauces and glaze on small foods. On that note, added to a larger amount of clay, the two can be mixed together into faux frosting. Below I will introduce you to my favorite liquid clays. Both these brands are very useful in their own cases, so I cannot pick a favorite.

Translucent Liquid Sculpey (also commonly known as TLS) is a great tool in clay sculpting. This brand comes in a small bottle, about 5", and the liquid clay itself appears thick and white before baking. After baking, in a thin layer, the baked liquid clay appears almost totally clear, though usually produces a matte Finnish.  In thicker proportions, or contained, it appears very white. This is great for miniature food. It makes a great fake sauce when mixed with pastels (mix with pastels to get a more transparent look, mix with a small amount of clay for a more opaque look), and also works well in making faux frosting. This product, due to its viscosity is easy to control and won't run off very easily in controlled projects. This was my first brand of liquid clay to ever try, and I very much love it! Even after exposing myself to different brands, I very much still use TLS, as do most people, being over all the most popular brand of Translucent Liquid clay, due also to it's being inexpensive compared to it's competitors and it's great quality. I highly recommend not to buy this product online, but at a store. The pricing is significantly different.
Liquid PolyClay created by Kato Clay is slightly different compared to TLS. The bottle which it comes in is slightly shorter than that of TLS, but wider. The Liquid Clay itself has a much lower viscosity (Not very thick), though annoyingly comes out of its bottle extreamly slow. It still holds a white color in an un-cooked form but it is not so stark as that of TLS. This is a very good Liquid clay. It's absence of thickness makes it good for sauces, but beware! It runs off projects if not in a stable state. I just had this happen and it was quite distressing :( . I find in fact it cooks clearer than TLS as its viscosity can be very useful. Also nice about this brand is that after baking, it has a shiny finish.

I hope this post was helpful in your search for liquid clay. If you have any questions regarding translucent liquid clay or any other polymer clay related question, comment below and I will answer to the best of my abilities. 

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