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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 01:14:08 -0500
Subject: [Puptcrit] Tip: Warming up plastalina


I've been modeling in plastalina (oil-based clay) a lot these past few days.
Yesterday I installed my extra toaster oven in my studio, to use it for 
warming up the clay, and keep it warm. It works even better than the old 
bread box I had added a lightbulb to.
The trick is to keep the oven at very low temp, below 200F, and turn it off 
when the clay is well warmed. It will keep warm for a while with the door 
closed.

I covered the grid with aluminum foil, to prevent any spill from reaching 
the lower element.
The clay I to warm up is broken up in smaller pieces, and placed within an 
aluminum pie plate.

To have the oven at ideal height, I installed it inside the tall bookshelf 
that I use to store acrylic paints. I screwed the bottom drawer of the 
toaster oven to the shelf, to prevent it from falling down, should I ever 
grab it by mistake.

The toaster oven cost me nothing, I found it, brand new, on the street last 
year.
I was planning to choose it over my old one, but it turns out the old one is 
still better at what I need it to do in the kitchen.



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