File puptcrit/puptcrit.0903, message 113


From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:13:23 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Toxicity Questions


Thanks for the quick and complete reply, Mary.

Just the skin drying condition is enough to prevent me from using this too 
often.
There was a weird tingly sensation when I reworked the smoothed area 
yesterday.

I don't see myself working with gloves doing my plastalina work, so i'll go 
back to using mineral oil,  rubbing alcohol, and "baby oil" for smoothing. 
It cuts less fast, but at least it nourishes the plastalina, improving the 
product instead of adding trouble like mineral spirits would do.

I say "improve the product" because plastalina gets harder over time from 
losing oil, with the repeated heatings in the oven, and flame treatments 
when merging and smoothing with the alcohol torch. The usual basic 
ingredients for plastalina are: clay, some form of mineral oil, waxes.
So adding mineral oil or baby oil (liquid paraffin) is totally compatible.


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