Sculpy softener

rubbersheep · Post by **rubbersheep** » Sat May 13, 2023 11:43 pm

Hey all ,
I am trying to find out some more about using and or the effects of sculpy softener on plastic princesses
Like how long be for it starts working
how to apply it ?
Can you get nasty things happen with exposure over time ?
I have a plastic princesses with a glued in insert and the base tunnel is starting to go crispy,

Thank you
Rubber sheep

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Sun May 14, 2023 3:14 am

This stuff?
Product Trade Name: Sculpey® Oven-Bake Clay Conditioner ECC02
Product Use: Oven hardening modeling material for hobby use
https://www.barnes.com.au/BARNES-DOCUME ... ER-SDS.pdf

rubbersheep · Post by **rubbersheep** » Sun May 14, 2023 4:42 am

Hey ,seagull,
I am not 100% sure that document is a bit vague , it's for the softener hopefully,

Anyone else played with it

razo · Post by **razo** » Fri May 19, 2023 2:56 pm

I've used Sculpey clay softner on some of my vinyl ladies and they did soften their vinyl quite a bit. I coated the vinyl in a very thin layer of softner and left it on for maybe 2 or 3 days before it got completely absorbed.

A word of warning using clay softner though... it will weaken the seams that are exposed to the softener and may cause them to come apart so becareful around the seams.

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:12 pm

"it will weaken the seams that are exposed to the softener"
There's your warning

rubbersheep · Post by **rubbersheep** » Tue May 30, 2023 7:25 am

Hey all,
The little bottle of softener arrived the toy in question has a pretty bad ,TPE BURN ,(TPE plus dolls skin = crispy plastic ,) so I've open a small cap between the layer of the and tunnel of fun (no air leaks as yet ) and squirted in about a 1/4 of a bottle on each side now I wait for a few days ,

rubbersheep · Post by **rubbersheep** » Tue Jul 04, 2023 5:46 am

Hey all,
just a update unfortunately no change apart from the tpe melting in to a huge mess , mite try a remove the fun zones and have this one just a bed fellow , ,

Rubber sheep

yorktown · Post by **yorktown** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:24 pm

Howdy

Sorry to hear - "RS"

Sadly once the TPE material breaks down - its usually game over

I found that extreme High temperature is no friend of TPE - unless you run the A/C all the time - whereas a more temperate climate extends TPE life

I do use the little powder bottles on the TPE parts after washing and this does stave off some negative effects - but doesn't eliminate the degradation of TPE

Much like the dolls on the Blade Runner Movie - they all have a time limit - and they will expire eventually

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