Do you have to glaze clay before you use it?

Can you use clear nail polish instead of glaze on polymer clay?

  • My question is as you can see from the title can you use clear nail polish instead of glaze on your polymer clay charms? (after you bake it of course) because I don't want to but ...show more

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    Go get some Crystal Clear, it's an acrylic spray sealer that's sold at home depot or any hardware store. Spray paint basically, but clear and shiny. You can do multiple coats, just let it dry in between and don't let it puddle on there. Do this AFTER baking or whatever, it's a finish not a glaze. I use it all the time on clay sculpture as sealer before making molds. But it has thousands of Artistic uses.

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You can use clear nail polish IF that nail polish is acrylic rather than "enamel." Unfortunately, it's hard to know if the polish is an "enamel" unless it's intended for, or can be used on, fake acrylic nails. Of course, no clear finish is needed on polymer clay at all like it is on air-dry clays, and there are other ways to get a gloss effect when you need or want one. And there are other clear-drying materials that can be applied to give gloss on polymer clay, some of which will be tougher than others. Check out my previous answers here for lots of info on all those things: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100606134234AAlJaN0 and maybe: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120323230957AADW6kU http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111120211726AADVMeW .

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