New to clay and scorching. HELP!

[Former_Member]

A few of my pieces are scorching on the bottom and I'm trying to figure out why. I have an oven thermometer that I place in there to watch for spikes but haven't seen any so far. Ideas?

[exZuberant]

What are you baking your pieces on? I typically use a white ceramic tile because most of my pieces have flat backs. The tile holds heat and shields the bottom of the piece from temperature swings.

If your pieces aren't flat, you can bake them in a bed of baking soda.

For more tips on baking polymer clay, see http://thebluebottletree.com/bake-polymer-clay-how-tips-tricks/.

[BlueLilyCrafts]

I bake my pieces in an enclosed aluminium pie pan to avoid scorching. And similar to Dawn's suggestion above with the baking soda I've baked in a tray of cornflour before. I hope you find something that works :).

[Former_Member]

Those are wonderful ideas! Thank you. Most of items are 3D horses but I'm starting to bake different shape pieces

[Tuttosicrea]

I use a synthetic material, don't know well how it's called in english.. it's used as a filter for example in stove mantels.. maybe a picture can help


sorry for my bad english ^^'

[exZuberant]

Elena, you may be thinking of quilt batting, which can be baked in the oven because it' soon-flammable. I use batting when I'm baking beads where a flat spot would be problematic. You can buy batting at any fabric store, and it can be used over and over.

[LadyAstarte]

great ideas! I must try the quilt batting for beads. I've been using parchment paper. I haven't had any beads develop flat spots, but batting would be even better, I bet.

[CoolGiraffe]

My main baking assembly consists of a silicone cake pan (which I wasn't crazy about for cakes) and its wire holder (so it won't flop), a large-ish ceramic tile, and a piece of aluminum foil to cover it. I've used scraps of copy paper and parchment paper as liners on the tile, but have the best results with copy paper (and it can be accordion-folded to support beads).

[Tuttosicrea]

@Dawn that's it ;)