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Posted by mgilger on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 10:04 AM

You might be overlooking it. It's going to be rolled up hanging on a peg, not laying on a shelf. Wallmart, Target and most grocery stores sell them.

Mark

 

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Posted by kstrong on Sunday, October 31, 2010 11:11 AM

The key is that you want it to be non-stick. You may try parchment paper or something like that if you can't find a small breadloaf pan or something that would fit in your oven.

Hint: let the oven get up to temperature before sticking the figures in to bake them. You may also want to consider bumping the temperature a few degrees above what is required as a preheat, then back the temp down a bit once the figures are in the oven. (I'm assuming your "hobby oven" is a small toaster oven or similar.) You want to avoid the heating elements coming on full force to maintain the heat. Otherwise, you'll find the extremities on your figures (hands, feet, noses) get "a bit" overdone rather quickly. (Yeah, ask me how I learned that one...)

Good luck, and post some of your figures here for us to see.

Later,

K

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Polymer clay figures
Posted by diggerdooley on Sunday, October 31, 2010 7:37 AM

I studied the articles in Garden Railways Magazine on making your own figures, and have decided to try it out.  However, the instructions call for putting the figure on a TEFLON SHEET to bake it.  The only thing I have been able to find is a large cookie sheet which is much too big for the hobby oven I purchased.  Any ideas on where to find a small plain sheet of teflon?

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