I checked the beads that I put in the tumbler with the scrap denim. They are looking good after only 4 hours. I plan on leaving them in over night tonight. I did start my new batch of beads into sand, and will be leaving them alone for about 14 hours as well. I may check how the buffing is going before going to bed, since I have read that buffing actually takes less time then sanding. The tumbler doesn’t seem to work well on the barrettes but they are a shape that is easy to do by hand without much time or hurting of the fingers. Hopefully soon I will find the varathane for cover the polymer clay. If I can’t I may try using Future Acrylic liquid. I would rather not have to re-bake the barrettes after applying a couple of coats. Call me impatient! Tomorrow I think that I will work on stuff for Easter and Spring/Summer Time. I am very tired of winter! I may make a whole bunch of butterflies and flowers, maybe a chickie and bunny rabbit or two.
Actually I have spent my day work on faux surfaces for my barrettes. Like Dichroic Glass, Abalone, and Mother of Pearl. I have very happy with all of them. I really like the Abalone. The Mother of Pearl and Abalone also made very pretty beads. As soon as they are done cooling I will be putting them on into the tumbler and work on sanding them. I currently have my first batch of bead being buffed with denim. I will check their progress when I put the beads into sand. I am also working on the second of the barrette holders and trying the changes that I want to make. We will see how they work out. I am doing pink roses on this one and am planning on doing mixed colors of roses as well. Hopefully things will go as quickly as they have been. I can’t wait to see my buffed beads and hope that they turn out so I like them as much as I did when I put them in.
I also have been trying to find varathane to use in the covering of the beads and barrettes to help them hold the shine. So far no luck but I still have places to look.
Back to the craft room and playing in the clay.