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What type of clay should I use if im doing a model of small buildings, and I can easily stick them on a map?
I just want a clay that hardens and i cannot paint over it with ease. I want him to stick with the hot glue to foam board. Im mainly looking for coloring and hardening can be glued.
It depends a bit on what you want done with, how you create buildings and their size and how much you want to spend, so the clay would be cheaper "air dry" clay, but those who are pulp and paper paper mache (usually placed on a base of some sort - perhaps a box), pulp and clay, you can do at home (clay dough salt, clay or bread, etc.), air dry clay, you can buy (Celluclay - Add water to make one at home, Creative paperclay, Crayola Air Dry Clay Model Magic, etc.), and even clay-like epoxy. The cheapest of these ESP (if your building is not small enough) would Celluclay or paste salt (or maybe paper mache). Celluclay is available in white and gray surface and leave a somewhat bumpy (but can be sanded smooth). Creative ground paper and Crayola Air Dry Clay come in white and leave a very smooth surface if you make it smooth before it dries - or can be sanded. You can put the clay on frames as boxes or mesh son, or create separate buildings, or you can self-walls and roof panels that you paint and glue together after drying. All these clays would be easy to paint after dry (usually around 24 hours.), And could be glued on foam boards, etc. (TIP. .. you can just use hot glue, but if you also put a few lines or dots of white glue as permanent GlueAll Elmer beside and around the adhesive hot, the bond will be even greater). Be aware that the clay dry to dry air by losing their water so they can also reduce some (do not just wet the glue to dry before drying, and perhaps make the structure a little larger so it will not end smaller than you might want). You can also use "polymer clay" in much the same way as above. polymer clay will never dry out, and must be cooked in a (regular home) oven cure - which will take only 15-30 minutes or so if not 24 hours as clay to air dry. Polymer clays are to paint (acrylic or latex use, no "enamels), but may require two layers, a layer of gesso first (they also can be sanded, drillable, carvable, etc.) If you go the route of polymer clay, I suggest using one of the bulk polymer clay, as strong after baking - as of Ultralight Sculpey (white), or SuperSculpey venture (gray). HTH, Diane B.
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