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Is it safe to bake a pony?
« on: September 15, 2020, 12:31:43 AM »
(Just want to make this clear. I do not condone torturing my or anyone else’s ponies in a fiery hell)

I feel like the answer is obvious, but I watched a pony crafter who goes by the name of Midnight Rarity just pop a g4 plastic pony in the oven to bake their custom clay mane, and I’m just curious if I could do the same and not melt the pony on even the lowest setting in a convection oven (I think MR had theirs at low 200’s?)

Can baking a pony survive? Anyone know what the melting point is for G4’s?
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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2020, 12:34:58 AM »
I would never risk it.
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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2020, 12:56:04 AM »
I don’t know about a convection oven....I know they bake faster so you may want to keep an eye on your pony if you bake in there, but they’re totally safe to bake. :) I’ve baked a few customs with sculpted details at 275 degrees and they haven’t had any trouble. Just make sure if it’s a G3 you take out their hoof magnet! Idk what would happen if it got baked, but I’m not brave enough to experiment. :P
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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2020, 04:07:59 AM »
I don't know, but if you don't want to risk it, Sculpey makes an air-dry clay. I just tried it on a BBE-to-NBBE custom, and so far so good.  2 days after using it I haven't noticed any shrinkage or pulling away from the pony's eye sockets yet.

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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2020, 05:48:12 AM »
I've heard quote a few people have baked clay details right on the pony! They do melt sometimes, so keep an eye on them and consider apoxie sculpt if you're doing small details.
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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2020, 08:04:52 AM »
Oh, didn't someone recently post some g4 customs with sculpting and some had melted a bit while others were fine?  You could hunt through the customs threads for them and ask that person.  I can't recall who it was.
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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2020, 08:31:47 AM »
I recently learned this about ovens.

They don't keep a constant temperature. What you set it to, is actually an average while the oven fluctuates. So something at 300 can be as low as 250, and as high as 350. And each oven can be different (based on age or parts).

I wonder if it's the variance of individual ovens that make ponies melt.
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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2020, 09:10:18 AM »
Oh, didn't someone recently post some g4 customs with sculpting and some had melted a bit while others were fine?  You could hunt through the customs threads for them and ask that person.  I can't recall who it was.
That was me. I've been baking G4's for customs this year. Keep 'em low 275 and no longer than 15 mins.

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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2020, 09:52:01 AM »
A tip that a lot of people don't know about Sculpey and other baking polymer clays is that you can bake them more than once. The clay might discolor but it doesn't get brittle or burn, that's a myth. So if you have something thick sculpted on a pony you can bake it in sessions, 275 (or even lower) for 15 min, wait until it cools then do another 15 mins and so on.

I have some sculpted pieces that have been baked 10+ times and they're fine.
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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2020, 10:24:52 AM »
I've baked ponies to add Sculpty attachments.  (With G3s and G4s.)

Worked fine except one of the G3s lost her magnet.  IIRC I used the lowest recommended setting for baking Sculpty and, of course, checked the pony constantly to make sure she wasn't melting or on fire or anything.  ;)
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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2020, 11:01:04 AM »
Oh, didn't someone recently post some g4 customs with sculpting and some had melted a bit while others were fine?  You could hunt through the customs threads for them and ask that person.  I can't recall who it was.
That was me. I've been baking G4's for customs this year. Keep 'em low 275 and no longer than 15 mins.

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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2020, 11:02:04 AM »
Oh, didn't someone recently post some g4 customs with sculpting and some had melted a bit while others were fine?  You could hunt through the customs threads for them and ask that person.  I can't recall who it was.
That was me. I've been baking G4's for customs this year. Keep 'em low 275 and no longer than 15 mins.

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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2020, 02:59:14 PM »
What would be the advantage of using an oven-bake clay like Sculpey over Apoxie sculpt, out of curiosity?
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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2020, 03:12:45 PM »
What would be the advantage of using an oven-bake clay like Sculpey over Apoxie sculpt, out of curiosity?
I think working time? Sculpey doesn't harden completely until it's baked, but Apoxie is rush hour.
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Re: Is it safe to bake a pony?
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2020, 03:26:11 PM »
What would be the advantage of using an oven-bake clay like Sculpey over Apoxie sculpt, out of curiosity?

They have a somewhat different consistency to them, and as tailrustedtealeaf said, different working times.  Also apoxie sculpt is a little harder to find, more expensive, and it says to wear gloves while dealing with it so I assume it is more hazardous as well.
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