Re-Baking Sculpy

[Bunny-san]

Ok, so I have this Little Baby Philly Luna that I'm working on, and last night I sculpted my first pair of wings out of sculpey and bakedit and went to bed. Late. I woke up this morning and somehow one wing is goregeous and tiny and diminutive like I wanted it to be, and one wing is...HUGE.


So. Can I tear off the chunky mcmonkey wing and redo it, then plop it on her side, and rebake her without burning the bjebus out of the properly done wing?


Or should I take this opportunity to bust out the "Green stuff" I bought from Games workshop? Its essentially supposed to be air dry epoxy..I kinda wanted to hold off on using it because I have a *very* tiny amount...And it cost 10 bucks. >< I'd prefer to rebake if it wont' destroy my good work....


Heeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllp! *waits for the elite beat agents?*

[Sarahlacewing]

A double bake is usually ok.  Ideally when I am gong to double fire I don't cook it as long in the first round. How long did you put it in for?  Has it begun to brown at all?  You could also do the wing separately and attach it after since there is no guarantee you will be happy with the new wing and a 3rd back will be much more risky.

[jupiternwndrlnd]

while a double bake won't burst into flames (hopefully) it will make the items that have already been baked more bridal and prone to breakage/crumbling....i would, unfortunately, advise against it

[Bunny-san]

I had baked her at a low 210 for about 15 minutes, and when I pulled her out she was still a little and I mean EVER EVER so slightly flexible. But she hardened up ok I guess. I think I'm going to redo her and try to just do the feathers on the other wing thinner so they take less time to bake >_O; I mean, this morning I was easily able to carve off some excess feather on the chunk wing with an exacto knife with no problem, so I'm wondering if I even baked it long *enough* in the first place..

[Butterscotch1]

I personally have never had any problems when double or triple baking. I had a piece that required it to be baked in 3 stages and all was fine. But then again, I don't follow the baking instructions given. I bake it at 250 degrees instead of 275 and I bake it for about twice the time it suggests. So far I have never had a problem. The lower heat allows more room for error in baking time. I once got sidetracked after putting a piece in the oven and left it there for over 3 hours when it was supposed to be 30 minutes and it came out just fine. It was only very slightly brown.
So I would suggest the lower temperature of about 250 and allow for about 30 minutes and I don't think you will have any problem with a second bake.

 

[Bunny-san]

Bahaha! That's too funny Butterscotch. I have to be careful. My range is gas, and that puppy burns like well...a kiln. So yeah. I've burned pieces in *minutes*. It was traumatic.

[Butterscotch1]

Bahaha! That's too funny Butterscotch. I have to be careful. My range is gas, and that puppy burns like well...a kiln. So yeah. I've burned pieces in *minutes*. It was traumatic.

That might be something to take note of and take a poll for results because my oven is electric and might explain different results.

[Bunny-san]

Oh, I've been doing this for a while now. I've just never done two bakes before on one piece! I always did all my sculpting in one go and BAKED. So yeah... I know ranges vary for sure. I can tell you that just from cooking! (No offense to electric range owners, I used to be one) but I HATE cooking at my Mom's house for that reason--she has an electric range--newish too, and it takes FOREVER to cook ANYTHING on the stovetop in comparison to my gas range. We're buying a house hopefully this year and I refuse to buy a property that isn't hooked up to natural gas for cooking

[Butterscotch1]

Oh, I've been doing this for a while now. I've just never done two bakes before on one piece! I always did all my sculpting in one go and BAKED. So yeah... I know ranges vary for sure. I can tell you that just from cooking! (No offense to electric range owners, I used to be one) but I HATE cooking at my Mom's house for that reason--she has an electric range--newish too, and it takes FOREVER to cook ANYTHING on the stovetop in comparison to my gas range. We're buying a house hopefully this year and I refuse to buy a property that isn't hooked up to natural gas for cooking

I have a gas/electric hybrid stovetop/oven. My stovetop is gas. I also refuse to have a stovetop without gas because electric stovetops are terrible. My oven is electric because it is a convection oven. I think my electric convection oven cooks better than my last gas oven because it circulates the hot air with a fan. The old style electric ovens were terrible. For stovetops, gas is far superior.