Melting Chavant Clay.

[Vandark]

Can anybody tell me how to melt Chavant clay? What to put it in, what heat to use (oven/microwave) etc.

Will it be pourable, or just spreadable, like melted chocolate?

thanks

RV

 

[LDR]

From what i understand you melt it like you would chocolate, so chop it up, and put it in a bowl. Then put the bowl over a pan of boiling water, the heat from the water should melt the clay/chocolate.
Not tried it myself...but thats what ive read. Need to do it myself, just not got round to it.

I think its pourable to....i'm hoping it is anyway!

 

[CSMacLaren]

Doesn't Chavant Clay have a sulphur content that prohibits curing of certain silicone molds?

What molding compound are you going to use?

 

[Sand_Storm]

Doesn't Chavant Clay have a sulphur content that prohibits curing of certain silicone molds?

What molding compound are you going to use?

Chavant NSP doesn't have sulphur.

 

[Vandark]

Thanks for your help, i'm gonna try melting it over water.

What i'm trying to do, is get it soft enough to spread over an armature.

I can't see any other way of doing it, the stuff is just so hard to use!

thanks again

RV

 

[steveo]

someone had a thread on here earlier that used a hammer (friction method) to "soften" the clay to apply to an armature or base.

 

[Vandark]

someone had a thread on here earlier that used a hammer (friction method) to "soften" the clay to apply to an armature or base.

Thanks, thats awesome, just what I was looking for!

Took a while to find it........
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=60853

Is that microwave scene for real????????

RV

 

[itsalive]

Thanks, thats awesome, just what I was looking for!

Took a while to find it........
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=60853

Is that microwave scene for real????????

RV

I melt my sculpting casting wax in a double candy boiler. Try that. You put food in the microwave.

Google-Fu "Double Boiler" on the net.

I bought mine from the Made For TV store at my local mall.

 

[sawduster]

My first time melting it was today. I first tried to melt it in an oven set to 200 degrees, it got soft but not pourable. The oven I used only went as high as 200, that's when I put it on a hot plate. I put it into a glass bowl and put it on an electric hot plate. Cranked up the heat and it all melted into a creamy pourable consistency. I poured it into a silicone mold and will demold it on Monday when I go back into work.