How to Coat a Pendant With Future Shine
Sculpting an originally shaped pendant out of polymer clay is a craft project that you can enjoy at home along with your children. Once you shape the pendant, you can coat it with a glaze before you bake and harden it. Experienced clay crafters have found that Pledge Floor Polish with Future Shine, an acrylic floor polish, is particularly effective as a clay glaze. Applying multiple coats of Future Shine to your clay pendant produces a durable high-gloss shine that protects your pendant as well as adds to its appearance.
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Things You'll Need
- Fine wet-or-dry sandpaper or steel wool
- Copper electronics wire or flower wire
- Plastic bowl
- Pledge Floor Polish with Future Shine
- Artist's paintbrush
- Baking sheet
Instructions
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Shape your clay pendant as you wish. Gently sand it or rub steel wool on it when wet if you want a glossier finish.
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Thread copper wire or flower wire through the top of the pendant to create a hole where you can hang it on a necklace.
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Fill a plastic bowl with Future Shine to a level a bit higher than the height of your pendant. Hold the two sides of the wire and lower the pendant into the bowl so that the pendant is fully immersed in the Future Shine.
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Fold the two ends of the wire inward so that you can comfortably hold the pendant in your weaker hand if you do not have someone to hold the wires for you. Use an artist's brush to smooth out the coat of Future Shine so that it is evenly applied on both sides of the pendant. Make sure no Future Shine is dripping at the bottom of the pendant.
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Place the pendant on a baking sheet or other support and remove the wire. Bake the pendant in your oven at 265 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes or according to the directions on the polymer clay package. Allow the pendant to cool after you finish baking it and then repeat Steps 3 and 4. Once it cools after the second coat, you can thread the pendant onto a necklace and wear it.
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Tips & Warnings
Pledge Floor Polish with Future Shine was once sold under the name "Future." Both products are the same and you can use old Future so long as it remains clear.
