Keep a close eye on it while it is baking as different oils react differently to heat. I used scented oil that works in both soaps and candles because it can withstand high heat. Essential oils like peppermint oil work well too and the peppermint scent came out stronger and I suspect it will last longer. I also tried this with eraser clay and tested out the scented eraser and it erases just fine. On thing to expect while kneading the oil into the clay is that it will make it softer and at fist a little gooey some color came off on my hands but after you knead it for awhile and spread the oil evenly through the clay the consistency goes back to that of regular clay.
Leave the top open to add drops of oil to and there you go. All of these bake just fine with polymer clay. You can also temporarily scent your polymer clay by mixing a little scented oil INTO it as you condition it.
But then if you can make your own then make different designs for different scents. Yes, his polymer clay work is incredibly beautiful! Thanks for the comment and feedback. You do make a difference on my blog!
Ads Top. Fragrance Polymer Clay Jewelry by Lixori. Russian polymer clay artist, Maksim Mantuli of Lixori , makes fragrance polymer clay jewelry for women who want their perfume to last longer. When I get some better results I will post them here at my blog. But for now…. Our kids have a little plastic bear holding a cookie that smells like chocolate chips.
It has kept its scent for many years. And lots of people are selling scented polymer clay charms and things. So my search continues….
I actually found some great oils, I purchased some from a seller on Ebay that i have yet to use, as well as some from a seller on Etsy. Tell us who you bought the oil perfume from. Best to go with what works!! Also, did you put the oil in the clay, on the clay or both? Plus what finish did you use? Hi BunnyKissd! Thanks for your comment! I think Ryssa is away right now but hopefully when she comes back she will give us the answer! It is in limited quantities so you would have to buy fast. So if you are making Pumpkin Pie Charms for this Thanksgiving or Christmas, this may just be the product to try!!
This is a business for a few people and if you just give away how these people make their charms then it will ruin thire business. So why would you think that. I have found that when more people know about an idea the better the product sells.
I would not want to be the only one in the world working with polymer clay because then no one would know what it was and the harder it would be to sell. It already takes a bit of an explanation. The same thing goes for scented clay. By teaching more people about it, there will be more of it in the marketplace and more people will become aware of it.
When people are aware of something that is cool like that, they want it. Sales will go up rather than down with a little more competition! I use my kitchen oven though. If I add say, the essential oils or rolled on perfume oil, is it safe to bake? But if you were concerned you could bake your beads inside a covered dish like an old dutch oven for safety. I too have been wondering how to scent polymer clay. I made a bunch of yummy looking clay cupcake charms.
I did some searching around to see what other cupcakes there were out there and noticed a bunch of them were scented. I figured since you can mix oils into the clay to soften it, maybe you could mix fragrance oils in as well.
So I have ordered a few different scents from a candle supplies store. They should get here in the mail tommorrow. I will get baking as soon as possible so I can let you guys know how it turns out.
I was going to go with them but had some trouble getting the payment to go through. Sooo…I went with candlesandsupplies. I hope this helps. Thank you Rainy for such a wonderful comment! I just finished baking a test batch of scented cupcakes last night. I mixed only a little bit of the oil into the clay that was to be the cake part and enough oil into the icing clay to give it a constistency that was a bit firmer than real icing.
I had to use toothpicks to manipulate it because it was so messy. I was afraid that using that much oil was going to cause the clay to fall apart, but after the baking and cooling process was done everything turned out just as hard as regular clay. I did notice that the scent seemed alot fainter after baking.
So I asked my husband take a smell. I love that smell! I was suprised that he could smell it. We came to the conclusion that I had been sitting there working with the oil for so long that I had become desensitized to it.
He wants to get me some gloves and a mask for working with the stuff. I took a whiff of the cupcakes this afternoon to see how the smell was holding up. I still think they smell weaker than compared to before they were baked, but the scent is still definatley there. Not sure if he was just trying to make me feel better or not. I also did a couple of other experments.
I brushed a light coat of oil onto pre baked cupcakes that did not have a clear coat on them. I popped them into the oven for about five mintues so maybe the heat would help the clay absorb the oil.
When I took them out they were not oiley at all, and scent was only a tiny bit weaker. My next test was kind of a strange idea. I tried mixing about 6 drops of fragrance into half a teaspoon of Delta Ceramcoat satin varnish.
I mixed and mixed, but it kept wanting to separate. I went ahead and painted it onto a cupcake. Brushed a thin coat onto the cupcake and waited for it all to dry. The scent on both turned out awsome, but the krylon cupcake seemed to hold the scent MUCH better.
I am not very fond of this Krylon clear coat, but both me and my husband agree that the shiny one looks better than the satin one…and it smells better too!
I guess any of the methods can work. Just use the one that works best for the type of thing you are making and the strength of scent you wish to achive. Oh yeah! I did come across a nice tutorial from MonsterKookies at DeviantArt for those of you wishing to mix oil scent into clay.
Your comment is incredible! Nothing is more valuable than information found through testing. Thank you so, so much for sharing your findings!! On mixing the scent with the different finishes… have you let them sit for awhile to see if they become sticky again? Sometimes finishes react with the clay over time and they could react with oils over time as well.
I would consider trying this technique with Future Floor Finish, it may work too.
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