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TIL foam clay can take 3 days to dry instead of the 2 hours the package says...
I was making a prop for my Hollow Knight cosplay, the little dream nail thing, using this foam clay from Michaels. The box said it air dries in 2 hours so I slathered it on thick thinking I'd be done that night. Yeah no, it was still squishy after 12 hours and took about 3 full days near my heater to finally harden. Has anyone else gotten tricked by drying times on budget materials like this?
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lunah865d ago
@grant130 that video must have saved someone a lot of headaches lol. I swear half the battle with cosplay is just figuring out which materials are lying to your face. My foam clay prop actually turned out decent in the end but I was sitting there poking it every few hours like a weirdo, just hoping for a miracle. Guess I should start taking drying times on budget stuff with a grain of salt or maybe a whole salt shaker.
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grant1305d ago
Honestly I saw a cosplay video where someone tested that same clay and said the 2 hour thing is basically a lie unless you're doing a super thin layer. Sounds like yours turned out alright in the end though, which is lucky.
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