What to do with SOFT & STICKY Clays?

After several researches, I found out that there are different ways of leaching soft polymer clays. 

1. You can cool it off by putting it in the freezer; I find this better than the refrigerator because it doesn't develop condensation while in the freezer. 

 2. You may combine it with stiffer clays. Cut the soft clays and flatten it out with the pasta machine, do the same with the stiffer clay. When you have both clays, you may then combine the 2 clays together and mix it with the use of the pasta machine. 

3. If your hands are heating up the clays and making it softer, you can work on a marble surface, which will keep the clay cooler. Or you can periodically dip your hands in cold water to keep them cool. 

4. Work in a cooler area: air-conditioned or a well ventilated room. 

5. Leaching is another option. One reason that the clay is soft is because it may have too much plasticizer, or the clay hasn't settled after manufacturing. Leaching clay will pull out excess plasticizer. 

How to perform leaching?

First you have to flatten the clay out with the use of a roller or a pasta machine, perhaps about half an inch or more. Then take 2 pieces of card stock, the heavy kind of paper you can find in any craft or book store. You may use an ordinary type of paper however card stocks absorbs more plasticizer. 

Then place the clay in between the 2 sheets of paper and press it with a roller. Let it sit for several hours. As it sits, you'll be able to see dark spot on the paper where some of the plasticizer has begun to leach out of the clay onto the paper. 

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