Polymer clay / oil paint question.?

Can I use oil paint on baked polymer clay or must I use heat-set oil paint?Polymer clay / oil paint question.?
You can but acrylic paint is better.


Oil will take longer to dry.Polymer clay / oil paint question.?
I would agree with the previous poster in that you can use both, but oil paint will take a lot longer to dry. Acrylic paints are usually used on cured polymer clay when complete coverage is wanted anyway (rather than just ';antiquing'; the crevices).


(You can also use alcohol inks to paint on cured clay, as well as various kinds of tinted liquid polymer clays and thinned solid polymer clays.)





There's loads of info on using various paints with polymer clay on this page of my polymer clay ';encyclopedia'; site, if you're interested:


http://glassattic.com/polymer/paints.htm


...click on *Painting On Top of Clay* but also read the section on Oil Paints and/or Acrylic Paints for more info if you're wanting to paint ON polymer clay rather than just building the color into the clay








HTH,





Diane B.