Where to purchase polymer clay

I always get my translucent Pardo from Penny among other things, and the service I get is great. But the items I ordered came very quickly, so all was fine. Not so much a conflict, as a case of knowing your supplier and going with ones you can trust.

Hence the bit about not buying from unknowns on Ebay. A good supplier has a fast turnover and will ensure that you have a good experience. Sometimes you might get older clay, yes, especially for brands like Pardo that have to be imported in huge lots.

But again, having a relationship with your seller is important. So many good suppliers! Thank you so much! I have a lot of the old Premo! Since I now have much less strength a drawback, and a permanent one , I can toss the worst and use the lovely color mixing charts Polyform is creating to compensate for the need to change my color strategies.

Good to know! I grew up with extremely frugal parents and have been frugal all my life. It kills me to spend more than I need to. And money is never saved if you have to throw out things. Ya know? Ginger and Jan: I always judge by my work. Is the skill, work and time I invest in a piece of art worth the risk of buying a cheaper material just to save a few cents?

We all want to be the best we can be out there, and that includes materials. You and your art are both worth it! Great info as always Ginger. Thanks for the great insight. This might drastically change my clay-buying strategies. I played with clay a lot, but laid off for the past 8 years when my grandchildren were little. I was able to recondition most of the clay from ! My clay buying strategy has been to buy a bunch so I have whatever I need when the mood hits me.

Also my favorite clay to work with was 2 year old fimo soft. New clay is too soft! I bought a bunch this month to start aging it.

Now I mght have to use it all this year! I love the way you explain the science in clay. I used to do that, too. So now, even though I have to pay for shipping more often, it works out better because I waste less. Not to mention, I swear less. Thanks for the great and informative post Ginger. The prices are great and the clay is always fresh and delivered very quickly. So good to hear they give great service in addition to their great prices.

She carries the Sculpey clays, Kato, Fimo and Pardo — plus lots of other goodies. Oh good! More sources to check out! Yes, bringing the clay in the luggage gets old. Thanks for sharing. Have to check the dates on my clay. I haver very old opened Fimo lying around I need to check, a lot of it is very crumbly. I am in the UK and buy my Premo mostly from Craftcellar as they have the best price and great service.

Veryan is nice to deal with. Excellent, more suppliers to check out. Thank you! Saludos cordiales. I confirm that even here in Italy on every clay brand by Poliform Premo! This clay is really hard…I am not brave enough to open and condition them! Unfortunately no code on Fimo or Cernit packs…in particular I noticed that my Cernit packs are re-labelled, and I am not able to remove the first to check if there are more information stamped on the older….

Here in Italy I usually buy online my clay because it is really difficult to find fresh clay, my preferred shops are:. Thanks for the info about the date codes.

They do have an odd sort of two-part label on the back of the package. Thanks for the Italian sources. I am in Australia and I have found Heather from Over the Rainbow in Melbourne to be very helpful and her stock is always fresh and competitively priced. She also carries a great selection of other jewellery making needs. Cheers Lynn. I agree with Lyn! I have dealt with Over The Rainbow, they are situated at Seaford Victoria and they have a good range of PC of very reasonable price and also the jewellery findings etc.!

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So the top bar was made on August 13, , the blue one on February 4, , and the bottom one on March 11, Cheap Clay I want to say a word here about buying cheap clay. Buy Online The large chain craft stores sell their polymer clay at full retail price. Bulk Buying Sometimes you can get together with other clayers to place a large order to take advantage of free shipping offers or special discounts.

Buying Polymer Clay from Small Businesses But I also have a fondness in my heart for the many small businesses around the world who make it their job to supply polymer clay and supplies to you and me. Lots of supplies, too. Get Emails! Email is the best way to get updates.

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You can call us at for current stock levels. Once you place your order, we will contact you if we are out of anything and you will have the option of holding your entire order until it comes in or putting it on back order. You will still receive your original discount if any plus the same discount applies on the back order and the option of adding to the back order when it comes in. It is recommended that you put the out of stock items on back order because once they are available, we will be filling in order.

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