Oh No! I Dropped My Egg and It Cracked!
The next turkey egg is prepped, ready to apply the polymer design to the polymer covering. This time my design is based on Deb Hart's techniques and a wrought iron design I like. On goes the lines and I bake it. Next I fill in the spaces. I tried using liquid polymer and quickly realized it wasn't going to work. The curved surface encourages the liquid polymer to run off. Now wouldn't you think I could have figured that out without trying it? I like using 2 colors of polymer chopped and mixed to get depth and I also like chopping metallic polymer and using the mica shift to look like 2 colors. That comes in the next egg! My design is finished and cured and now I need to sand. I use 3 grades of sandpaper and my Jool Tube for the sanding. It gets nice and smooth and even. I take it to my drill press with the lambswool buffer. Turn it on and start to buff and polish. And then....the egg slips from my hand, hits the concrete floor and I hear the cracking sound!