Tools Question about dremels

The dremel works fine on Ladoll and premier clay. I used a dremel on my doll that I sculpted out of a mix of ladoll and premier. The dremel works fine on super sculpey too.

 

A dremel will save you SO much time with sanding Super Sculpty.
I only use it to smooth out the larger bumps, etc. then hand sand the rest smooth.
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Dremel is fantastic with sculpey, especially with sanding, it leaves a wonderful smooth finish!

 

Dremel also works well on DAS. What kind of clay are you using? If you're talking ceramic clay, it may not be such a good idea, it could tear through that a bit to hard.

 

Thank you thank you for this information.

 

Hi there -- I use Dremel drills on my cured polymer clay (usually Kato Polyclay or Puppen Fimo) all the time. It works very well even on tiny 8 inch faeries, for wing-wire holes, etc. Never had any trouble thus far!
My best,
Forest
http://www.forestrogers.com

 

For the people who dremel the center of doll limbs, do you ever have trouble getting all the way through? I can't seem to get through an MSD sized arm.

 

I love my dremel! Great for doing fine drill work (like on doll hands or ears, other small parts). I love those sanding grindy tips like the spheres or polishing tips, good for grinding out details like eye wells inside heads or knee cavitys. Stick a cutting disc on it and you can saw through heads to make headcaps or cut off parts form cast in resin pieces. They have good control for detail work.

Get a multi-speed for sure, the one speeds are always too fast for me! XD And scary! However, to drill through doll parts on dolls MSD size or larger, like legs or bodies after casting or in general, I go for a big normal drill with a torque lock on it, dremels don't have the torque or drill bit size for stuff like that.