Magic Sculpt 1 Lb. Epoxy Clay - Natural

This is great stuff! I've been using epoxy putty for quite some time now to sculpt small obects, fill in gaps in builds, smooth surfaces, etc. The one thing I always hated about it was paying almost 6 dollars for such a small stick. magic Sculpt solves that problem. I bought a pound of it and 3 months later still had most of it left. It cures overnight and has a working time of about an hour which makes it great for sculpting. It cures rock hard and can be sanded, drilled, sawn, etc. Has good mechanical and thermal strength and paints and adhesives stick to it readily. A couple issues I have with it are that for me it's a little too soft to woek with for most purposes until it's had some time to cure. I'm used to working with stiffer epoxies designed for making repairs. Also the cure time is slow for some purposes such as gap filling when I want to start working on something right away. Despite these minor issues I plan to keep Magic Sculpt in my kit frok now on. It's simple to mix and there's plenty of it. It can be easily formed with clay shaping tools wet with water. The resin is very sticky before mkxing so I recommend using gloves especially if sensitive to chemicals sense epoxy does have a sensitizing effect and can cause rashes. It's great stuff and I'll be buying more of it. I highly recommend it for any artist or gamer who wants to make miniatures or full sculptures especially. I do plan to continue to buy marine epoxy putty for quick gap fillls and the like but for when things aren't timr sensitive or I especially want a long open time Magic Sculpt is great.

This is the first time working with this product, I do a lot of polymer clay and other clays so I was expecting it to be the same consistency. I was wrong! The clay doesn't have the same consistency as other clays do that I have used, so there are adjustments to get used to. I like that you can use water to smooth it out. It is not as firm as polymer so it is harder to get it to keep its shape. If you have used polymer clay it is like using translucent only adding some liquid polymer to it then trying to make something. It drys quickly and pretty hard, however, it is more breakable than polymer. I made a unicorn out of the left over didn't want to waste it and several days after it had harded I dropped it and it broke. Not happy about that but glad it happened when it did. Don't want my jewelry breaking after I sell it. I am not a big fan of having to put a base coat on it before painting and that I can't put color into it before I start like you can with polymer (may be able to if so I just haven't figured it out.) I made a wire armature and made a butterfly body on a butterfly made out of 10/0 delicas. However, I did put PearlEx powder on it and that worked good. From a distance the butterfly does look real. I put blue painter's tape on the butterfly to keep the clay off of the beaded body but some did get on it. But to my surprise most of it cleaned off with water. Made me happy. Looking forward to experimenting with it more.

This Magic Sculpt is very workable and easy to manage. It is water soluble and this makes it easy to place the putty where you want it to be. I use it to adhere eyes and legs to my bird carvings. It hardens in about an hour so there is plenty of time to get the putty just where you want it. I understand the shelf life is quite long which is good because a person doesn't have to use a lot of it at once. I recommend Magic Sculpt without reservation.

I use magic sculpt for small scale sculpting and repairs. It is extremely easy to use as a 1 to 1 mix and working with it is just as easy. Since it can be cleaned up with water (before hardening of course!) it is all the better. A few tips I've found useful: -If you are having trouble with your tools sticking to the putty, dip them in some clean water, this helps lubricate them so that they won't pick up any of the putty. (Definitely DO NOT lick your fingers or tools as another reviewer stated, it is not non toxic if ingested!) -Use different tools for different jobs, I find wooden tools are great for initial rough sculpting, or pushing the putty around, but stainless steel is better for cutting, gouging and smoothing the surface. -You can also use a soft damp brush to smooth the surface after you've worked it -finally you can let the putty set up for a little while after its been mixed to achieve different results (for instance if I need a more precise shape I will let the putty set up for 10-15 minutes and then use a wet knife to cut it) It hardens to a stone like quality (assuming your mix was approximately 1 to 1) which takes paint well and can be worked with power tools (dremel here) after curing. Great product, makes my life so much easier!

This is a great product, easy to mix, tacky enough to work with without sticking to everything. Once wet this stuff smooths out like a dream and as long as you let it dry long enough it sand really well [any dry time under 6 hours and it started to bead up on the sandpaper because it wassnt cured yet] The only bad thing I can say is that I thought I was getting more. This 1 pound mixture came in 2 cups about the size of Play-doh cans. You are getting half a pound of each and this is a dense clay. This isnt NOT a problem with the product. Just know that if you need more than a combined lump the size of a grapefruit then get more so you dont run out. To fellow prop makers, this stuff is great and takes primer and plastidip, just dont rush the curing time for this expoxy. it's way faster than bondo, but overnight is still best.

I have been using this for years and find it wonderful! Cures rock hard and can be sanded. Sculpting is a bit tricky if using sculpting tools as it can be tacky and stick to the tools but if you keep the tools wet - that helps. Also, get the basic shape you want and let set for a few hours and let it harden a bit to get rid of the tackiness. Then it is easier to add fine details. You can speed up cure time by putting in oven. The only drawback is that - contrary to some claims that it is non -toxic, it is still an epoxy and can cause allergic/epoxy sensitive skin reactions. After years of using with bare hands I developed such an epoxy sensitivity. So now I use the nitrile gloves as well as a full face respirator when using this as well as all epoxies, to keep from getting skin reactions. And so should you. It may seem harmless like play dough but, over time, your body will simply stop ignoring the the toxicity and it isn't fun

I used this product to repair a damaged wood carving of a figure broken off at the base. This is a 2 part epoxy with an easy mix ratio of 1:1. It is a bit tacky once mixed but easily manageable. The set up time is more than ample to allow shaping. I used this to build up the base under the feet for additional support. Once this cured, I glued and shimmed the feet in place. After adequate drying time, I then filled in all gaps with this product. This very nicely adhered to the wood without any problem at all. Once the epoxy dried, I was able to carve and sand it to shape. It covered well with acrylic paints. The bonding qualities were excellent and the ability to reshape the surface and texture it after it set-up were equally good. I was hesitant to apply any other surface finish as I usually do with a wood carving for fear of weakening this product due to the potential for chemical interactions. The repaired areas were considerable but someone not knowing the history of the repair would not be able to detect it. I was very pleased with this product and would recommend it to a wood carver doing a repair such as I encountered.

I used it for sculpting a rib cage, pelvic bones, and many other parts of the human body on top of an aluminum wire armature for a stop motion animation puppet. It’s got a good working time and mold properties. Other than the slightly expensive price of the product I gave it 5 stars. It’s still cheaper to use than plumbers putty for making props.