Should I wear gloves while using polymer clay?

Question

so i make polymer clay stuff and sell them. I'm not sure whether i should wear gloves while making my products or should i not? cause my fingers leave prints on...so yea

Answer 1

You can try just normal latex gloves. If your worried about finger prints i normally just smooth them over. If your using sculpy brand polymer clay just brush your fingers over the finger prints while the clay's still warm-ish from you molding it and it should look pretty smooth.

Answer 2

hi, i find that any gloves get in the way of the hands on contact with the clay. its feeling and contact that makes the piece come out best. i use the fingers to smooth out the prints, but remember, real art pieces are made by hand, and i have found that people that buy my work like to see the finger prints here and there. i even leave them on sometimes. ( a small ,smooth,but rigid paint brush werks well to smoothen out the prints) good luck. capt rick