How I clean my Polymer Clay Pasta Machine

How do I get my pasta machine clean enough to get no dark splodges on my white polymer clay? In this short video I show the techniques I use. Nothing more than tissues and a small tool, and leaving the machine in situ too. Obviously check with your own machine’s warranty and manufacturer’s cleaning instructions before you decide how to clean yours. But using my method, I can keep my whites and translucent clays nice and clean/clear.

Once you have nice clean machine, you can always have a go at some of my polymer clay tutorials 😉

The pasta machine I use is an Atlas machine, at home I use the 180 (a wider machine) and when travelling or on workshops, I use the 150. I have always used the Atlas machines and I find them very good for Polymer Clay. However, there are other very good makes, such as the Imperia machines, and of course those made specifically for use with Polymer Clay.

Ginger Davis Allman, from The Blue Bottle Tree has a number of articles on Pasta Machines - https://thebluebottletree.com/?s=past... which should prove helpful in choosing a machine.

If you like my work, then please do have a look at my website, http://www.fionaabel-smith.co.uk/ and follow me on Facebook   / fiona.abelsmith   and Instagram.   / fionaabelsmith.artist  

I also have a number of Polymer Clay Tutorials to buy, both in my Etsy shop, PolyOriginals - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PolyOrig... where I have more tutorials in a PDF format, and as a video tutorial here - http://polyoriginals.thinkific.com/co...

The music from the video is English Country Garden by Aaron Kenny and is available from the YouTube Free Audio Library.

Thank you so much for watching.