Floree Resin Air Dry Clay Introduction and Comparison
Floree Clay is relatively new in the international market compared to other Japanese brand like Padico & Fuwa Fuwa. Though it is an excellent and high quality clay, there are many who does not know the attributes of these range of clay. Today, I am going to intro a bit on these Floree Clay and what crafts they are suitable to use with.
◎ – Yes
△ – Medium
× – No
Yosuke’ll clay = Exoak = Transparent Clay
(Direct Translation from Japan Site)
From the chart above, you will have an idea which clay to use if you want to succeed in crafting your desired items. For example, if you want to make those pastel colored fake sweets, you would want to use either White Oak or any Lightweight clay. However, from the clay, you can tell that other lightweight clay does not have the good properties which White Oak Clay has when come to crafting fake sweets.
Floree White Oak Clay
Next, we will talk about water resistance. In general, all Floree Clay has better water resistance compared to other clay. Water resistance that is, when in touch with water, the shape of the clay will not be easily distorted. All air dry clay will definitely turn soft when soaked in water because they are made of flour, unlike Polymer Clay, but Floree holds the strongest water resistance attribute.
Clay Water Resistance Comparison (Left: Floree, Right: Other)
Lastly, many of artisans use molds to construct their clay shape and often, they face the difficulty of removing their clay from the molds. With no proper handling, clay shapes can be distorted and not perfected. There are many different techniques of removing clay from molds but if the clay strength is strong and with higher flexbility, it will help heaps!
Floree has manufactured their clay for easier removal with use with their molds as illustrated below:
Clay Elasticity & Flexibility (Left: Floree, Right: Others)
Clay release/removal from molds (Left: Floree, Right: Others)
Ultimately, it will depend on your own ease on which type of clay works for you and the type of project you are in.
I personally love Fuwa Fuwa pastel & glitter colors, Hearty’s economical value and Floree’s quality.
