As promised in yesterday’s post, here is a step by step on remaking old draw pulls using polymer clay. I am showing you how to mold a sheet of clay around an entire knob, as well as a polymer clay flower attached to the top of a metal knob. Both completely change the look, and are fast and simple. No clay experience necessary. Lets go…
Supplies:
- Old drawer pull or knob
- Polymer clay in your choice of color
- Clay blade
- Pasta machine or acrylic roller
- Texture stamp or other means to add texture
- Flower mold
Instructions:
- Condition your clay and flatten into sheet with your pasta machine, brayer or acrylic roller. I used a thickness setting of 4 on my sculpey pasta machine. Place the sheet over the knob to be covered.
- Press the excess clay toward the end of the pull.
Continue smoothing excess clay with your fingers and trim away with clay blade or craft knife. Repeat until your are satisfied with the shape of the clay around the knob.
- Finished knob; At this point, you can hide fingerprints and dents in clay by adding texture to your knob with a stamp or texture sheet. Then just bake per clay instructions (usually 25 min at 275).
Here it is all attached!
Check out this old metal knob I covered with a polymer clay flower. I used a candy mold I picked up at a garage sale to make the flower. Then I put a dab of translucent liquid sculpey on the knob to adhere the flower. Knob and all goes in the oven… that’s it! A great, thrifty way to refresh your furniture.
Any hardware restoration tricks you want to share? I would love to hear.
