Quote Originally Posted by wiggin View Post
Clay isn't a polymer. Of course, it's possible there are polymer additives in Illusion's clay (I didn't look it up; still in lab working at an obscene hour, so I don't have time), but I find it unlikely that your proposed phenomenon is what's happening. It depends a lot on the ratio of water to clay, though.

edit: never mind, the product in question isn't clay. It's polyvinyl chloride. Guess we'll have to talk about the fascinating properties of real clay another time.

I was just going off Illusion's post. He siad it was a polymer clay so....

As for real clay, it would be more of a lecture. I don't know much about it, par perhaps it's just an amalgum of minerals.