Easy sanding solution as presented on youtube.

Edit for important information: So this is VERY IMPORTANT!
As much as it is possible to buy an adapter to use the piece that comes with the sanding disks on a dremel, do NOT use a dremel to sand polymer clay. Unless you have a supremely steady hand and perfect control, due to the high speed rotation, it will EAT UP your polymer clay. That is the reason the pedicure wand is needed.


To make this whole thing short:

You need a pedicure wand.

Why pedicure wand and not something else, like an electric nail file, or defoliator, etc? Simply because the electric nail files are usually quite flimsy and pretty much made out of plastic and cordless. The ones that aren't... well, are quite pricey.

I looked for one that would have 3 qualities: be made out of metal, be corded and be of a decent price. The fact that the pad is almost 2" also helps.

This is the one I chose:

 

I bought it from Amazon USA HERE

For people in Europe and other continents, I found it on Aliexpress HERE 

I also found it on Amazon UK HERE

Also on Amazon Germany HERE

I also chose a set consisting of a drill pad with a full assortment of sanding discs, that are wet sandpaper.

I bought them from Amazon USA HERE
Again, for people in Europe and other continents who can't buy from USA Amazon, I found these too on Aliexpress, only that the set that has the foam pad has less grits and can be found HERE  but you can buy more discs of various grits HERE
For UK people I found it on Amazon UK HERE
Amazon Germany you can find the kit HERE


You can purchase them both from my Amazon Influencer store, in the "sanding" section of the store. Just click HERE.

 This set comes with a sponge pad, with velcro on one side, that is supposed to be put on the drill pad.

For people who live in other countries with Amazon: I do not know how the items are called in your language so I couldn't search. Essentially the wand is called "electric callus remover" and the sanding discs kit is "2 inch sanding discs hook and loop with foam pad"

How to use:

Simply glue that sponge pad on the pedicure wand's pad using Superglue, Gorilla Glue or Loctite (I used Loctite) and let it harden properly for 24 hours.

And you're good to go.

I suggest that you use a permanent marker to write the grit on the back of the sanding discs, as they don't have that, and it will be easier for you to figure out which is the one you want.

Of course, you can choose another brand, for each of the two things you need, but these are the ones I found the best deal for the price.

Cost of both is $40. Much cheaper, much better quality than Polyfast and also it's CORDED, no more batteries!

NOTE: this will not substantially shorten the time you spend sanding, as you still need to sand thoroughly, but it will definitely not be hard on your hands.

 

Update on the "drama and the alarm bell"

It seems that as soon as I started getting the copyright registrations for my videos, Etsy finally started moving on the copyright complaints I had filed last year in June, after Sweetcheeks had filed false copyright claims to stop me from doing lives and (as she hoped) close my channel. So they pulled down a couple of her tutorials from Etsy. Seven months after I had filed the claims. Way to go, Etsy.

Anyway, she emailed me. That she thought I stopped "bullying" her, that she never "stoled" my subscribers, that all she did was from "her hard work". Honestly, the whole email was just one lie after another - btw, not farther back than a week before this I had received again messages from people who used to be her patrons, sending me screenshots of her bullying them on "why you left me and you support this evil old woman" and a few days after she "launched" her texture that is a replica of the one I showed how to make in not one, but two of my tutorials, one in 2017 and one in 2018.

I TRIED to explain to her the whole Etsy thing amd that it had happened after she filed false copyright claims on my live broadcasts (as you all know she did that with other artists, of which the most known is Samantha from Jessama Tutorials). And (in quite a bit of words, because I really get riled up when someone pees on my leg and tells me it's raining) I told her exactly how much I believe (NOT!) her lies and she should stop acting like the wounded damsel in distress.

Do you think she got it? Nope. She sent me another email, the gist of it, being, obviously, that for her "bullying her" means "you must let me do my copying from others and you're not allowed to say anything and you're not allowed to make tutorials on the same subjects that I do".
This time I replied in Russian, using Google translate. My Russian isn't awesome and I don't have a cyrillic characters keyboard, but I'm sure it was a better Russian than her English without using Google translate. I also told her that this will be the last time I will let things pass, but if at any time in the future she will continue to copy me or harass any of my sponsors/subscribers, I am already in touch with a law firm in Thailand and I will sue her behind off and ask for damages. And advised her to consult Thailand law on the matter.

I guess this time she got it as she didn't email me again. Well, maybe she did.

Aaaanyway. Of coursenow she's posting excerpts of my email to her, pointing her finger at the "mean old lady bullying her" and whining to her subscribers and patrons, who, of course, don't know better and believe her.

Guess what, Sweetcheeks? Yes, I'm a mean old lady with the people who deserve it. YOU started it. And unfortunately, this time there wasn't an artist afraid they'll going to lose their income and not be able to pay their bills if they stand up to you.

The thing is, you can't stop yourself from copying attempts and from trying to "up me". I talk about doing a locket in one of my lives in which I announced also I'll be making a lot of hearts for Valentine's Day - you jump and make a heart locket tutorial. I show my sponsor's monthly reward being a special Mokume Gane - you jump and make mokume gane hearts.

Keep going. But you know what are the sad facts?

You've been on Youtube since November 2014.
Your first video was following a tutorial of Anna Oskina (of course with no credits given to anyone).
It's January 2019.
You have 246 public videos posted on Youtube. With about 40 different subjects, really, everything else is rehashing the same thing with different colors.
You have 50k subscribers after 4 1/2 years. You monetize your channel and you got a marketing contract splitting the advertising fees.

I've been on Youtube since May 2017.
My first video was following a tutorial of eleojota - with full credits given to her.
It's January 2019.
I have 455 public videos posted on Youtube. With HUNDREDS of different subjects.
I have 10k subscribers after 1 year and 9 months. I don't monetize my channel, don't advertise, nada.

At the beginning of August 2016 (one year and 9 months after your first video) you had 17 videos posted and 4.1K subscribers.

Simple math. That tells exactly who would be prone to be the copier and who would be the creative artist.

I only compare myself to myself. I only try to do better than I did, not than anyone else does. I am not defined by what people think of me. Probably that is why my channel is not about putting myself on a pedestal, but about sharing what I know -  and I don't answer only the questions of people who pay me a monthly subscription, I answer all questions from people who want to learn.

Donations for Deborah Rice

NOTE: Deborah has passed away on August 2019. Thank you everyone who made her last months a bit easier to bear.

 

This is to update you on the helping Debbie go through her treatment. Please scroll down for updates.

If you're not familiar with the type of brain cancer she was diagnosed with (Glioblastoma IDH wild type) you can find information HERE. It's the most aggressive type of brain cancer that gives the shortest survival.

Deborah's story as told by herself.

" I realize you don't know me since you're new, and I haven't been able to be active in the group for a while now. The day after Christmas a brain tumor was found with a CT scan, and an MRI was done the following day, showing a tumor the size of a golf ball. Shortly after that I was taken by ambulance late one evening to the Corvallis Regional Medical Center, about 2 hours from where I live on the Oregon coast. I was slipping into a coma when I got there and they had to do emergency brain surgery or I would have died. It was a long surgery and they removed as much of the tumor as they could, but couldn't take it all without destroying and removing brain tissue itself. It has now already spread to the other side of the brain and is quickly forming others, as is the nature of this beast.

Samples were sent to multiple pathology labs across the state, including the Oregon Health Science University. All agreed that it is glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer. Though there is no cure, and not even much that will slow it down for long, I am going to pursue treatment, both chemo and radiation, which could either help for a short while, or make it worse and go faster. I will do what the medical field can do, but ultimately I know that God is the one who has the final say-so over my life, short or long. I've experienced miracles and seen many others. I'm a fighter, not a quitter, and will fight with all I have to not just surrender to this. so will see what He does on this section of my journey. I'm here for the glory of God, and I love Him passionately! I've had many opportunities to encourage others each step of the way, and I have been so blessed by it, and count it as a privilege. Sorry this is so long, maybe I just felt the need to ramble, but if I don't speak my heart now,while I still have a voice to express, then when? Those are my thoughts, anyway. And if I'm being a little selfish in sharing my thoughts, well then that's where I'm at, and it has to be okay. I can only be where I am, and live that moment, being present in it.

.......... I'm trying to catch up after being out of commission for too long. Clay withdrawal isn't fun at all, and I definitely prefer fun - all I can get of it! So, as Day always says, "Happy Claying!"

I had asked Deb Friday evening to try and do a donate button on her Paypal, following my tutorial on how to do subscriptions without using Patreon, but creating a donation button instead.
Why I chose to try and help her this way and not through GoFundMe, is because that way requires more steps, there are more fees and it takes longer for the money to actually get to her.

The thing is, Deb has issues focusing and concentration and following up. So when I didn't get from her the code, I waited for her daughter to get there Saturday (yesterday) so she can help Deb do it.
Unfortunately Deborah was set to go have a hair cut (truth is, the front part of her head was, obviously, shaved for the surgery so she only has hair on the back of her head) but due to the time zone difference, I would have been asleep by the time they would be back.  There are a lot of changes in behavior when having that type of tumor destroying your brain, so we have to have patience with her. I'll try and get  with Kari over Skype this afternoon. Deborah pretty much is awake at night and sleeps most of the day, so it's a bit hard to coordinate.

As soon as I get the code I will post the button here. That way, everything will go directly to her Paypal account instantly and she can purchase what she needs.