Liquid Sculpey

Hi. I have just begun to use liquid sculpty to make photograph transfers and have run into a glitch.  I made my mother-in-law a darling pin which looks like a framed photo of my son.
The transfer (photo to liquid sculpty, bake and separate) worked beautifully, and looked great.
 I ran into trouble when I attached the transfer to the premo (clay) backing. I applied a small amount of liquid scultpy to the unbaked premo clay (base /backing) and then secured the thin sculty photo transfer to the base. I thought I worked out all the air and had a good seal - but I guess not.  When I based the piece I got a lot of small bubbles - they appear to be between the transfer and the base.  Where did they all come from?  How can I prevent all this bubbling? Should I roll a brayer over everything? I thought I would get a better seal if I attached the photo transfer to raw (unbaked) premo.
Help!  
Thank you!

[Nicole]

Unfortunately I have not used Liquid Sculpey so I don't have any answers for you.  

You may want to try lightly braying the piece to get all the air out.  Or experiment with it a little more, attaching the photo transfer to a baked piece.  

Maybe there is someone else out there who can help??

[Metalman]

Just guessing here but I bet the unbaked clay releases small amounts of gases when you bake it. I think this because you said lots of little bubbles. I think you will want to have both pieces baked and then join them - maybe with some other glue method.

[DebbieMoyer]

I have been making a lot of different items using liquid sculpey and liquid fimo - have found that the liquid fimo works better - it seems to have clearer finish - more transparent.  I have run into the same problem.  Yes you need to burnish the piece well on top of the raw clay.  Either use a brayer or a spoon (if you can do this without distorting the clay - takes practice).  To be truthful, I have found this to work best.  I print out colored pics on T-shirt iron on transfer sheets.  Cut out your pic - I very carefully cover it (transfer side up) - bake it - let it cool - remove the paper on the back (I sometimes make a lot at one time so I put them into a bowl of cool water - it helps to wet the paper so it comes off easier).
Now you have a thin transparent sheet/shape with the pic integrated into it.  I have found that putting it directly on the raw clay, without any glue or liquid sculpey between works better for me than trying to use the sculpey as a glue - found lots of little bubbles when I did that.  I normally coat my pieces with Future floor polish (works great) for a great gloss shine.  Several layers of it (make sure you let it dry in between coats) will also help to cover small blemishes.
Thought this would be of interest.
Debbie

[Metalman]

A big thank you to you , Debbie!!!
that's great! '>