http://www.gulname.com/transparent-resin-flower/
what is the difference between: RESIX, RESIN, TRANSPARENT, LIQUID and POLYMER CLAY?!?!?!?
*yes, it does say liquid clay, pan flower? resilient cream? whipped cream? pan flower?
what are the differences? how are they used? can they be used for the same thing? what is the difference in textures? cracking? drying baking process?? why does transparency even matter? whay are there so many things to learn about it? what other nonsense should i know about? what the hell is pot life and cure time?
i think i have the air dry type. i want to know exactly what i can and should do with it.
That's a lot of questions. I can tell you about many of the terms, but never heard of the "Resix".
. . . And what is the "it" that "says liquid clay, pan flower? resilient cream? whipped cream? pan flower?"
I don't even know what you're working with, or what you want to do, so it's hard to understand what exactly you might want to know (but there are always a "lot of things to learn about" when getting into any medium). "Transparency" would matter if you wanted a transparent effect, or the most transparency you could get from competing products.
Here are a few things just to get you started (need to go fix dinner now or I'd add more... you can ask a similar question again tomorrow here though, and I'll likely see it to be able to answer you more specifically).
..."pot life" generally has to do with the length of time that a material will stay usable in its container ...not sure which mediums that term is usually used with though (and don't have time to look it up right now)
..."cure time" is the length of time it takes for certain materials to harden usually... plastics "cure" to harden, for example, they don't technically "dry" like water-based things, so I'd expect to see that term used for two-part resins, polymer clay, and liquid polymer clay at least of the terms you listed
...pan flower, don't know ... resilient cream, don't know but sounds like a translation perhaps
...liquid polymer clays come in different brands and different colors, although the "translucent" ones are the ones most commonly used (with polymer clay usually, but can be used on their own too)... the 3 main brands of the translucent type are Translucent Liquid Sculpey, Kato Polyclay Clear Medium, and Fimo Decorating Gel, or similar names, and the last two will generally be more transparent than the first one if not reallly thin and handled in special ways ...some of those manufacturers also put out pre-colored opaque liquid polymer clays (or that can be done at home too)... liquid polymer clays will cure flexible, and can be used to make decals or other transfers, as tough finishes, and to capture other materials, etc.
You can read a lot more about liquid polymer clays on at least this page at my site, if you're interested:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/LiquidSculpey.htm
..."resins" are of two basic types... natural resins which are usually amber colored like sap from trees, real amber, etc., and synthetic resins which sometimes come as two parts when used in arts and crafts (and well as lower quality ones for making "fiberglass")... in art/craft, the clear ones 2-part are probably the most common and lots of people are making jewelry, etc. from them these days... there are two main types of that kind of clear craft resin too --epoxy resins and polyester resins, which are different and used differently, and one kind of in-between version called Easy Cast ...in general, these resins cure up hard, and may be used as coatings/finishes, in shallow cells, or some in molds.
You can read more about resins in my answers to these previous questions here at YA:
http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091115185640AAXBfZF
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqRoGzjtN95Is41Kmm_SHHfsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20091011042033AAytK0x
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100402061140AAD0jwB
releases and molds especially:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100206091500AA7eXFv
...and much more on this page at my site (with lessons, etc):
http://glassattic.com/polymer/other_materials.htm
"Whipped cream" I have no idea about except that liquid polymer clay is often used alone or mixed into solid polymer clay to create fake whipped cream, frosting, icing, etc. for miniature foods... you'll find more info on that primarily on this page at my site:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/miniatures.htm look under the *Sweets* category
HTH,
Diane B.
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