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I teach art at a college and often buy new art products to try out. I have recently tried a product called Polymorph.

This is marketed through a company in the uk called Specialist crafts Ltd. I have the address and phone no if you want them.
I would think that is available in the states under a different name etc.

It is a tub of small plastic beads, when they are put into hot water they go soft and canbe molded to any shape. When they cool down the become hard again. They can be re-softened as many times as you like.

I thought they would be good to make a nail writer with.

Put beads into hot water til soft push onto end of thumb and under nail, while still hot (it won't burn you) Push into it a small bit of pencil lead and let cool. Remove from nail and put a dab of super glue at the base of the lead to fix it well to the plastic.

You now have a thumb writer that is tailor made to your thumb shape and tucks under your nail. The ones that I have made need no adhesive to fix them as they fit so well.

If the lead breaks of wears down just soften in hot water and make a new one.

In the review forum I reviewed some writers that I bought for £12 they are no where as good as this and for that price I could make about 200

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That's a great Idea...Beats the Super sharpie...Where can I buy this stuff?

Specialist crafts ltd
01162697711

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A nice idea, but it's far easier to buy a ready-made reliable swami for most people.

The thought of it failing during a show is just horrendous... a decent quality metal swami is far more trustworthy I fear.

But good thinking, and a very intuitive use of PolyMorph (which has been discussed on the forums before).