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Polymer Plugs

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brighten your lobes dudes and dudettes
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items:

-some polymer clay (a small pack is like $2, a big brick is like $4-6)
-Jewelers Millimeter Gauge Ruler (i stole mine, they can be pretty expensive)
-oven..obviiiiousssllyyy

If you want you can pick up some clay glaze to for a shiny finishing touch. I assume you know what gauges are, some plugs have flared edges so they don't fall outta yr lobes. This can be a little cumbersome with clay, but it's pretty simple....just take a chunk of clay and roll it so it looks like a little cylinder and using your fingertips squeeze the middle gently, rolling back n forth till it's even. Once it's all sweet and perfect, put it in the oven at 275 degrees F, for like 10-15 minutes. Keep an eye on it and pop in from time to time taking them out to check if they're burning (it happened to the first pair i made). Flipping them once should help you out. Wear them, show them off, give em away to a lover...tell em some chic named chloe on the interweb helped you make em. lol

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Jewels

Jewels

08 Apr 01:00

oh my i dont know why i never thought of this... i cant find ones i like here and i lost my other favorite one so now i can just make them... oh i am excited. thanks for the idea

chloe zeeeee

chloe zeeeee

08 Apr 01:18

yeah girl. im wearing mine right now. just make sure you get that ruler somehow, it's pretty important to get the size right.

ay*lee*sha

ay*lee*sha

08 Apr 05:10

cool idea. just make sure your ears are fully healed. and your not using these for stretching. the chemicals in the polymer can be dangerous.

ay*lee*sha

ay*lee*sha

08 Apr 05:10

cool idea. just make sure your ears are fully healed. and your not using these for stretching. the chemicals in the polymer can be dangerous.

*scout nubbies*

*scout nubbies*

08 Apr 18:49

this is pure genius... you know how much those stupid things cost... well i'm sure you do. but i would always lose mine. so i had to let my lobes close cause i only had one of each size. lol. now ima make like a billion of them. thank you!!!! and i am gonna tell em a chic named chloe helped me. :D

LoveLikeGravity

LoveLikeGravity

10 Apr 09:55

Man... I soooo wish this was a practical idea. But with those chemicals and junk in polymer? No way, I'll stick to my acrylic ones. I get em cheaper than most, anyway. The key is to buy in bulk from sites that offer bulk discounts! Me and my friend bought all of our pairs we'd need from size 12 to 00 when we first started stretching. The price for all of em together for that bulk discount was AWESOME.
Anyway -
A SAFETY NOTE: You don't want to end up with swollen screwed-up ears, so please, people who make these - DON'T use them to stretch!! Make the size you've already got in. You don't want to make those micro-tears that stretching is, and then fill em with chemically clay. I'm pretty sure polymer is porous too- could be wrong, but if I'm not - make new pairs every few weeks - just to keep them fresh!
(:

chloe zeeeee

chloe zeeeee

10 Apr 15:22

once again, sculpey is non-toxic. i have emailed them about this. and if you're going to leave comments like that i'd message me first. cause you come off being a bitch. go ahead and spend lots of money. ive had mine for a while and havent fucking come down with anything.

Mi.ezekatze

Mi.ezekatze

12 Apr 10:30

Omfg, I'm so gonna make those... Just, I'm gonna make the kind that's fixed with tiny rubber bands. I loke those more.

I'm just wondering if you could make real tunnels out of that?

DarkAshHurts

DarkAshHurts

28 Apr 22:14

holy crap. i need these. lol
i'm totally making my own.
thanks bunches...your a money saver. :D

Stephanie H.

Stephanie H.

08 May 19:37

I really like these! I agree with chloe z. about the clay. I'm a chemist and have worked with polymers. they are safe and i've handled worse stuff than that.

*scout nubbies*

*scout nubbies*

13 May 00:23

Jewelers Millimeter Gauge Ruler... um where can i find one of these? i haven't been able to start on mine cause i don't have one of these. >:-I

amber smells

amber smells

16 May 02:49

great job! these look awesome <3333333333

i wish my holes were bigger =\

taby o.

taby o.

19 Oct 23:53

you could probably find a ruler online like ebay or something. you could always buy a pair and just copy the size as close as possible. It is non toxic but I'd still be sure to be all healed its not food grade non toxic.

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April 07, 2009 23:34
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