ThermoMorph Review

Over the summer, Rizzi from ThermoMorph asked me to review their product. I have to say I was quite flattered at the opportunity to weigh in. I did a bit of research to see what other bloggers had to say and to be honest, these little pellets are REALLY cool! Essentially, ThermoMorph is made up of polymorph granules that become moldable in hot water. I experimented a couple times before writing this. Read on to see my findings.

Using ThemoMorph is super easy. Boil water, let it cool a bit, then pour the hot water over some granules. Once the little balls become clear, use tongs to pull out a bit then mold into whatever you want.

Great things about ThermoMorph:
Easy to use
Very moldable
A tiny bit goes a LONG way
If you mess up, no fear, pop it back into the water and it will become pliable again
Super tough even when very thin
Easy to paint
Fabulous for crafting, especially scrapbooking, card making and jewelry pieces

Not so great things about ThermoMorph:
It isn't exactly child friendly as the granules tend to harden before most children make what they want
Dying the granules isn't too easy as it is opaque when solid and doesn't really hold liquid dyes well
Each container is $24.95 for 500 grams, a bit pricey, but as I said before, a little goes a long way

My first order of business when deciding what I would do with this product was to see what other people have done. I noticed that most people put it into silicone molds. When I set out to play with ThermoMorph, I thought I would go a different route, which didn't exactly go as planned. I rolled it out, then tried to use cookie cutters to make petal shapes to form into flowers. You can roll it out, of course, however when it came to cutting the material, the stretchy consistency prevented a clean cut. I did come across one blog that rolled it out really thin, let it harden then used a dye cut, but, since I don't have a dye cut, I didn't try that. One thing I did discover in this experiment was how to apply glitter. Rather than kneading in the sparkles, press them into your finished ThermoMorph project before it hardens.

After the first experiment, I decided to go the popular route and obtained some silicone molds. I also played more with glitter, dye and paint. The first thing I did was load up a couple molds with some fine glitter then pressed the soft ThermoMorph into each mold. I found that the deeper the grooves the worse the flowers looked, hence why the finished product is a different flower than that of the sparkled up mold. The glittery flower on the right was the first one I pressed into the mold, then the other two were made using the remaining glitter in the mold. (By the way, you may have noticed that these glittery flowers are a bit yellowish. That is because I reused the sparkly stuff in the previous picture)

Next up was to apply some different paints. No priming necessary. I used nail polish and acrylic paint as that is what I have on hand. Both took really well. I didn't have to apply a second coat, but I did really load up the brushes.

The endless crafting possibilities are quite obvious, but I also think that this material can be fairly useful around the house. It is durable, hard and moldable. I fixed the knobs on my daughter's dresser. The cheap particle board drawers don't hold the teeth of the screws used to attach the knobs so, I took a teeny tiny piece of pliable ThermoMorph and shoved it into the screw hole, then attached the knob and what do you know, fixed!

Overall, I think ThermoMorph is an awesome product with endless possibilities. I suspect that it will take the craft world by storm as it has so many great features.

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