I am having some trouble with leaving punty marks or blemishes on my work.

Even on cold seals, when I pop them off it usually takes either a small piece of my work with it or if I punty up to say a colored marble, I will pull some color off, even with a cold seal.


I work very hard as a newbie to get things right, and my work comes out just fine.

Until it is time for the final punty.

The final punty ends up being the final 6 punties , and then I have to try to add color or re-shape the piece. Or I just flat out ruin the artwork.



When I think I have a good cold seal, it pops right off. BUT, it usually takes a very very very small piece of work with it.


What am I doing wrong??? This causes me to take at least 5 times longer to make something, it is getting old. Please help a feller out.



I am heating only the rod(say 8 mil) and cold sealing it to the relatively cooler piece. How cool should the piece BE??

I even try using the smallest possible rod that will hold the weight of my work, but it still leaves a mark.


On clear it is ok, because I can work it back out or pull it out with tweezers, but still unnecessary and way to time consuming.