Does someone make this?

|I need a clay-like material that you can form by hand into a shape, leave | it sit for a while - preferably a few hours or a day or less,

There are products like that for plumbing repair. It comes in a tube, you work it like putty, and it hardens. I can't tell you how good it is. I bought some awhile back in a desperate situation but ended up not needing it. Then, of course, there's Play-Doh. :)

AB Epoxy (a brand name). It is a paste in 2 separate blocks and when you mix them together they will get as hard as chinese algebra. This stuff even works underwater. Pool folks use it to fix leaks.

SculpWood fits the bill. It comes in two parts, you get one pint of each. Both are like modeling clay, one is brown, one white. You mix as much as you need half and half, work it until it's uniform in color and then shape it into what you want. It's very light, but strong and sandable. I used it to repair part of a door sill, particularly the vertical part where it meets the sill. I had to shape it to match. But I don't think it's available at HD, etc, I think I ordered it online from Jet maybe.

Playdough

This stuff can be carved - so I assume that shaping is OK ? No personal experience doing that.

John T.

Sculpy

Look up, "Durhams Rock Hard Water Putty". You'll be impressed (I think).

Bill

I don't think this one has a modeling clay like consistency for long enough to suit the OP.

Same with AB epoxy and some of the others .

I think they can all be molded within 5 or 10 minutes, but during even that time, they are too soft to suit him, and then they harden too much to mold within a couple minutes, and they are too hard.

If the playdough thing doesn't work, check a hobby or crafts store or art supply.

You have a serious hangup about your refrigerator. Have you spoken to a shrink about this obcession?

Depending upon how hard "very firmly" is, Argo starch at your local supermarket.

If that isn't firm enough, plaster of paris, cheapest if you buy drywall SETTING compound.

Sucker product.

Why do you say that?

Because it is plaster with a bit of colorant. Sheetrock setting compund will do the same and is a whole bunch cheaper.

Drywall mud is best used in thin coats. If you just make a ball of it, you will have cracks all over because of the way it sets.

KenK wrote in news:XnsA657915944068invalidcom@130.133.4.11:

Google "polymer clay" -- the most widely known brand is Sculpey (sculpey.com). Form it into anything you want, then bake it in the oven for a while.

I'm not sure if it's available at Walmart or Target, but you can certainly get it at craft stores such as Hobby Lobby, Michael's, etc.

Good old Water Putty - and it's durt cheap