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True Fabrications Picnic Stix Set $9.99 Now you can enjoy your wine outdoors with the new,innovative picnic stix! No long will you have to worry about where to set your wine since the picnic sticks will hold your bottle and glass when theres no table nearby. Comes with one bottle and two glass holders…. |
best varnish to use on wooden chair which has been covered in magazine clippings?
i’ve covered a chair in pictures from magazines (just using pritstick for now) and want to varnish it so that it stands the test of time! is there a varnish that will harden it up without reacting to the magazine clippings and making them run? i have heard that pva glue works well and dries clear? thanks.
Not sure what “pritstick” is (PicStick?), but as long as your clippings are glued down very well (perfectly flat including edges, no air bubbles, etc.), you can use any kind of diluted “white glue” (PVA), or polyurethane, or other acrylic to coat your pages with.
Usually a number of coats (thoroughly dried between) are required to get the surface really flat and smooth all over.
“Decoupage mediums” are the adhesives/sealers that are sold in craft stores specifically for this purpose (e.g., ModPodge, or I hear that Royal Coat is better).
Or you can make your own decoupage medium at home by just thinning down a permanent white glue (Elmers GlueAll is cheap and works fine) 3 or 4 to 1 with water, then use that (a foam brush is good).
All of those things work both as the adhesive to hold the papers down in the first place, and then to add layers of clear coat on top. And all those liquids will dry clear.
You can also use a gloss polyurethane (from a hardware store, sold for sealing bare wood) for both your adhesive and the clear-coat layers. Polyurethanes are “harder” (less scratchable) after drying, and less susceptible to clouding from humidity later, than white glues, etc., so sometimes they’re also added as a final layer on top of purchased decoupage mediums or diluted white glues as well.
As for colors running, if you’re using pages from magazines those won’t run because the inks are permanent. The images will also be permanent if you use photocopies or laser copies.
They won’t be permanent though if you use images from an inkjet printer or images that used non-permanent inks or paints unless you lightly seal first and dry (a clear acrylic spray is good).
Another consideration is the porosity of papers… if the paper you’re using is porous, the image or text on the back of the paper can show through to the front if you don’t lightly seal it first as well, or perhaps put it on a white background.
Check out some of the links in this search on how to “decoupage”:
http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+decoupage
HTH,
Diane B.
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True Fabrications Picnic Stix Set $9.99 Now you can enjoy your wine outdoors with the new,innovative picnic stix! No long will you have to worry about where to set your wine since the picnic sticks will hold your bottle and glass when theres no table nearby. Comes with one bottle and two glass holders…. |