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help me....pleeeease - 7/8/2008 7:05:41 PM

fallbaby55

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OK...I'm doing a painting (acrylic on stretched canvas) and I'm adding a couple of paper elements to it....how do I adhere them to the canvas and is spray varnish ok to go over it when it's done then?

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RE: help me....pleeeease - 7/8/2008 9:41:10 PM

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Olga, several adhesives are fine and archival. Do you have something like modge podge? It is fine (and preferrable IMHO) to spray afterwards. Link me if you need more specifics.

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RE: help me....pleeeease - 7/9/2008 2:03:00 AM

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Olga I'm not sure if you will like the modge podge to go over the paper (under it yes - but watch out for rippling). you paint smooth like I do - the modge podge gets all textual/raised if you are not careful when goin over the paper.

I use E6000 (dries acid free) then spray over the paper with your sealant - if it's heavy weight paper it wont get get that speckled/sprayed/waterlogged look around the edges. magazines type paper does not spray varnish well LOL

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RE: help me....pleeeease - 7/9/2008 2:04:20 AM

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I use E6000 (dries acid free)

...........spread very thinly!!!!!!!!!

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RE: help me....pleeeease - 7/9/2008 7:23:16 AM

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Thanks Donna & Kris! I have both modge podge and E6000...I was concerned about the modge podge because it does get puckery sometimes so I think I'll try the E6000! Thanks again you 2!

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RE: help me....pleeeease - 7/9/2008 9:06:37 AM

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I wouldn't have thought of using my E6000 for paper, but I do love it for heavier stuff. Depending on what you are doing, of course the acrylic itself will hold little bits, too. I will have to try the E6000 on paper...hhhmmm.

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RE: help me....pleeeease - 7/9/2008 10:25:13 AM

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Yeah I was disappointed in the modge podge I had bought the one that wasn't supposed to ripple (forget the version but in a blue bottle me thinks) and it did it just as bad as regular. Using the E6000 on paper is a little more cumbersome but it's worth it complaratively(sp lol) . (the only problem I've ever had with E6000 was minor rippling of some plastic i glued down.)

Donna you are right about acrylic paint that works well too :D forgot about that. I don't think that ripples as much as modge podge. Specially if it's thick tubed acrylic that has less water content.

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