sanding question..

lauren grier

lauren grier

you're like stars
so- I'm a noob and this is going to come out wacko mmk?

so.
say I have this wood thing, and I modge podge paper to it.. but i want to sand/file the edges so they're smooth/distressed and not.. sharp ouchy paper cutty still.. right? So WHEN do i sand the edges.. I modge podge the bottom of the paper to the wood thing.. do i sand then.. or do i wait till I have the first top coat on? or...........do i wait till the end.. or .. what? when?

Also.. do i have to sand btwn modge podge layers (over the whole surface)... does it make a difference? will it scuff up my paper if i do it too hard?
 
ty :] how many layers is good.. like.. do you normally just do like 2-3 or.. like.. should i be prepared to put 90 layers on
 
What Darcy said :)

ETA: Depends on what you're using it for, and how protected you want it to be. I would do 3 or 4 thin coats for like, heavy duty use.
 
I would never do too many layers, ever. I think 3 was the most I ever put on anything. And keep them thin. Being in high humidity and high temps can make the mod podge get tacky, even after it's 'dried', and the thicker the layers are, the more so it can become.

You might consider a spray on clear coat - just like Krylon spray paint - instead of mod podge. I found it worked better for most of my projects in the end.
 
well... the problem is, that I want to make a little pendant thingy-- I know there are actually like jewelry glazes, but I was reading on .. some site, I dunno where i was LOL, and it said that they used modge podge-- since I'm just "trying" this out i dunno if i want to go all fancy shmancy with the jewelry glazes (lest i can find some for the same $$ as the modge podge.. ^_^ )... I don't even know WHICH modge podge to use hahaha.. there's the hardcoat one and the outdoor one.. I'm trying to decide btwn those two atm as they seem to me the most durable..
 
I'd go with a hardcoat one, I think. You don't want something that gets a little tacky on a pendant because your body heat could keep it soft. And make sure you let layers dry completely before putting a new one on. I used a diamond glaze for doing sb stuff back in the day, and used it to fill things like pendants, and it was great once it dried. Here's good web info on some of the dimentional glazes:

http://thescrapbeach.blogspot.com/2009/10/dimensional-paper-glazes.html
 
ty darcenator :] can you use that stuff like modge podge.. for like.. making the paper stick too? i read the whole post on that blog but i apparently am not absorbing any of it cause it's all jibberish to me hahhaha
 
yes, mod podge works fine for making paper stick. Even for clear coating on projects. I'd just worry about using it like a diamond glaze if the space it was trying to fill was pretty deep. But I live with some high humidity here, so I'm not the biggest fan of it for top coating anything. I have a precious board book I made for my boys with memories of them with my mom after she passed away that was ruined the first summer after I made it because of the humidity making the mod podge get tacky, and then stick to itself. that's when I learned about the Krylon clear spray acrylic for things like that. But it works fine for most folks.

I didn't make a project like you're talking about, so I'm not sure how the mod podge will work, depending on how thick you're trying to get it.
 
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