trikt

i am informed that mod podge is not for making very thick clear permanent plastic non-yellowing table-top like things,but is a mere glue of thinner nature.

where what is the very thick clear permanent plastic non-yellowing table-top like things, such as might be used to put pretty things upon a table and then seal them up?

trikt

i am informed that mod podge is not for making very thick clear permanent plastic non-yellowing table-top like things,but is a mere glue of thinner nature.

where what is the very thick clear permanent plastic non-yellowing table-top like things, such as might be used to put pretty things upon a table and then seal them up?

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brainstatus:
wellbutrin results in me not having to take a 1 to 2 hour nap every afternoon, and am generally functional, unless catastostress or too much mac&cheese; no side-effects noticed yet i think, o wait there was the audible eyeballs, but who's counting

Trial By Découpage

Problem: Unadorned wooden pen box.

Solution:

1. Take drawers out, pile out of way on living room floor.


2. Tear up magazines with ragged white edges and arrange on box.


3. Frown. Let sit one week.


4. Apply thin coat of mod podge, arrange strips of paper differently than before since it won't come out how you intended.


5. Fret about edges all ragged; try to poke some down with pod modge and frown when they pop back up. hmm. apply thin coat to top of papers, noting that it causes some to lift up or some ragged edges to go the wrong way. Frown.


6. Dump lots more on, since it's drying too fast, and you have childhood memories of things with thick glossy coats encasing pretty colorful pictures. Spread. Frown at the textures not going away to leave a smooth surface.


7. Attempt to fix with brush, then attempt to fix fixes. Etc. Let mostly dry, then flop some podge on the edges and press pictures down. Let dry more. Note with distress all the bubbles that appear as if by magic when there were none at first; wonder how to ever fix them. Poke at bubbles, or scrub.


8. Let sit overnight.


9. Frown at result, and note that the white ragged edges are too bright and draw the eye away from the pretty pictures.


10. Become dissatisfied. Rip off all papers and podges as best can.


11. Let sit on livingroom floor for some weeks, or until done.


12. Redo with different pictures that are bigger. Notice that the results are mostly the same as before.


13. Get determination, go to craft store to buy more podge to finish it, because the living room floor must be decluttered!


14. When there, accidentally buy 5 or so jars of mod podge, a rubber roller to kill bubbles, a variety of stickers to seal cards with, some funky yarnribbonstuff that surely can be podged, and probably some other stuff that you forget, such as sheets of fancy paper and an additional wooden tray.


15. Unpack onto living room floor. Podge, and podge again. Pinch up parts that get on carpet and wipe on newspaper.


16. Field queries from girlfriend regarding techniques and realities. Hmph! Of course the quarter-inch thick thingy will dry clear. What do you mean this isn't that stuff that is used for tables?? Pout.


17. Poke at hair that got on box, even though you know you shouldn't. Try to fix up gouge that results. Try to fix up metagouges. Give up.


18. Do other tray thing. Roll roll damned bubbles leave me be!!. Trim trim. Mk.


19. Splop podge over edges of tray, gloopgloopgloop. Apply twisted threads n things to top edge. Try to cut off with dull knife and curse and woggle and cut and then put all lifted things back in place.


20. Add more thread unit all about inside edge, surely that will be nice.


21. Gloop much podge all about, squash into threads so they're all proper.


22. Note that now entire living room is covered with drying items, scraps of paper, paper cutter, basket of papers, stickers, wrappers, bottles, etc.


23. Consider the possibility that it might have been better to take a different approach to decluttering the living room.

Trial By Découpage

Problem: Unadorned wooden pen box.

Solution:

1. Take drawers out, pile out of way on living room floor.


2. Tear up magazines with ragged white edges and arrange on box.


3. Frown. Let sit one week.


4. Apply thin coat of mod podge, arrange strips of paper differently than before since it won't come out how you intended.


5. Fret about edges all ragged; try to poke some down with pod modge and frown when they pop back up. hmm. apply thin coat to top of papers, noting that it causes some to lift up or some ragged edges to go the wrong way. Frown.


6. Dump lots more on, since it's drying too fast, and you have childhood memories of things with thick glossy coats encasing pretty colorful pictures. Spread. Frown at the textures not going away to leave a smooth surface.


7. Attempt to fix with brush, then attempt to fix fixes. Etc. Let mostly dry, then flop some podge on the edges and press pictures down. Let dry more. Note with distress all the bubbles that appear as if by magic when there were none at first; wonder how to ever fix them. Poke at bubbles, or scrub.


8. Let sit overnight.


9. Frown at result, and note that the white ragged edges are too bright and draw the eye away from the pretty pictures.


10. Become dissatisfied. Rip off all papers and podges as best can.


11. Let sit on livingroom floor for some weeks, or until done.


12. Redo with different pictures that are bigger. Notice that the results are mostly the same as before.


13. Get determination, go to craft store to buy more podge to finish it, because the living room floor must be decluttered!


14. When there, accidentally buy 5 or so jars of mod podge, a rubber roller to kill bubbles, a variety of stickers to seal cards with, some funky yarnribbonstuff that surely can be podged, and probably some other stuff that you forget, such as sheets of fancy paper and an additional wooden tray.


15. Unpack onto living room floor. Podge, and podge again. Pinch up parts that get on carpet and wipe on newspaper.


16. Field queries from girlfriend regarding techniques and realities. Hmph! Of course the quarter-inch thick thingy will dry clear. What do you mean this isn't that stuff that is used for tables?? Pout.


17. Poke at hair that got on box, even though you know you shouldn't. Try to fix up gouge that results. Try to fix up metagouges. Give up.


18. Do other tray thing. Roll roll damned bubbles leave me be!!. Trim trim. Mk.


19. Splop podge over edges of tray, gloopgloopgloop. Apply twisted threads n things to top edge. Try to cut off with dull knife and curse and woggle and cut and then put all lifted things back in place.


20. Add more thread unit all about inside edge, surely that will be nice.


21. Gloop much podge all about, squash into threads so they're all proper.


22. Note that now entire living room is covered with drying items, scraps of paper, paper cutter, basket of papers, stickers, wrappers, bottles, etc.


23. Consider the possibility that it might have been better to take a different approach to decluttering the living room.