Decoupage Virgin

[nevarra]

I bought one of those $3.99 wood hinged boxes from Michael's the other day as well as some really cute old fashioned fairy decoupage papers and decoupage glue. I decided to stain the box first because of the colors of my fairies and then glued down the papers where I needed them to be. I think I'm on my 4th coat at this point and this box just

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[anonymousblack]

yes, you will need to use a sealer (primer) because most of the wood products you can get at michael's are made of balsa or pine or other extremely porous woods--and they drink glue right up. sealing the wood will make it less less porous and more strong.

this page suggests "kilz" but i have no personal experience with it. i will ask ben, he tends to have good insights into these matters.

and when you said "Decoupage Virgin" in your subject title, i immediately imagined you decoupaging an image of the virgin of guadelupe to a box.... and it was full of BPAL.

i gotta get out more. ;-)

[anonymousblack]

p.s.--so you know, a proper sealant will only require one or two coats, not the whole bottle. ;-)

[nevarra]

Good to know! LOL, you know my thoughts were to make a bpal box, so you weren't too far off the mark. Except, my stomach has been doing way to many flip flops lately for me to brave bpal. I can sniff the bottles and maybe do little testies here and there...but actually *wear* it? Only a couple of times

[liminalia]

Lilies are strooong. I can't wear them either.

[kimisutra]

if it is an untreated wooded box you'll have to treat it first. that needs to sit for at least 24 somex 48 hours. then proceed to decoupage to heart's content.

[nevarra]

I never realized that people decoupage all sorts of stuff. Like lamps, glass, plates etc. Something so simple but so permanent. I love it!

[kimisutra]

it is really an awesome thing.