Decoupage in wood - surround yourself with exclusive things
Decorating your home, creating graceful gizmos ingift, many sooner or later pay attention to the decoration of various products in the technique of decoupage. This way of giving ordinary things a new life is becoming more popular, more and more masters start looking for the necessary glue, acrylic lacquer and paints, brushes.
One of the most convenient materials for decoupagea tree has long been recognized. Even if you want to decorate a bottle, a cardboard box or a faience dish, first try decoupage on wood. Master-class on this technique, many prefer to give just on the above material, because it's best to stuff your hand.
So, in order to decoupage in wood turned out withthe first time, you need to prepare in advance. First, select the foundation - the wooden surface you want to decorate. It can be a frame under a photo, a box, a chair or a table. Also you will need some materials for preparation: primer for wooden surfaces, sandpaper, putty, glue. If the base you have chosen is an untreated, rough surface, then before decapping the wood, it must be polished with fine sandpaper. Basis with impregnation will need to be sanded to improve the adhesion of materials. After treatment, the surface must be primed or covered with a layer of acrylic paint.
After the prepared substrate dries, beforestart the main stage, you need to carefully examine it. You can not do decoupage on wood, on which there is flaking or bloated paint. In this case, the surface must be completely cleaned with a special grinding machine or solvent. Then it must be re-polished and primed.
In addition to the listed materials, for workneed a maschetty (steel thin plates with a wooden handle), a paint tape, sharp scissors, a blade or a special knife with a rotating blade, several brushes, napkins with plot pictures, acrylic lacquer, paints, glue, small rollers or just soft clean cloths. Agree, most of the materials that are needed can be found at home from every landlady, so everyone can try to work in the technique of decoupage. A master class on wood can be found without difficulty.
So, on the finished finished surfaceThe cut out parts of napkins with necessary drawings are pasted. For work you can use PVA, clerical or special decoupage glue. Of course, it is easier to work with the latter, but for any sample, any variant is suitable, the main thing is that the glue should not be thick and lie flat on the surface evenly.
In order for the product to beit was necessary to use the glued motif to cover with several layers of polyurethane or acrylic lacquer, due to what decoupage on wood will become more resistant. All the necessary details, which the needlewoman wants to complete the resulting drawing, can be finished with acrylic paints.
In addition, with the help of decoupage can be artificiallyto age the surfaces, to impart a golden shabby coating or a grid of small cracks, to cover the surfaces with shiny or matt lacquers, achieving the desired effect.