Yikes.....I am not
ModPodge happy.
The only ModPodge I
had handy yesterday was outdoor. Normally I use a hard coat but hey,
this would make my clipboard waterproof, right?????
Nope and in addition
to that, my clipboard is sticky or tacky depending upon your
definition of paper will stick to it and so will your hands.
Is it possible it
takes more than the amount of time to dry than the label leads you to
believe?
Was my bottle old
and too thick?
Did I screw up?
Yup, I screwed up
buying it because it turns out only the hard shell ModPodge actually
dries without being infinitely tacky or sticky.
This from the Plaid
(manufacturer) website:
“Hard
Coat Mod Podge dries clear with a non-tacky surface. If using Gloss,
Matte or Satin Mod Podge apply a clear acrylic sealer to the surface
after it has cured 4 weeks. “
4 Fricken' WEEKS!!!!
That applies to
outdoor Modpodge, too.
You really want to
think twice about using this expensive stuff.
I placed a coat of
paint over the areas without a design and that worked. Now I am going
to spray the whole thing with a coat of quick drying clear something
or the other and see if that fixes it. I do not have 4 weeks to wait
to fix this.
As far as I can see,
the only thing Modpodge is good for is sealing and gluing down prints
that would run if you used lacquer directly on them and to build up
decoupage instantly but then you have to seal your project and
everything, including dust, it going to stick to it. Who has a zero
humidity, dust free location to dry your project in for 4 weeks? That
would not be me. By-the-way, the one coat of glittery Modpodge I put
on a design on a box with 4 years ago is still tacky.
Now to the question
of waterproof. Nope, it is water resistance and it is suggested you
wipe your project immediately upon getting drops of water on it. So
if you used this on outdoor flower pots, get your towel ready for a
massive drying effort and if they are clay and unfinished inside the
water will leech through and attack your Modpodge from the back of
the project where you can't dry it and my guess is, the project will
peal off.
Yup, you really want
to rethink using this expensive stuff.....
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