Polycrylic Over Vinyl Letters
When it shrinks and the hot sun reactivates the glue on the vinyl and the edges will start curling.
Polycrylic over vinyl letters. We ve had huge success using polycrylic wood stain or acrylic paint all of which you can find at your favorite craft store. Do i have to poly over vinyl decal. Your playing with fire my friend. If you use them outside the outdoor weathering can take its toll too.
You need to add some sort of coating or primer that the vinyl can grip to. Now i will say that from time to time the vinyl will curl in on itself if i had applied a heavy coat of the spray polycrylic so many crafters. You can use frog juice or cover it with a sheet of clear vinyl. The polycrylic will seal the decals in place and you won t be able to get them off again.
Once you have your letters down and put clear varnish or the polyurethane over vinyl this material will shrink in hot weather. Keep in mind that normal decals can be easily removed from most surfaces. So today i m going to show you how to seal vinyl decals. Once you apply the finish the bubbles will still be there.
Can i polyurethane over vinyl decals stickers. I 39 m doing a sort of craft project. Even if you use a very strong or outdoor vinyl it can still come up or not last as long over time. The minwax polycrylic comes in gloss and satin finish we always use satin finish.
Polycrylic over vinyl decals. Just make sure you get all the air bubbles out of the decal before you put the finish over it. The next step is to treat your wood. What my original thought was that i would stain the wood apply the decals it 39 s just an inspirational quote and then polyurethane over top of it to seal the whole thing decals and all.
We commonly step up to polycrylic when it is an outside project such as our firepit sign.