Hello everyone I hope you are keeping well, today I'm going to be playing with Helmar PVA Professional Woodworking Glue. Over the years I have used wood glues for various things in my crafting, particularly heavy duty paper mache projects but recently I saw a couple of ladies using wood glue to make shiny bits on their projects so I thought I would give it a go.
What you will need:
Helmar PVA Professional Woodworking Glue, papers of your choice and scissors.
Firstly, decide which part of the paper you would like to gloss/shine up and then apply Helmar PVA Professional Woodworking Glue to that area.
I was quite liberal with mine as I knew I was going to be cutting the heart shapes out once they were dry. If you are not going to cut the shape out be sure to apply the glue 'within' the chosen image as it will spread slightly when drying. Once dry you can add a second coat if you feel it needs it.
You can adjust the nozzle for a finer release of the glue for smaller images which works well if you want to just embellish the page and not cut anything out. For very fine images I would suggest transferring a little of the Helmar PVA Professional Woodworking Glue into a fine tipped bottle.
Once you are happy with the look, you can cut your images out and use them in your projects. They will still take any inking you may want to do, like the bottom heart in the picture below.
Thank you for stopping by today and I do hope you will give this very easy project a try.
Take care
Jeanette xxx
Great idea. I might give this a go with the Helmar Acid Free Glue that is sitting on my desk :)
Posted by: Raelene C | October 09, 2019 at 04:04 PM
Fabulous idea and use of this product
Posted by: Kim Kendell | October 09, 2019 at 12:24 AM