Not so much a trick with glue, rather a trick for hiding glue that misbehaves! This won't work for every single flub but it works great for me with paper collage, decoupage projects, and even some work I do altering metals and other mixed media stuff.

Ever had this problem? -- Nevermind, I know you have...

You're gluing something down, and no matter how careful (aka "obsessive") you are, some of that dang glue oozes out the sides and when it dries it's all shiny and detracts from the utter perfection of the piece.

Well, just uncork that bottle of matte medium and paint a wee bit over the glue. No more shine. My favorite brand is Golden matte gel medium (not the super heavy weight stuff, just the regular mixture, perhaps watered down a bit so the brushmarks don't show), but I've noticed the two major hobby store chains in my area now carry only Liquitex.

I'd show you pictures -- but you wouldn't be able to see it! <--hehe. ;-)

Bead on...Mary 8-)

visitors since July 06, 2006!

Just added: a couple of new reviews of two good beading books I recently purchased on eBay:

Bead & Sequin Embroidery Stitches by Stanley Levy

Designer Bead Embroidery by Kenneth D. King

Click the links above to go to the reviews! Enjoy! 8-)

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