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How can I print my pictures to an acrylic plastic?

How to use mod podge over an inkjet print?

  • I'm making these cute coasters for my mom and grandma for mother's day. I want to use pictures of myself and my siblings on them, but they require that you put mod podge over the picture that you use. I would really like to make a collage sort of thing on my computer, then print it out with my printer and use that, but I know if you use mod podge over an inkjet print the colors will bleed. So... Here's my question: If I print the picture collage out with my inkjet printer, then spray the collage with clear, non-yellowing acrylic sealer (I was thinking maybe two coats), THEN use the mod podge over it, do you think that would stop the colors from bleeding? If not, then do any of you have ideas as far as other ways to do this? Thanks! :)

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    You will need to experiment to see how well it works. Sealing the picture first should work, but it may take more than one coat. Another option is to SAVE the collaged image as a JPG file and either upload it to a FREE site that will allow you to order prints - or put it on a thumbdrive and take it to your local drug store that does prints. They should be able to print anything that is stored as a JPG file and their ink should not run.

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Try experimenting, I don't see why the acrylic sealer wouldn't work and it would probably give it even more protection. My mom made a set of these for me, and the mod podge is enough to protect the image. Printing off a laser printer is definitely ideal, you could take your images to a Fedex Office type place and pay not too much to print there, that may be cheaper than the extra supplies. I have used mod podge on top of inkjet images and it does make them bleed, but not too bad. You could see if a slightly bled picture would be appealing to you. I do a lot of images transfers with mod podge (using laser printed images of course) on my website if you want to take a look at other ways to use mod podge! http://www.lookbetweenthelines.com, click the "journals" tab at the top and look at Visual journal page 50: Two Peas in a Pod

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You can try using the acrylic spray first (a couple of light coats), which will probably seal the non-permanent inks well enough to add a first coat of liquid sealer (a decoupage medium like ModPodge, or just very thinned down permanent white PVA glue like Elmer's GlueAll). After that you can use more glue or use a clear water-based polyurethane from the hardware store for an even tougher sealer. Or you can use an epoxy resin. You can also make the images or whole collage permanent by using a photocopier or laser printer, or by printing onto "photo paper," rather than using regular paper and inkjet ink (which is usually not permanent). You'll probably still want to add more protection if you're going to use as coasters where you'll actually be putting something heavy *and* wet on top of it, especially for *awhile.* You could even use self-adhesive clear sheeting on top (or laminate the images or whole collage with it) etc, or have them laminated, etc, like in my answer to this previous question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110113151327AAU2mHw Or you could use had sheets of glass or plastic. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101211205821AAqw5lB Or it might be best just to buy some of the coaster "blanks" and put your images in those: https://www.google.com/search?q=coaster+blanks+cross-stitch https://www.google.com/images?q=coaster+blanks+cross-stitch https://www.google.com/images?q=clear+coaster+blanks .

Diane B.

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