One of my favorite projects homemade tile coasters for gifts.
The first step is to sand the surface of the stone tile. You want to rough it up a
little bit so the glue and the picture will stick to it. I clipped out pictures
from a magazine, they're a little bit thin. Photographs or printer paper would
probably work better. But I'm using magazine photos for this project.
This is modge podge glue. This is the gloss type. Use whatever you like and a foam brush
to spread the glue around and a spatula to smooth out the the bubbles and wrinkles.
Spread a little bit of glue on the back of the picture and make sure that you
double-check that the foam brush actually fits in to your bottle of glue.
So I'm having to be a little messy here and pour it out. You want a nice even
thin layer of glue. Put a layer of glue on the tile you want to dab it in
because these are stone tiles they're kind of porous so you want to get a good
layer of glue to seal up all the pores on the tile. If you use a glazed tile
make sure you sand it well and then go ahead and get a thin coat on.
Then, carefully pick up your image and lay it in the center of the tile. Then smooth it out.
I cut the photos square, the tiles are 4
inch tiles, and I cut the photos about three and five-eighths. And then jump
ahead this is the last tile. You put a nice layer of glue over the entire image
and tile to seal it all up. Then take your spatula and smooth it out
smooth all get all the bubbles out all the wrinkles out. And then you're good to go.
A little more dab of glue just to make sure everything's coated because
you squeezed off the outside.
Then you just let them dry.
I like to let the tiles dry overnight just to make sure.
All right, it's the next day tiles are all smooths dry glues all hard.
Our four chicken pictures that we cut out of the magazine.
These are felt pads, clean off the back of the tile.
I got a little bit of glue on the tile because I was so messy yesterday.
So sand off the backs of the tile just to make sure they're real good and clean.
Stick your felt pads on. These are ones I just had, they're kind of big, you know,
they come in all different sizes. Use whatever you want.
You want a felt pad on the back of the stone tile, because you don't want to scratch up
table surfaces and things. Then once you have the pads on turn them over,
facing right side up.
And we're going to use a clear acrylic sealer.
It's, the one I have is made by Mod Podge too, but there's all
different brands. But you want a good sealer to provide a nice hard coat for
using it as a coaster with a cup of coffee or whatever. So just spray it on.
Nice light coat. Even but light. You don't want it runny and then if you want
follow the directions about ten minutes you can put a second coat on if you like.
Have a question about designing or making tile coasters? Ask in the comments.
Here's all the ingredients, the genuine stone tile, sand paper, foam brush, spatula,
felt pads, the Mod Podge glue gloss, and the acrylic spray.
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