hi there it's Deidre from our upcycled life welcome to my channel if you like thrifting
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today I'm going to teach you how I do my mod podge reverse transferred method this is my
favorite way to make all of my wooden signs and it's a real easy technique once you get
the hang of it I'm going to show you a step-by-step tutorial so you can create
your own signs with this method also if you're going back and you're looking at my other videos
and this video if you see any graphics that you like head over to my Etsy store make sure
you use the code SAVE50 because you get 50% off all of my graphics for my YouTube friends
you can download them to your computer use them whenever you want and get crafting with them okay
today tutorial on how to do mod podge reverse transfer graphics I'm going to make my sign on
this piece of brand new pine that I chalk painted with my homemade recipe and then distressed
and I'm going to print my graphics off on my laser jet printer I find this technique works
the best with a laser et printer you can use an inkjet I have a video on where i compared the two
but I do find I have the best results with a laser jet printer
and you have to remember to reverse your text and I'm just using regular computer paper
and I've put these graphics in my word program size them to the piece of wood that I'm using
reverse the text printed them and they're all ready to go and I'm going to lay them out on
my sign to see where they fit the best before I'm ready to do the next step this graphic is
available in my Etsy store you get four different files that you can use for all kinds of different
crafting projects and the one file is already reversed so you don't have to worry about having
to reverse it yourself I'll put a link down below in the description to my Etsy store use the code
SAVE50 and you get 50% off all of my graphics and I think this one works out to around a dollar
and I'm going to be using my mod podge matte I find the matte works the best for this process
you're going to flip your paper over and I like to put the mod podge on top of the paper and
then put it on the wood so you're just going to put a light coat over the entire graphic
make sure you get all the corners right to the very end of the paper you don't want to apply this
too thick you just want a nice light coat because if you put it on too thick you'll get too many
bubbles and too many wrinkles and it'll affect the way it performs when you go to rub the paper off
you're going to flip it back over and press it firmly right where you want it right on the piece
of wood make sure it's centered exactly where you want it because you can't move it afterwards
and then press out all the wrinkles and all the bubbles this technique also works the best on a
piece of smooth wood if you have any wood that's really grained or has lots of imperfections then
when you go to rub the paper off um you also rub the graphics off too so you want to make sure that
you're picking out a piece of wood that's quite smooth and again just apply a light coat from
one end of the piece of the paper to the other and then flip it over and press it on the wood
the thing I like about this technique is you the possibilities are endless you can use any graphics
that you want whereas if you're using stencils you're limited to that one stencil that you have
and with the Cricut it can get kind of pricey when you have vinyl and all of those steps involved in
it this is just computer paper and a printer and print out any sign and make any sign that you
would like and you want to make sure that you have when you're adding two pieces of paper together
that they're lined up and they are not crooked when you're applying them on the wood
I'll put a link down below in the description for my laser jet printer that i use
it's a brother and I love it I've never had any problems with it and I print out a lot of graphics
so if you're interested you can check that out
now after you have all of these graphics pressed down all the bubbles and all the wrinkles all
pushed out you want to set it aside and let it sit overnight you want that mod podge to
be really really dry if you try to rub this off without it being dry you're going to
have problems with the graphics rubbing off and you just won't have a very good
result so put it aside don't touch it let it dry overnight
okay this is dried overnight and now we're ready to rub off the paper
you're going to take a damp rag with water and just wet the graphic until you can start to see
the letters show through you don't want to have too much water on it you just want it
just so you can see the graphics and I always like to start in the middle when I'm rubbing
it off so start in the middle of the graphics and just use your fingertips and keep rubbing
and you'll feel the paper come right off and the graphics will stay on the wood
this takes a little bit of practice just to get the feel of how hard you have to rub and how much
water but you when you're doing your first sign you might find that it maybe doesn't work out as
well as you wanted it to keep trying because it's a really simple technique once you get
the hang of it and you can see how the paper is rubbing right off and leaving that black graphic
right on the wood so just rub away and I do find if you have a few imperfections in the wood when
you're rubbing it off you may rub off a little bit of the graphics where that imperfection is
if your wood is nice and smooth you shouldn't have too many problems with your graphics rubbing off
and I like to do it in sections so I have the first section done
that says flower and as you can see there was a few little imperfections in the wood
where it kind of rubbed off but i like that look it kind of gives it that antique feel
and we're ready to do the next section
just dampen it until you start to see the graphics come through
you don't want it any wetter than that start in the middle and rub away and rub all that paper off
if you find you have little bits that are still cloudy
I like to just dip my finger in the water and just spot rub that one place where it's
being a little bit stubborn and that usually will take that cloudy spot of paper right away
and there's the second section all finished
and now I'm just going to finish off this last little graphic that says bundles 25 cents I'll
put a link down below in the description as i said before I did a comparison video of the inkjet
and the laser jet so you can compare and get a few tips and tricks from that video also
okay it's all finished and because this is going to probably go outside I'm going to
use my varathane poly acrylic water-based sealer in a matte finish and this is an outdoor formula
you don't have to use the outdoor formula I just I bought it because a lot of my signs do end up
outside so um I just wanted to make sure that they have a really good seal for the elements
and I'm just going to coat it with a liberal amount and when it is going to be a sign that's
going to go outside I always like to seal the whole sign front back and sides I also have a
tutorial on my chalk paint recipe I'll put a link down below in the description for that so if you
need to make some for the base to make these signs you can go and check that out and try that recipe
and there you have the completed sign doing the mod podge reverse graphic transfer method if you
have any questions just let me know down in the description and I'll help you out
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