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before we get started you have to have a laser jet printer this will not work
with an inkjet because the ink has a different chemical reaction to
the medium transfer okay let's get started fill the sink up with some hot soapy water
and I like to use dawn it seems to cut through the grease the best and scrub
up that mason jar get all the grease and grime off of it and get it sparkly clean
make sure you dry it off really well with the tea towel because you don't
want any damp spots when you're ready to paint
okay now we're all ready to paint I like to make my own chalk paint I have a really
good recipe that I've used throughout the years that I find works really well for me
I'm going to make a video of that recipe next week so you can know what I use to
make it adhere the best now you can only use chalk paint you can't use just a water-based
latex paint it will not let the transfer adhere properly so chalk paint is your only
option to have the best success with this project just put on a real light coat you
don't have to put it on really thick and make sure you just cover all the spaces
I found this little brush on Amazon and it works perfect
for this type of project I'll put the link below in the description
already for the second coat you have to make sure that you let the first coat really dry
I usually leave mine overnight and then first thing in the morning I'll put the
second coat on and just the same you don't have to put it on really thick just a nice
coat just to cover anything where you can see through to the glass get up around the lid so
it's all sealed properly and like I said before I really love this little brush it
works really well for this type of a project I use PicMonkey for my graphics it's a paid
subscription but I use it almost every day and it's well worth it to make great graphics
after I design my graphics and PicMonkey I take it over to my word program and I size it to the
size that I want it for my project and you also have to make sure that when you make the graphic
you flip it so it's the opposite way so when you put it on your project it's going you're
gonna be able to read it if you don't flip it it's going to be backwards okay I don't
know I'm just going to size it up to the size that I need it for the jar and it's all set
okay now we're all ready to add the graphic I'd like to have a clean working area you don't want
any little bits of paper or any little fuzzies that get stuck in your transfer when you're
putting it on your jar and now we're ready to apply it with the medium transfer now this is
the exact same as mod podge this brand is called Art Deco I will put the link below
in the description it's a little bit cheaper and I buy it at Michaels and I found that it
works just as well and you just want to apply an even coat all through the whole thing make
sure you get all the lettering all covered on the transfer and it's all set okay now
I'm ready to put it on the jar you want to make sure that you have it centered so it's
not crooked make sure you you take your time when you're applying it on to the jar and then
just Pat it down firmly sometimes you'll get little air bubbles in it you want to just make
sure you that you rub all the air bubbles so you have it adhered really well to the chalk paint
there and it's all set this is the product I use it's made by deco art and it's called decoupage
make sure you buy the matte finish and you can get it on Amazon or either at Michaels
okay it's been 24 hours and now we're ready to remove the paper off the graphic so I just use
a little dish with a little bit of water in it and a little small rag you want to
squeeze most the water out of it because you just want to dampen this you don't want to
have it really soaking wet if it's soaking wet it's gonna take the graphic right off
and you're gonna be back right to step zero so just gently just rub it around until you
can kind of see the lettering show through the paper that's when you know you have it
wet enough okay next step now you have to just gently take your fingers and just rub it the
paper just gently don't be aggressive if you're aggressive you'll also rub off the the ink from
underneath so just take your time it takes a little bit of patience and just rub away at it
sometimes I find that I have to rewedding a little bit and then keep rubbing at it
but this time I didn't really need to it seems to be coming off really well
last step and we're ready to seal I use a poly acrylic matte finish I don't like a
real glossy finish on these jars I'll put a link below in the description of what
I used i'm just put a light coat over the whole jar that will seal the graphic all in
and we're finished I'm gonna take the glass lid out I might save that for
another project and I'm just gonna screw this one on and you're ready to display