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any great diy content today i'm going to show you how you can make homemade mod podge but i'm also
going to answer the question does it work and is it worth it so we're going to get it right
at it i'm going to show you the recipe and i'm going to let you know how it worked for me okay
let's get started today i'm going to show you how you can make homemade mod podge and you can
also make a homemade mod podge glossy or matte finish or semi-gloss i'm going to show you how
you can do that what you're going to need is you're going to need some elmer's school glue
some measuring cups a tablespoon and you're also going to need some poly acrylic sealer
now you want to make sure that you have some airtight containers and this will last a long
time for you once you make it up um you just got to make sure that they have a good seal on
them i got these little ones at the dollar store i think they came in a pack of three and they're
really handy for uh because i don't want to make a great big container of it so this is a nice size
the first one that we're going to make is just the regular homemade mod podge elmer's school
glue any type of school glue will work you can pick it up at the dollar store or um the no name
brand works good too and i like to do two to one so we're gonna do two parts glue to one part water
i'm just gonna pour that in there
use my little spoon to scrape it out and then we're gonna put in a quarter of a cup of water
and i'll see if i can do this without spilling no
it's spilling there we go and then you're just going to put the lid on
shake shake really well incorporate that water and that glue together and you have homemade mod podge
that's it that is it to making homemade mod podge now you can adjust the water either way for your
projects um and it won't change how it works too much if you're finding it it's a little bit too
thin for the project that you're working on add a little bit of glue you can be flexible with it
and um it works really well and it's affordable so the next one i'm going to show you is the
um glossy or matte and what it does is it just will give your mod podge your homemade mod
podge a bit of a sheen to it when you're just using the glue in the water it's just a flat
dries flat where if you can add some a little bit of poly acrylic sealer it will give it a little
bit more of a sheen on your project just depends on what you're trying to go for same mixture again
we're doing the school glue for half a cup we're going to put in a quarter of a cup of the water
and i'll see if i can spill it all over again i guess i should have grabbed something that had a
spout on it to make it pour easier there we go
and then you want to add in two tablespoons of your polyacrylic sealer
and again it depends on the project that you're working on what kind of a sheen you want on it
this that i have right here is satin so it's just going to have a nice satin finish to it but
if you want something glossier then use a glossy polyacrylic sealer we're going to put the lid on
shake it up really well and that's it to your homemade mod podge
and i'm just going to show you a project that i did with my homemade mod podge
this is just a tin can that i spray painted white and then i just tore up some paper towel
and decoupaged it onto the tin with my homemade mod podge and then painted it and it gave it a
really lovely texture worked really well and it's a lot cheaper than buying the mod podge
okay so after testing both of the homemade mod podge on different
projects and comparing them to the bottom mod podge there's really no comparison if you
have want to have a much better quality for your crafts that you're making make sure you just buy
the mod podge because it does have a better result if you're just doing projects with your kids and
decoupaging works perfect and bigger projects um that would cost a lot of money if you had to
buy it a bunch of mod podge it works perfect for that too because it is more affordable but the end
result in the end quality you can't beat a good bottle of mod podge and the other thing with this
homemade is it does not do the reverse graphic transfer method it does not work for that so and
that's what i mainly use my mod podge for is to make my signs and do the reverse technique
so i have my mod podge if i have a little deco brush project that i want to do i have it tucked
away and i'll pull it out and use it for that but when i want to make something that i'm selling or
something that i want a really good quality finish on i just use my mod podge so i hope
this answered some questions for you whether you're on the fence to do one or the other and
um and it's helped you out so thanks for watching and we'll see you in the next video take care guys
you