Polycrylic Over Vinyl Letters

The next step is to treat your wood.

Polycrylic over vinyl letters.

We commonly step up to polycrylic when it is an outside project such as our firepit sign. If you use them outside the outdoor weathering can take its toll too. So today i m going to show you how to seal vinyl decals. However if you go over vinyl decals with polycrylic they are there for good.

The polycrylic will seal the decals in place and you won t be able to get them off again. Polycrylic over vinyl decals. Your playing with fire my friend. Once you have your letters down and put clear varnish or the polyurethane over vinyl this material will shrink in hot weather.

Even if you use a very strong or outdoor vinyl it can still come up or not last as long over time. Do i have to poly over vinyl decal. Just make sure you get all the air bubbles out of the decal before you put the finish over it. The minwax polycrylic comes in gloss and satin finish we always use satin finish.

I 39 m doing a sort of craft project. Keep in mind that normal decals can be easily removed from most surfaces. We ve had huge success using polycrylic wood stain or acrylic paint all of which you can find at your favorite craft store. Now i will say that from time to time the vinyl will curl in on itself if i had applied a heavy coat of the spray polycrylic so many crafters.

You need to add some sort of coating or primer that the vinyl can grip to. By lehua125 on sat jul 24 2010 1 52 am this is my first time building a set of boards i have stained the wood and coated with polyurethane. When it shrinks and the hot sun reactivates the glue on the vinyl and the edges will start curling. Once you apply the finish the bubbles will still be there.

What my original thought was that i would stain the wood apply the decals it 39 s just an inspirational quote and then polyurethane over top of it to seal the whole thing decals and all.