So pretty! I love the design as well as the color scheme.
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Beautiful - and I am guessing the photos don’t do it justice.
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They never do… the colors are really vivid.
It’s a real pleasure to pull the masking off, you get your first look at the colored layer and it is just so pleasing.
Love that! Really impressive!!!
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what glue do you use?
Titebond between cut layers, elmers white to bond the cardstock to the BB.
Honestly, spray adhesive would probably be better for the mounting process. Elmers has a fair amount of water in it I think, because the boards definitely want to warp during the cardstock gluing process.
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I use 3M 77 spray adhesive for bonding chipboard, cardstock, paper, etc. It’s probably overkill but I have it, so…
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And I don’t so elmers it was for me.
It gets the job done, but the warp is kind of a pain to weigh down while it dries, etc.
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I was reinforcing your comment about using spray, not arguing with you.
Why does that remind me of the Rose Window at Notre Dame? Beautiful!
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I didn’t think you were. I should google 3M spray adhesive, because the fact that you mentioned 77 implies that there are 76 others. I should find out what the deal is with the various formulae.
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Not so much… For consumers, mostly “74” for foam, “77” for cardboard and similar, and “90” for non-porous materials like metal and plastics.
Scotch and other brands have similar spray adhesives, some even use the same numbering.
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How much open time does 77 have?
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Based on experience and not the specs, 2-3 of minutes. It behaves like a contact cement.
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The contact cement I use for leather is absolutely vicious. It touches, it’s adhered. I’ll have to play around with 77 sometime.
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Colors are fantastic. Really great piece.
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FWIW, i use the 77 for puzzles. that’s a far more stringent load than the mandala, since there’s a lot more handling. spray both the back of the print and the board.
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Just curious: what happens if you paint the DB? Also what to you us to mask the painted wood for cutting?
I assume you mean draftboard? I’m using Baltic birch plywood. There are other threads about painting draftboard if you hunt around on the forum.
As for using paint in this sort of thing, see my other mandala threads, I get into it there.
https://community.glowforge.com/search?q=%40evansd2%20in%3Afirst%20mandala%20order%3Alatest_topic
I mask using the same stuff I always do:
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Thanks for the info!
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