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[acewoodturner]

Lovely part of the country. I have visited North Devon many times. My mum is from Ilfracombe and when my kids were younger we used to go and stay at the Unison holiday camp at Croyde Bay which wasnt too far. I must have woodworking in my blood as I didnt find out till a few years ago that my great grandad was the Master Cabinetmaker in charge of all the woodwork when the big hotel (think it was called the Grand but I'm not sure) there was fitted out. Their vip guest was the Kaiser and his entourage all the way from Germany every summer. Made my 450 mile trip down from Glenrothes every summer a piece of cake in comparison. There's even a one street village nearby called Challacombe which was my mother's maiden name.

Mike

 

[Phil Pascoe]

It's a joke when rural NZ and South Korea have internet speeds up to 100x faster than ours, when half our Country has crrap communications and our government still thinks to spend £50bn (which will be far more) on transforming with HS2 yet another lot of villages and small towns into dormitories for London ... all the while supposedly encouraging people to work from home. :?

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Just a thought - maybe BT should be renamed BLT? British Lack of Telecommunications? It'll be BLT in my mind forever now, anyway. Not that it's especially pertinent ...

 

[DiscoStu]

I am intending to take Mike up on his offer but I did see this today:

https://youtu.be/_lTh4JJyZtA

Any idea what product I can use to try this in the UK? A water based polyurethane. I wondered if Osmo did one.


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[AES]

@DiscoStu:

I think that's a very generous offer from Mike, and having tried quite a lot of lettering with the scroll saw myself I think you're very wise to take him up on his offer - especially as your work will be a pressie, you have a guarantee that the lettering will look very good ("deep & crisp & even") without all the hassle and practice time to produce what will almost certainly be inferior results on the scroll saw (NO disrespect to your own skills).

Re "Mod Podge". I also belong to a toymakers forum in the US and for the simpler, younger kiddies' toys, they've recently started selling plans together with down-loadable .pdf files in full colour which allow you to print out sides, etc and apply them to the toys without painting them. Apparently you apply the printed out coloured bits and pieces with this "Mod Podge" stuff, then when dried, protect the printed paper surface with a water-based acrylic clear varnish.

I've looked for this Mod Podge stuff here (no luck so far) but from the description on their web site, it appears (I repeat, only "it appears") to be something similar to a somewhat thicker version of ordinary PVA wood adhesive - but I could easily be wrong.

As I haven't bought any of their plans with this feature included, I haven't got any further with the idea so far, but I guess (repeat, just "guess") it would work OK with ordinary PVA provided you waited long enough for the ink on the ink jet printout to really dry off (not necessary with laser printers I also guess, because that process involves heating the paper to bind the toner powder anyway).

The above is all a bit "iffy" I know, but sorry I haven't tried it myself - yet.

Here's a link to their web site. If you search around you'll find at least one description of the whole "Mod Podging" process on the site. They have a Forum too, and like here, it costs nothing to register.

HTH

www toymakingplans com

AES

 

[DiscoStu]

Ah well I can help with Modge Podge. Hobby craft sell it. Saw some yesterday. I was interested in the Poly Finish - Poly Acrylic.


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[AES]

Linkie please?

AES

 

[DiscoStu]

Try this:

http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/advancedsea ... odge-podge


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[AES]

Thanks, book marked.

AES

 

[DiscoStu]

I believe Modge Podge is used for decopage or decopatch not sure which is correct as its not my thing.

I love going to Axminster in Basingstoke as Hobby Craft is next door so I can go into Axminster and be as leisurely as I like as MrsStu loves hobby craft. It's a brilliant paring. All they need is a coffee shop in the middle.


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[beganasatree]

If it's modge podge you want you will get it in the Range,if its water based polyurethane then have a look at General Finishes.


Peter.

 

[AES]

Thanks DiscoStu. I'm not sure yet if I want to do toys with the "finish" I was talking about, but having seen it on that toy making site I had a quick look for it here "just in case". As said, I didn't find it (but wasn't really looking seriously).

I'd never heard of Hobby Craft before but looking at their web site last night, now I'm not surprised - not only are they a big company (branches all over, like Hobbies used to have) but they were "only" founded in 1995 - I left UK finally in the early 1980s.

Someone who thought about putting a branch next door to Axi is clearly quite a bright spark!

Thanks, if I do decide to do that type of toy and can't find Mod Podge here now I know where to look.

AES

 

[DiscoStu]

Ah where are you based? If they won't ship to you I'll happily get some and forward it to you.

Never used the stuff or know much about it but I do know where to get it!


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[DiscoStu]

If it's modge podge you want you will get it in the Range,if its water based polyurethane then have a look at General Finishes.


Peter.

Thanks - it's the Polyurethane that I'm keen to try. I'll take a look at B&Q


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[AES]

@ DiscoStu: Thanks for the offer. I'm guessing that if I look harder I may find it here (IF I decide to go ahead), or, being non-toxic/explosive (I guess) then mail order from Hobby Craft will be fine.

I'm in Switzerland, near Basel (as per the little thingy on the LH side of this and every other post I make!).

@beganasatree: Thanks, but I really have no idea what you mean by "the Range", sorry. But as above I think I'm covered.

AES

 

[Aggrajag]

Hobbycraft are very expensive and try to cater for newcomers to every hobby in my opinion - before people get savvy enough to buy from dedicated (or "proper") sellers.

The only thing I ever bought from there I was truly happy with was an £8 mixed bag of 25 watercolour-type paintbrushes which I thought would be disposable but they've lasted me ages (I bought them to stain, varnish and dust out scroll work.)

 

[DiscoStu]

I'm sure they aren't the cheapest as they have big warehouse style shops catering for everything. My wife sews and makes cakes and doesn't generally buy from them but finds them useful for odd things. I doubt a tub of Modge is going to be too outrageous - although I have no idea how much it costs.


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[Aggrajag]

Top Google return for "poly acrylic uk" came up with this at Rutlands:
http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+woodworkin ... +m_gf10013
I've not ordered (can size isn't specified) and will look elsewhere for prices, but from the video I saw (DiscoStu's link) it looks very promising.

 

[Aggrajag]

Found it, it's a pint, 16oz.

Amazon do Mod Podge 16oz cheaper than anywhere else I can find at £7.44 inc. delivery so the Rutlands stuff (which is the cheapest I've found that particular product anywhere by quite some margin) is much more expensive but, as the video says, it's better - but is it twice as good?