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Gorilla Glue on Glass

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Robert Schwieger
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Location: Nebraska

Gorilla Glue on Glass

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Recently while reclaiming screens I noticed an area with a photo stencil that begged to be printed before stretching new fabric. Without any guidance I squeegeed Gorilla Glue, in the traditional manner for screenprinting, onto a piece of scrap glass. It dries fairly fast and does expand slightly but produced a good image for a filagree pattern. I gilded this in the usual manner when the glue was dry. It held the gild nicely with excellent contrast. I know that this could be done with more traditional materials (damar/gel, etc) but it was good to see another method. The downside of course is that the stencil does not clean up unless there is some solvent out there that will do the job. It appears that one advantage would be that one can produce fine linear patterns that may not be appropriate for computer cut vinyl. Experimenting is always recommended. Bob
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