Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:17 am
#5120
Well, here is the awful truth. I finally gave the spray adhesive a try last night ... don't bother, it was terrible. The spray came out ice cold and kind of froze my pattern. So, needless to say the pattern was reluctant to shape itself to the pumpkin. It bonded after a while, but not very well. I even sprayed both the pumpkin and the pattern - which the directions said to do for maximum bond. It was the Krylon "Easy-Tack" repositionable spray adhesive. It was the only one in the aisle that worked on as many substrates as it said it did and one of them listed was craft foams.
Maybe other brands would work better, but I highly doubt it and if they did I'd be afraid of not getting the remaining paper off. I still carved it as it was any way, but am glad I chose to do a very simple pattern of my own. The edges of the pattern kept lifting and shifting as I was passing by those lines with the X-Acto knife. It came out alright, but anything, more challenging I think would have ruined the pumpkin.
This was done on a Michael's brand foam pumpkin. Afterwards there was a slightly tacky skin of the adhesive left on the carving surface that I could not remove even after washing for a while. Lit up the pumpkin looks fine - even in the daylight to most people they wouldn't even notice it, but I do because I know it is there. I'm sure it will wear off after a while like the can said, but it just gives it an odd appearance - like there are a couple of spotted areas that look like the adhesive made the ink run through the paper.
Anyone else try this with other sprays I'd be curious to see how they turn out. Also I would never try this on a Funkin brand because of the paint peel. I wonder how a real pumpkin would do. I don't think I'll ever try this again.
I still say my glue stick method is the absolute way to go.
Maybe other brands would work better, but I highly doubt it and if they did I'd be afraid of not getting the remaining paper off. I still carved it as it was any way, but am glad I chose to do a very simple pattern of my own. The edges of the pattern kept lifting and shifting as I was passing by those lines with the X-Acto knife. It came out alright, but anything, more challenging I think would have ruined the pumpkin.
This was done on a Michael's brand foam pumpkin. Afterwards there was a slightly tacky skin of the adhesive left on the carving surface that I could not remove even after washing for a while. Lit up the pumpkin looks fine - even in the daylight to most people they wouldn't even notice it, but I do because I know it is there. I'm sure it will wear off after a while like the can said, but it just gives it an odd appearance - like there are a couple of spotted areas that look like the adhesive made the ink run through the paper.
Anyone else try this with other sprays I'd be curious to see how they turn out. Also I would never try this on a Funkin brand because of the paint peel. I wonder how a real pumpkin would do. I don't think I'll ever try this again.
I still say my glue stick method is the absolute way to go.
cyberdman
