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- There are a lot of glues out there,

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especially with the popularity of crafting,

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you'll see a lot of glues for different purposes,

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and you're not going to need all of them.

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I'm going to walk you through a lot

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of the common glues and some specialty glues,

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and talk about what works for what application,

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and what you might want to have in your crafting kit.

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What we all know and love is our classic Elmer's glue.

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This is something that every student has in their classroom,

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and it's a water- based glue.

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It goes on white and dries clear,

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but it has a lot of water content.

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It works great for kids projects.

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You could add some glitter to this,

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and we all know adding macaroni,

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and what that looks like on construction paper.

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So, this is a good all-purpose glue

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that you already might have lying around,

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and if you're working on something that's paper-to-paper,

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it can cause a little bit of rippling.

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It has a higher moisture or water content,

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and you get that buckled, very wavy effect,

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and if you're working on something like a collage

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that has a lot of little components,

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and that you spent a lot of time on,

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you want to look for a glue that's not

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going to have that water content,

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that's not going to cause that rippling.

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But it can be great to water down

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and use for other applications.

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You add some water to Elmer's glue

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and use it as a fabric stiffener,

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if you're working with some craft projects

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that you want to sculpt your fabric.

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You can also water it down and use it for paper mache even.

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So, you may be most familiar with this.

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Now, if we wanted to step up just a little bit,

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there's something called PVA.

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It stands for Polyvinyl acetate,

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which sounds big and scary, but actually,

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you can find this in the craft store.

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It's often with book-binding supplies,

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and you can buy it in little bottles, or in large tubs even.

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But, really, what it is is a pH neutral,

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white glue, very similar to Elmer's,

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and this is going to give you a really quick-drying

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easy application with very little rippling.

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It has a lot less water in it.

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These are two pieces of paper

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that were glued together with PVA.

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And if you are working on paper-to-paper,

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something like drawing out a stripe

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or a little wiggle line may not be appropriate.

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Instead, you'd want to apply your glue with a brush.

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So, let's put some of our PVA here,

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and this is something that now,

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you can actually find at the craft store.

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If I want to glue something like this circle,

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it's paper on the back and glitter on the front,

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and I've got a little piece of card stock,

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like an ATC or just a collage base,

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and I want to glue these together.

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What you can do is use a brush.

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That's going to help you get a nice even coat

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and reduce that rippling effect.

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You always want to start from the center and work out,

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so that you can get a really thin, even coat of glue.

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This is gonna help prevent pockets and bubbles like this.

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If you were to just apply this straight out of a tube

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or a little bottle, you get all this uneven glue.

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But if you apply it with a brush,

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then you get really clean, flat, even glue,

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and this will dry clear.

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Both the Elmer's and the PVA will dry clear.

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PVA is much more quick-drying as well,

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so this will help you work on projects more swiftly,

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if you're working on a lot of different components.

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But I don't always have to use a wet glue.

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If I'm working paper-to-paper,

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and I just need a really quick adhesion,

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I can use something like a glue stick,

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and there are lots of glue sticks on the market as well.

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You have your kind of standard office or Target version

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that you can just get in a big pack,

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and these will work okay for an immediate adhesion,

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but they don't last that long.

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They can potentially unstick later.

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If you go to an art supply store,

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you may find something like an UHU Stic,

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or there's also this new glue stick

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that comes in a silver tube.

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It's Italian, and if you smell it, it smells like almonds,

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and either of these will work really well.

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I also love this giant Craft Stick that Scotch makes.

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It goes on really smoothly,

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has a really big glue tip surface,

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and you're going to apply that in the same way,

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just covering the entire back of whatever

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you want to glue down and sticking it down.

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And this works for any paper-to-paper.

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If you're making a card or working in a sketch book,

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this is a really nice, handy thing to have.

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You might also be familiar with the glue stick

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that has like a purple or a blue color.

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It will dry clear, but it's really good for kids,

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so they can see where they're applying their glue.

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You do want to make sure that you're buying

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a permanent glue stick if that's what

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you want is to have a permanent adhesion.

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Now, they are not going to work for things that are really

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heavy, like cardboard or even really heavy card stock,

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but they're great for just quick paper-to-paper projects.

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There are also removable glue sticks out there

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for just temporarily placing things.

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You have more options with paper-to-paper.

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Especially in something like a collage format,

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where you're working with lots of different

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types of papers or lots of layers,

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you have even more options.

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There are things like Yes Paste,

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which is a wheat-paste base.

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It has a Vaseline like consistency, but it's not oily.

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It is a water-based glue.

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You can apply this, actually, with something

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like an old credit card or old library card.

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Just dip it in there,

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and it's great because you can squeegee it on

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in a really fine, thin layer and its not go to ripple.

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People love this for collage

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and working with lots of layers.

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So, you just squeegee this on.

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I'm working on a scrap paper, working from the center out.

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Let's fold away our glue.

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This is a good little studio habit.

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Just get that glue out of the way.

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And we can attach this, tear it in half.

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We can attach this to another paper surface

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if you're working with collage.

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Now, if you have a little spot that you missed,

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you can carefully pick up a corner

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and just shimmy your credit card underneath there

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that has a little bit of that glue left.

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And you can see these lie really nice and flat.

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You don't get any of that rippling,

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so this is great for a lot of paper-on-paper.

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We want to add just another layer.

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Same thing, just squeegee that on,

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make sure you get nice even coverage all the way.

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And you can see it's glossy where you've applied glue

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and it's going to be matte where there isn't any glue.

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Tear that or cut it and just glue right on top,

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and you just get really nice, flat adhesion.

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I can just fold that over to the back,

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and this cleans up with water.

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We'll move our glue away,

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so that we don't get it on our little collage here.

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This is a more specialty type of glue so you want

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to make sure that you're really going to be

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working with a lot of paper-to-paper projects

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before you go out and invest in it.

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Something else that you might be familiar with

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is something like Mod Podge or a gel medium.

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These are both clean up with water.

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They dry clear.

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They come in different finishes.

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You can have a matte finish.

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They come in heavier bodies.

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They also have glossy finishes,

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and Mod Podge is definitely something

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that I was familiar with as a kid.

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It's something that my mom had in a back of a cabinet,

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and gel medium is something more that I use now.

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Both Mod Podge and gel medium work in a really similar way.

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You may be familiar with Mod Podge

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because of decoupage or collage,

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and gel medium is what I like to call a miracle medium.

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Both of them work as both a glue on your base

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and as a top coat to seal in your project.

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Both of these I would apply with a brush.

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This guy happens to be a matte version of the gel medium.

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Tear off a little strip here.

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Goes on like most glues, whitish, and will dry clear.

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You can see my paper is curling

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'cause it's a lightweight paper,

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but the matte medium works really nicely

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even with delicate papers,

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things like old dictionary pages or lacy papers.

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Just press that down and again,

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this is going to dry nice and flat as well,

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and if you missed a corner, you can take your brush,

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or you can even use your credit card trick, and just come in

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and just glue down any spot you might have missed.

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If you're not familiar with gel medium,

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it was something that was developed

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to mix in with acrylic paints,

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either to change the body and consistency or the finish,

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so that you can get a matte or a glossy finish.

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It's something that you can find in the craft store,

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but it's usually lurking in the paint aisle.

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Don't discount any part of the craft store,

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the kids' aisle, the paint section,

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things that you may not walk down,

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there's a lot of good crafting supplies hiding there.

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Mod Podge will work in a similar way.

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It's a recipe from the 60s.

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Hence, this really vintage-looking graphic.

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It comes in a lot of different versions now.

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The Mod Podge, the original one

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also comes in glossy and matte,

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and it's going to be similar

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in the way you use it as gel medium,

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but it's going to look a little bit more like Elmer's glue,

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and it tends to be very liquidy and wet.

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It can cause a little bit of rippling,

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so you do want to be careful,

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and I would brush it on in the same way.

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You want to get a nice, even coat.

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You don't want to over glue.

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That's where you can get those ripples and bumps.

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And with both gel medium and Mod Podge,

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you can also apply on top to seal in.

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This works really nicely for decoupage

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and for certain types of mixed media or collage.

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You do want to check, though,

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that you're working with one of the mediums

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in the finish that you want.

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So, if it's matte, it's going to dry in a matte finish,

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but if it's glossy, then you're going to have

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a glossy coat on top of your work when it dries.

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We could just set that guy aside to dry.

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A step up in strength is going to be Tacky Glue,

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and I love Tacky Glue.

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It's a very all-purpose glue.

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Tacky Glue has a really thicker body.

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It's good for quick adhesion

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for things that you need to set up,

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things like buttons, or little bits of wood,

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or even small pieces of metal.

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This is going to give you a nice, quick stickiness

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that you don't have to babysit.

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It's going to go on like most other white glues,

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but it is much thicker, if I place a little dot,

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it's gonna really hold its shape.

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It's almost like, you can imagine if you were

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making macaroons or some kind of baking,

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where you have like a really stiff batter.

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This glue is going to act like that which makes it

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great for things that you want quick adhesion,

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things that are going to set up nicely and quickly.

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It also dries clear.

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But if I wanted to attach something like a button or a piece

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of yarn, anything that's a little heavier in body,

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this is going to work really well.

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Now, it does have to set up,

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but you can see that that's not slipping or sliding around.

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It's really holding its shape there.

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This is another great all-purpose glue that you can use

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for paper-to-paper or things that are even heavier,

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card stock to card stock or anything that's in that nature.

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Then we get into more specialty glues,

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things that are considered fabric glues or felt glues,

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and you want to test those out

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to see, depending on your project.

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Something like the Tacky Glue,

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you can probably use on fabric and felt,

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but you do really want to test things.

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In certain situations, glues that are specific

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will work nicely for the project,

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but something like Tacky Glue,

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I can use on leather-to-leather, that will work.

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We can even test it on some felts.

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Felt is really it's own beast

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because it is thick but very porous,

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and so, glue has a tendency to just go right through.

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This is our Elmer's.

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Let's put those two pieces together and set them aside.

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Let's try our Tacky Glue, which is go to be

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a little more viscous and sit more on the surface.

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Can already see.

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Put those two together.

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And then you have something more like Fabri-Tac,

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which isn't gonna clean up with water.

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It's something that you would probably

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have to clean up with acetone.

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You just want to read your instructions,

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and it's a little more toxic.

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It's not going to be your average kid craft kind of glue,

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but it does work well for fabric,

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and you'll see, goes on clear,

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and it's immediately very sticky.

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It doesn't have any water in it.

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It's almost gummy, sticky.

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Set that guy aside,

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and then we can try something like Sobo glue,

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which is an all-purpose craft glue.

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It's gonna be somewhere in between

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our Elmer's and our Tacky Glue.

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When you first apply your glue,

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it's gonna feel like these all gonna stick,

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but if you give it a minute, you'll see that

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the glue will start to soak into the felt,

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and they're not gonna stick at all,

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so you really have to revisit it

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and see which glue is gonna work best.

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The Elmer's is really going

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to start to absorb into the felt

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and not leave anything on the surface to adhere.

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Something like the Tacky Glue is

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gonna do a little bit better job.

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You can see as I peel it away,

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there's still a lot of glue there on the surface,

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and if I let that really dry, then it'll probably stick.

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The Fabri-Tac is immediately tacky.

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It's even hard to peel up.

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It's really sitting on the surface,

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and it's really gonna stick,

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and then the Sobo glue is somewhere in the middle.

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It's still sitting on the surface,

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but it's starting to absorb pretty rapidly.

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With felt, you really have to let things set

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when you're using a water-based glue.

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So, you may want to look for the label,

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depending on what you're working on,

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to really see what's appropriate.

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I know that the Tacky Glue will work on leather,

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but it doesn't necessarily say that on the packaging.

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At this point, you want to also experiment with what

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you're using it for because there are variables.

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Certain things will work but you really have to let them dry

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and if you're working on a project

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that you need immediate adhesion,

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you may want to use a different type of glue.

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There are also things like wood glue,

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which are great for actual wood-to-wood applications.

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It's going to take a while to set up.

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It's gonna dry very brittle,

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and it turns yellow when it dries,

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and I really wouldn't recommend it

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for anything other than wood-to-wood projects.

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Then you have some heavier duty glues,

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things like spray glues and epoxies.

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This is where we really start to pull out the big guns.

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Spray glue is going to give you

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really broad coverage, quickly.

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It is not necessarily archival at all,

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and it doesn't clean up with water.

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It's usually permanent.

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You want to read the manufacturer's instructions because

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sometimes it's repositionable in the first minute or so,

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but then it becomes permanent.

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This does work for paper-to-paper,

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but you really want to use it on really large projects,

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things like poster board onto cardboard,

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anything that you wouldn't want

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to get wet with like a white glue.

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And epoxy is something that I just started

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using pretty regularly recently,

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but it works so well for what it's meant for

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that I just can't go back,

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and it's great for things like magnets,

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where you need a really permanent,

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really heavy-duty weight glue.

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It does take a while to set up,

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but I love these two-part epoxies

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that you mix together for each use,

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and you can get them from the hardware store,

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sometimes even the craft store.

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You can just pop these guys off.

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You may want to wear gloves and work outside.

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I love working with the epoxy in the little syringe,

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so I can use small amounts at once,

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and it gives me a really even distribution of both kinds

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'cause you have to mix them together,

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but if you do find the kind that comes in tubes,

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you just want to carefully squeeze

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them out in even proportions.

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You also want to mix them

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in something that you can throw away.

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You're not going to mix this in a glass dish.

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Often, they come with a little plaster blister pack

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that just lays on top as part of the packaging,

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and you can actually mix the epoxy in that.

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These two guys will squirt out in pretty even proportions,

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and then you need to mix them together.

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You can use something like a Q-tip

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or the back of your paintbrush,

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and once they're well mixed,

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you have just a minute or so in working time,

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and these are great for making magnets,

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especially if you want like a heavy-duty magnet

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that then is not going to pull away from your refrigerator,

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leaving the magnet on your fridge

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and the decorative part in your hand.

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You usually have to let these set up 24 hours

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before you can use them,

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but then this is super permanent,

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and it works great for making like a little magnet,

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or if you were to repair a piece of ceramic,

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anything that's non-porous,

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this is going to work really well for,

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but this is heavy duty.

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Along with our heavy-duty stuff,

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we've got our hot glue guns.

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Now, you may have seen just your average craft hot glue.

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I used to use these hot glue guns all the time

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when I was a kid, crafting with my mom,

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and I actually hated them.

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I felt like everything just peeled apart afterward

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and it was so disappointing,

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but then I started working on large-scale projects

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as an adult, and doing window installations,

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and hot glue became my best friend and that's because

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I switched to an industrial hot glue gun.

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All that means is it's got a higher temperature

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and the glue is really going to hold once it sets up.

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You squirt out a bit.

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You can do it in dots or ribbons.

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You do get these little spider-webby strings.

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You have to be careful of that, but it is excellent

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for really quick, heavy-duty adhesion,

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so cardboard-to cardboard

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when you're constructing something,

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this is what you'd use.

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And it takes a moment to set up.

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I don't want to say dry because it's not wet,

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but it takes a moment to set up,

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and then this is a very permanent adhesion.

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So, I would go in for the heavy-duty hot glue.

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Our last thing, which is somewhere between

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a tape and a glue is a glue dot,

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and they come in all different sizes.

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You can find them on rolls.

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They're similar to that stuff that's on the back of your

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credit card when you get a new credit card mailed to you.

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It's kind of rubbery and it may not be

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intuitive on how to use it immediately.

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You actually don't want to touch the glue dot itself.

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What you want to do is cut away a little piece of it.

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Here's our first one.

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I can just tear away the glue dot,

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and I want to kiss it to what I'm going to glue down,

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so, let's say I want to glue something to this surface.

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I can just go ahead and kiss it to that

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and remove this waxy paper backing,

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and then just press what I'm going to glue on top,

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and that is very quickly a very permanent adhesion.

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The glue dots are also really great for making glitter dots.

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You can just sprinkle some glitter, tap off the excess,

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and you've got this perfect little glitter dot.

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They come in all different sizes.

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You can get little tiny mini ones for really small objects,

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something like even a button would work

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or a little tiny piece of metal.

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I have these Dresden paper foils.

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You can kiss it to the glue dot that's on the roll,

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peel that away and then place that down,

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and you get a really permanent adhesion.

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Obviously, this is a lot of information about glue,

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and now you can look back and see what you have

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and realize that some of these

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now you can try on new projects even,

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but you're not going to go out and buy all of this at once.

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You really want to experiment and see

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what works best for what you're using it for.

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For me, my go-to kit is a really good glue stick,

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the Tacky Glue because I can use it on paper,

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I can use it on larger and heavier items,

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the gel medium because

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like I told you, it's a miracle medium,

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and the hot glue gun so that I can work in a large scale,

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things like cardboard on cardboard.

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Again, experiment, see what works,

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and then put it all in a craft kit.

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