| Product
Features & Benefits |
Archival
Acid-Free |
Fine art materials
and acid free art papers maintain their original integrity because
PPA is acid free and archival. Common materials can
be isolated from one another with PPA, encouraging creative
usage of disparate materials. Artisans can be assured that artwork,
memory albums and other archival papers are safe from acids by using
this neutral pH adhesive. |
| UV
Resistant |
PPA
provides excellent protection from UV light rays, which discolor and
fade artwork, craft papers, photographs, flowers and paints. |
| Non-tacky |
Having no
appreciable tack, PPA allows for ease of use, without
pulling, tack or drag, particularly with delicate papers and flowers,
while allowing papers to be lifted, moved, and manipulated, while
still wet, aiding in ease of compositional placement of papers by
the artist. PPA - Matte dries to a matte finish which
can be left as the final step or top coat with PPA - Gloss.
Both matte and gloss dry to a non-tacky, hard finish which resists
moisture. |
| Light-bodied |
The ease of
mixability of PPA with dry pigments, paints and mediums
creates a smoother, lighter consistency to viscous, thicker, or condensed
products. |
| Transparent |
As a finish,
PPA allows art materials and finished artwork to maintain
original color, character, and texture. |
| Water
Resistant |
PPA
is a particularly useful finish for art not placed under protective
glass. It is excellent for arts and crafts that must be in moisture
laden areas, and has an excellent wipeability for ease in cleaning. |
| Extender
|
PPA
mixes readily and thins acrylics, latex, & other paints and mediums
without changing the consistency or color value. PPA
is suitable for washes and glaze applications while maintaining all
of the attributes of the product. |
| Flexible |
PPA
dries to a flexible finish, making it the ideal adhesive for book
making, greeting cards, pad making and collage art. |
| Medium |
PPA is
a versatile art medium. In addition to above mentioned uses:
- Sizing for absorbent
papers, allowing watercolor and rubber stamping techniques
to be done on previously unworkable papers.
- Sizing in pulp
baths for paper making.
- Resists on paper,
glass and acrylic for various art techniques.
- PPA
can be used as a carrier and a method for adhering thermographic
powders in painterly techniques.
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| Do's,
Don'ts and Ideas Using PPA |
- Do use a soft wide brush
for most applications.
- Do use only a damp brush,
not wet, when applying PPA. (Tamp off wet brushes onto
a paper towel.)
- Absorbent papers, wood and
textured papers should have a thin ‘seal’ coat applied before the adhering
coat.
- Generally speaking, if white
is seen when applying PPA, too much is being used.
- Do allow PPA
to thicken for ˝-1 hour in an open cup. The thicker PPA
is ideal for bookmaking and applications of very heavy objects, such
as cardboards, glass, metal, wood and plastic.
- PPA - Gloss,
when applied sparingly and then slightly weighted, is ideal and transparent
for vellum.
- PPA is an
ideal sizing for paper makers. Add it to the mash, or on the surface.
- Handmade papers become suitable
for calligraphy and watercolor when PPA is added to the
mash as a sizing, or applied as a size to the surface.
- What to do if buckling and
cockling of the paper occurs:
- Check for proper application.
Use a wide soft brush, even application and thin coats.
- Is the brush too wet,
adding undue moisture content to the dry fibers of the paper?
- Check for quantity application.
“If you see white, you are using too much.”
- Work quickly, evenly,
and apply PPA in thin coats to the heaviest of the
two working surfaces.
- Apply a thin coat of
PPA to the backside of the working surface. The weight
of papers and adhesives to only one side may ‘cup’ working surfaces.
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