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Step 6Fuse the First Layer
Pull out the heat gun. Mine has a dial and I set it at about mid-range or a bit above. My old heat gun had high and low, and I always used low (unless I was really trying to move a lot of wax around.
Start at one corner. Blow heat there until it re-melts. You'll know because it will go clear (or very clearly the paint color). Work your way across the board this way until you've re-melted it all and it's smoother. It probably won't be perfectly smooth at this point.
This step insures that the wax has bonded to the canvas/board you're working on.
I chose to apply a layer of clear and fuse it at this point, but how many layers you apply is up to you.
Use care with the heat gun as the end will get very hot and can burn whatever you set it on. It can also burn you if you brush it. Heat gun burns tend to blister badly and hurt for a while (not that I would have any way of knowing this.)
I've included a video of the fusing process so you know what you're trying to achieve and what speed it happens at:
Start at one corner. Blow heat there until it re-melts. You'll know because it will go clear (or very clearly the paint color). Work your way across the board this way until you've re-melted it all and it's smoother. It probably won't be perfectly smooth at this point.
This step insures that the wax has bonded to the canvas/board you're working on.
I chose to apply a layer of clear and fuse it at this point, but how many layers you apply is up to you.
Use care with the heat gun as the end will get very hot and can burn whatever you set it on. It can also burn you if you brush it. Heat gun burns tend to blister badly and hurt for a while (not that I would have any way of knowing this.)
I've included a video of the fusing process so you know what you're trying to achieve and what speed it happens at:
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