Make an awesome Harry Potter wand from a sheet of paper and glue gun glue

Step 7: Spray with base coat

Apply a base coat to the wand to seal it, either you can use spray paint (more or less any colour will do and spray paint is good because it drys hard, but you can use household emulsion instead if you haven't got any spray. (In the US, emulsion paint is called Latex Paint). If you use emulsion (latex) make sure that the wand is dry before going to the next step.

Comments

[carterbacon]

can i use plain paint

[htonks]

Will modge podge work?

[ashlynlupin]

I used mod podge for mine and it came out well

[ashlynlupin]

I used mod podge and it worked perfectly for me.

[silverstorm]

green spray paint would work right?

[vrousseau2]

Do you have to do a base coat?

[I am Lord Voldemort]

I didn't have a good base coat so I used white glue and painted it on!!! It worked reeeeally well :)

[htonks]

Do you paint it then put a base coat on?

[supertoria12]

will acrylic work?

[sbates3]

Acrylic works fine actually. I have used Acrylic for both my base and my main coats of paintand they've both gone over the glue perfectly and evenly. I used Gouache for my distressing coat & that worked great over the acrylic. I strongly advise my method :)

[JujubeanO]

Yes but it does NOT stick well to the glue so you will have to texture it first
(just take a nail file of bit of sand paper and go over it until it's a bit rough then you can paint)

[janpogi09]

can i yse textile paint?????

[KaptinScarlet]

Yes I think soi. I think that textile paint is acrylic and as long as it dries waterproof, which I think it does, you should be fine.

[rumbleroar98]

I have a clear waterproof krylon spray... would that work?

[I am Lord Voldemort]

oops.... i meant IS

[I am Lord Voldemort]

YOUR NAME ID EPIC!!!!!!!

[ninjadino79]

um, where do i find emusion paint? can is there anything else i could use OTHER than spray and emusion?

[KaptinScarlet]

Emulsion is house decorating paint, also called Latex paint in the US. You could use any paint that dries waterproof. You could use acrylic artist's paint, or enamels (the sort that you use to paint those small figures) but that takes a bit longer to dry or you could even use gloss woodwork paint or Hammerite (Metal paint), although you will have to leave those overnight somewhere warm to dry properly. or you could use regular water colour paint and then coat it in a quick setting varnish to seal it in.

[janpogi09]

what colour should i use

[thehongkid]

does it really dry hard??? also what colour spray paint should i use for a white wand?

[D_J_T]

Is there anything other than spray paint or emulsion that I could use? I tried using paint but I wasn't satisfied. But then again it was my first time so... any suggestions?