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I want to try to stamp on tiles....I have been reading some posts on them...searching, now my eyeballs hurt and its bed time....This is what I need to know:
What kind of tiles/where to get them? H*m* D*p*t...had WAY too many to pick from....
What is Tumbeled Tile? Is that Marble or ceramic...where do I get them?
What size works best?
The procedure...IE: sandpapper, spray, bake...stamp...URGH I am so confused...
I would love a step by step on the begining thru end of preparing tiles...what to use/not to use....spray w/acrylic or not....tumbled or not....
I have had bad luck w/Dominoes running when I spray....
Any help would be appreciated! As always...you all rock!
Thanks for your patience...mine has grown thin tonight...!
This is one of the first SU projects i did and this is the instructions my demo gave me. Hope it answers all your questions
Tiles from home depot or somthing like it. Best results are found with the tumbled tile or ones with no glass.
step 1 wipe off the bit of dirt that may be on the tile from sitting in the box
step 2 using staz-on ink stamp your image on the tile. Be careful putting stamp down and when lifting up as it will be slippery.
step 3 If you are using a fine line image no coloring is needed. Stamp your image and then place tile on baking sheet and then into the oven at 350 degrees for 30 min. Let cool before handling.
step 4 If you are using the tile for a coaster your done. If using for a trivet and want a glossy finish you will want to seal it. Lay tile on hard surface and spray sealer above the tile and let mist down. Dry for 24 hrs. *recommend Krylon Acrylic sealer
step 5 If you would like to use a stamp that you can color in that works also. Stapm with staz-on pad. heat set in oven following directions from above. After tile has cooled color the image in using chalks or Sharpie Markers. You will have to seal this image with the Krylon sealer or color may fun.
i am not sure what size exactly we used but it is a small one like a coaster size. I sure hope this is what you needed
I don't have any of the Staz-on pads, I was told to use the Craft pads. Then heat them in an oven at 350 for 30 minutes. Let cool. If it is a line stamp and you would like to color, I use my watercolor pencils, then seal with a clear acrylic spray.
I use the 4" for coasters, and the 6" or 8" for trivets.
Tumbled Tiles ~ depending on where you are you may have to ask for UNFINISHED tiles. I went to our HD at lunch one day just to see and asked for tumbled tiles. I got the blankest stair I had ever gotten. When I asked for unfishished tiles, the boy lead me right to what I was looking for.
In general unfinished tiles come in boxes of 9 for $5.95. The box has a square cut out of the front and it says "Approx 1 Square Foot" on the box. It's a white cardboard box, that's it. You can open them up and go through them to get the pick of the litter. It's the best way to do it. I just pulled my box, it say 4 x 4 Bottichino Sq Ft ~ they came from Home Depot and work wonders (see my gallery). Maybe if you specifically ask for Bottichino tiles it will help.
As for Krylon ~ I respectfully disagree. I love Patricia Nimocks and have done great tiles using her products. I would never let Krylon in my house, let alone near my tiles.
For the tiles in my gallery I did the following:
Brush off tile. Do not use water.
Stamp with StazOn in. Allow to dry. They shineyness will be gone.
Color with Pastels or colored pencils.
Spray with Patricia Nimock acrylic sealer.
Will withstand heat or cold. I have put plates straight out of the microwave on my coasters. My tiles in the gallery were scanned 6 months after I made them. They've gone through everything and held up great.
Remember, this is for tumbled tiles.
For smooth or glazed tiles ~
I rough up the tiles with 80 grit sand paper.
I use StazOn to stamp the image.
I have used colored pencils and Stampin Write markers. Haven't gotten around to pastels yet.
After stamping and coloring I've added Pearl Ex with Lumiere, but that was just for fun and to try it out.
After coloring and stamping, seal with Patricia Nimocks. I seal everything. It's just me being safe rather than sorry. I tried baking once. It faded my StazOn colors and made me not happy. It's all personal preference.
The tumbled tiles we've made are coated with an epoxy so they are waterproof, heatproof & have a great glossy fisnish. Here is a link to the one my husband made: Gallery at Splitcoaststampers
We used the tumbled tiles from HD, ours are a rose shade rather than off white. Wipe them off with a damp paper towel. We stamped with classic ink pads & had no problems whatsoever. The bear is Chocolate Chip, the Trees are Forest Foliage, and the ducks were stamped with black. We heat dried the stamping to make sure it was very dry with the heat gun. Just make sure that there is no shinyness to the ink. Then we used EnviroTex Lite Pour-on high gloss finish. It filled in the little holes that are sometimes in the tiles. (We don't get to go through ours, they are wrapped in plastic!) Follow the directions in(on) the box. The finish we use is a two part resin that you mix together.
Let me see what pics I have on the others we've made. I posted some more pics in the Anything BUT a Card- Tiles. Email me if you have any questions. [email protected]
__________________ Happy Stampin',Charisma
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If I am just making the tiles to use as coasters, do you think just a regular spray of sealer is acceptable? I would think that would be enough to make sure nothing runs if it got wet, but of course, this is all new to me, so what do I know? :-)
For the dominoes, soak them in bleach overnight. Rinse them off and dry thoroughly. I just used regular classic ink and stamped them all at once. Then go back and color them in with Bic Sharpies, being careful to try to stay within the black lines. No spray is needed at all. Just make sure you clean off the round magnets that you can get for the back. I found they are filthy, even though they come in sealed packages, and that will rub off on another magnet and ruin it. I just rub them on all sides with a rag until no more black comes off of each magnet before sticking to the back. Bic sharpies that you can get in a variety of colors (have good sets at BJs, and probably Sam's) work better than SU markers, which smear.
Also, if you buy matt finished tiles that are coaster size, buy the bulk quantity box (about 80) from Lowe's in white or ivory--like bathroom tiles. A friend of mine told me she did this, and they were only about 8 cents per tile. She bakes once with the black Staz-on ink, lets cool; colors in with Staz-on colors and bakes again, then doesn't even spray hers, and she makes tons.
__________________ My plagarized motto: Don't take a single minute of life for granted. Life really CAN change in an instant. I know--it happened to me. --CheriBaby
Making coasters is my therapy!!! I use versamark and chalk to make mine. I wash the tiles (4x4 Bottichino tiles from Home Depot-Lowe's never seems to have them in stock) and let dry overnight. I pick out which stamp to use and stamp with versamark, then daub with my sponge daubers. Once I'm satisified with how it looks, I spray with American Accents clear top coat sealer twice. I've tried with stazon but like the chalks better. I like this method mainly because that's the way my demostrator showed me and it's very quick. Haven't tried baking in the oven.
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