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I finish off papier mache piece with acrylic paint and then seal it with a water based polyurethane . There are times when I need to paint very thin lines and find it hard to do this with acrylic paint and a brush, no matter how fine the brush. I have used colored pencils or permanent markers. When I cover these with the water based polyurethane, the above two usually smudge.
Anyone use something that doesn't smear?
Julie
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This is easy to combat. You may even have the antidote in your medicine cabinet...HAIRSPRAY. Or you can use another common product called artist's fixative. At the art store you will find a product in a spray can that pastel artists, chalk artists, pencil/charcoal artists, etc. spray on their finished works to keep the piece from smearing called "artist's fixative." It is clear and dries in a matter of seconds. I use it for the exact thing you are doing. When I'm done with a piece I put a coat of poly on the piece then I use a marker to create my thin detail lines. Then I dust it with a coating of fixative or even cheap hairspray and put on one or two coats more of polyurethane. The marker will not smear at all. I guarantee it. Here is the type of product I am talking about: http://www.jerrysartarama.com/art-suppl … ativeMatte
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