Mosaic Coating

365vacay

I currently create mosaic art pieces, using methyl ethyl ketone to affix the pieces to a base plate.

Does anyone use a coating on top of the bricks? If so, I would love to hear more about it.

elspankdog

Man, I wouldn't glue or coat.  To each his own I guess

MorkMan

I've not coated my mosaics, but I agree with gluing them. Is that 64 wide X 64 high? I really like it.

Astrobricks

Methyl ethyl ketone isn't even glue; it's a solvent that, I assume, fuses the pieces together just like in PVC plumbing. Gotta be real sure you don't want to ever disassemble it.

ecmo47

I think any coating will look messy and unprofessional especially if you are using plates verses tiles. I paid $120.00 to get this professionally done at my local frame shop and I don't have to worry about it collecting dust or pieces popping off. It's 64x64. 

CCC

Do you guys have problems with bits falling off? I've had a 48x48 on display for about two years (all plates, biggest piece is 2x4) and nothing has ever fallen off and it is quick and easy to dust with a "feather"* (*synthetic) duster.

paul_merton

I've never tried it, but I would have thought that a Vallejo acrylic matt varnish applied with an airbrush could be quite good. But why?

drdavewatford

CCC said:

Do you guys have problems with bits falling off?

Surprisingly yes. I suspect that the problem could be remedied by swapping out the baseplate, though, or maybe a few of the loose 1 x 1 plates.