Mod Podge--- Best adhesion yet!

I was fed up with my corners warping.   I have been going through glue sticks like butter.   Painter's tape didn't quite cut it either, as I had to reapply almost every time, which is a pain since we can't take the bed out.  Hairspray gets all over everywhere.

In desperation yesterday, I grabbed by wife's bottle of mod podge and said "what the hay."

Using a foam brush, I painted a thin layer on the bed and hit print on a large print that took up most of the print bed.

And got the best print I have seen yet!!

Perfect adhesion!

Now, getting the piece off was another chore, as it was stuck on their pretty tight.  Using a water soaked towel and surrounding the piece, little by little I was able to finally get it off without breaking the glass.

I watered down the mod podge with 1:1 water, and did another print overnight.  Good adhesion, and only took half the work to get it off.  I then did 1:2 with water, and have been printing for the last 8 hours.  No warping, all looks good.

Hopefully I have found the right mixture that I will be able to get the piece off without too much work.  Nothing yet in my experience beats being able to just paint on a thin layer of watered down mod podge.

I have read about similar processed with elmer's glue, so I guess this isn't anything too new... but I like it!

I'll pick up some aqua net...  but I think I'd rather have a separate piece of glass to put on the bed first...

Telemachus wrote:

I was fed up with my corners warping.   I have been going through glue sticks like butter.   Painter's tape didn't quite cut it either, as I had to reapply almost every time, which is a pain since we can't take the bed out.  Hairspray gets all over everywhere.

In desperation yesterday, I grabbed by wife's bottle of mod podge and said "what the hay."

Using a foam brush, I painted a thin layer on the bed and hit print on a large print that took up most of the print bed.

And got the best print I have seen yet!!

Perfect adhesion!

Now, getting the piece off was another chore, as it was stuck on their pretty tight.  Using a water soaked towel and surrounding the piece, little by little I was able to finally get it off without breaking the glass.

I watered down the mod podge with 1:1 water, and did another print overnight.  Good adhesion, and only took half the work to get it off.  I then did 1:2 with water, and have been printing for the last 8 hours.  No warping, all looks good.

Hopefully I have found the right mixture that I will be able to get the piece off without too much work.  Nothing yet in my experience beats being able to just paint on a thin layer of watered down mod podge.

I have read about similar processed with elmer's glue, so I guess this isn't anything too new... but I like it!

You should still try aquanet hairspray on bare glass or Kapton.. It holds as long as the bed is hot. Once the bed cools near room temp the part can be picked up with no effort. No corner issues ever..