Many people like to decoupage various items. Often, housewives decorate various kitchen utensils, including trays. Today we’ll talk about how you can decorate these products, and also offer some ideas for inspiration.
Product Preparation
If you decide to decorate a tray made of wood, then you definitely need to sand it so that the surface is smooth. If you find chips and hollows on the product, then fill them with putty. After that, its surplus must be removed.
When decorating metal and plastic objects it is also necessary to sand the surface. In addition, they must be degreased in advance. This procedure can be carried out using medical alcohol, organic solvents or special emulsion products.
Interesting options
Currently, there is a huge variety of workshops on the design of tea trays using decoupage technique. Here are a few instructions for beginners.
Metal tray with acrylic decor
Before proceeding with the design, the product should be sanded and degreased. After that, the item is applied primer. Make it best with a sponge.
Then you need to choose a napkin that depicts interesting patterns suitable for decoration. Pictures are carefully cut out and glued to the product with glue.
The background of the images should be made using acrylic paints of various colors. After the drawing dries, the product is coated with a protective varnish on a matte base.
Provence plank tray
The tray must first be sanded, degreased and primed. Artistic primer should be applied in 2 layers. Then you need to choose large napkins with suitable drawings in the style of Provence.
Pictures are carefully cut out and glued to the surface of the product. On top, everything is covered with several layers of protective varnish on an acrylic base.
Additionally, the tray can be decorated with small painted inks images in this style.
Decoupage tray with antique effect
The tray needs to be sanded and primed in advance. Then, if desired, a drawing from paper napkins can be applied to it. After that, everyone is varnished and wait until it is completely dry.
Craquelure is applied to the product. It is he who will be able to depict antique cracks.
Their grouting is done only with brightly colored oil paints.
The sides of the subject are best framed with a candle. She randomly rubbed several sections of the product. At the end, the tray is varnished.
Printout of a wooden tray
First you should choose a picture for decoupage. Then you need to inspect the tray for bumps and chips. If they are, then they are covered with putty, after which the surface is sanded.
At the same time, you need to take the paper and stick tracing paper to it. On the resulting surface and print the selected pattern. The finished image is soaked in water.
After a while, they take it out and put a picture on a file. Excess moisture is removed. The figure is smeared with a glue mixture. The file is attached to the subject. In this case, you need to carefully remove all the bubbles formed with your hands.
Keep your fingers moist. Otherwise, you may accidentally erase a portion of the picture.
The tray is completely dried. If small irregularities remain in the image, then they should be carefully removed. The surface is covered with several layers of protective varnish.
After that, it is recommended to paint, so that the decor seems more interesting and beautiful. To do this, you first need to choose the shades of acrylic paints suitable for the picture. They are mixed together. The resulting tones are additionally drawn on the image.
In the end, still varnished with a matte acrylic finish. Moreover, it should already be applied in 8-10 layers. The tray is thoroughly dried again.
Vintage style tray decor
The tray is sanded and coated with a black primer. Then, white paint is applied to it. This should be done in two layers.
In this case, it is better to take a brush with hard teeth, which can give texture.
After applying the white coating, wipe off a little with a terry towel. This is done in order to create slight scuffs on the surface of the tray.
At the same time, you need to prepare a printout of the picture in a vintage style. Acrylic-based varnish completely smears the front side of the image. The pattern is glued to the surface of the tray.
The image is pressed with a spatula or roller. The product is completely dried. Then gently roll up a white layer of paper. To make this easy to do, it needs to be slightly moistened with water. A picture will appear.
The sides of the tray can be decorated with stencils in black acrylic paint. At the end, the finished product is coated in several layers with a protective varnish.
Shabby Chic Tray Decoupage
The tray is treated with an artistic primer in one layer with a brush or a foam sponge. After drying, the product is coated with a brown color.
In some places, light green can be applied on top of brown paint. This technique will make the transitions of shades smooth.
At the same time, you need to carefully rub the sides and all corners of the subject with a candle.
The tray is completely covered with white acrylic paint. Wait until the product is completely dry after painting. Then, those places that were rubbed with a candle should be treated with sandpaper.
Later, you need to take suitable three-layer decorative napkins for decoupage. The drawings depicted on them are carefully cut out and applied with their faces to the file or package.
Pictures can be taken with uneven torn edges, which will make the design more interesting.
Dissolve PVA glue with water. The resulting adhesive composition is applied with a brush to the reverse sides of the images. Pictures are applied to the tray and smoothed with your hands, so that bubbles and other irregularities do not form.
At the end of the tray, you can apply several small text stamps to complement the style. After that, a colorless protective varnish for decoration is applied. The product is sent to dry.
Recommendations
If you decide to arrange the tray in the old style by burning, remember that after such a procedure it is recommended to clean the wood with a stiff brush. This technique will remove all excess charred particles. In addition, it will give the tree a beautiful natural relief pattern.
Do not forget, after decoration, to cover the tray with acrylic varnish in several layers. In this case, before applying a new coating, the old one must surely dry. Varnishing will keep the product in its original form for a long time.
If you want to arrange a tray with the effect of artificial aging, then use craquelure. This composition creates decorative cracks on the surface of objects.
In addition, this effect can be created by brushing. In this case, you need to scrape part of the wood fibers from the surface of the tray. This can be done with brushes with hard teeth.
Remember that you need to work with sandpaper as carefully as possible. Processing with such material should be carried out without effort. Otherwise, it may erase part of the acrylic coating.
If you want to create a light multi-layer effect when decorating, you can make the appearance of a translucent pattern from the bottom. To do this, another thin layer of primer is applied on top of a clear coat of varnish. Then, in the places where the drawing is located, it is erased with a sponge.
The technique for decoupage the tray can be found in the next video.
