Collecting puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty is an exciting hobby that trains logical abilities, fine motor skills, and also allows you to decorate your home with the results of your creativity - after a complex and large puzzle of several thousand parts is assembled, you do not have to disassemble and clean it into the box. You can save the completed puzzle as a complete picture and hang it on the wall in your home. How to glue a puzzle to ensure its durability and strength?
Instructions
Step 1
If you have never glued a puzzle, the process of neat gluing, in which the structure does not crumble into separate parts, may seem difficult to you. However, there are ways to glue the puzzle in a good quality, and they are not difficult to master.
Step 2
Most of the difficulties for the owners of the puzzle arise when it becomes necessary to turn the product face down. So that later you can easily turn the puzzle over, start assembling it from the very beginning on a portable and light surface - on a sheet of plywood or hard cardboard.
Step 3
After the puzzle is completely finished, cover it with the same sheet of dense material, and then clamp the puzzle between the two sheets and turn it face down. Use a hard and hard surface as the base for the puzzle so that the puzzle does not move when flipped.
Step 4
This method is suitable for puzzles that do not exceed the standard size. If you have assembled a very large puzzle that does not fit anywhere except on the floor, you can glue it without turning it over to the wrong side.
Step 5
Thoroughly remove dust from the surface of the puzzle before gluing. Place plexiglass or rigid plastic wrap under the puzzle. Take ordinary PVA-M stationery glue for gluing paper, wood, cardboard, glass and other materials. Prepare the materials for applying the adhesive - a soft sponge or flat bristle brush.
Step 6
Apply a thick layer of PVA glue to the surface of the puzzle, and then make sure that the glue fills in all the gaps between the pieces. After an even layer of glue has been applied to the entire surface of the puzzle, wait until the surface is completely dry.
Step 7
After a couple of hours, the glue becomes transparent and forms a transparent film on the surface of the puzzle. For convenience, you can also glue the surface of the puzzle with wide transparent tape.
