Decoupage of a suitcase

If you are a happy owner of an old suitcase with a strong frame and iron corners, then do not hide it far, but rather transform it beyond recognition with the help of decoupage techniques.

Decoupage of a suitcase: a master class

We will need:

• old suitcase;
• napkins, printouts, newspaper clippings,
• glue PVA, half diluted with water;
• file;
• acrylic beige paint;
• colorless matt acrylic lacquer;
• candle;
• bronze eye shadow;
• flat brush;
• roller and brush for paint;
• rubber roller;
• sponge;
• fine-grained sandpaper.

We'll tell you in stages how to make a suitcase decoupage.

Preparation of a suitcase

1. Clean the corners, fix the handle.
2. Surfaces of a clean and dry suitcase are degreased with alcohol (acetone) and leave to dry.
3. Punching up the pent-up places PVA. For serious damage, "put a seal" from a white layer of napkin, moistened with PVA glue.
4. We rub the edges of the suitcase with a candle.
5. With a roller and a brush, we paint the suitcase with beige paint several times, drying it well between the layers.
6. To get abrasions, we remove the paint on the faces.

Decoration of a suitcase

1. We select and cut out drawings for decoration. We separate the first ink layer from the napkins.
2. For external and internal decoration of the suitcase we build a composition of pictures, starting with large fragments, and then gradually fill with smaller fragments.
3. Cuttings from newspapers and printouts are put on greased places and rolled with a roller.
4. We lay the napkin on the file downside down with a picture, we pour a little water on top of it, spread it with a brush, drain the excess water from the file, apply the file with a napkin down to the place of gluing, we smooth the file over the file with a brush to get rid of the air bubbles, take the file, hold the napkin by the corner, and from above gently apply a brush glue. We are waiting for complete drying.
5. Using a sponge, we shade the bronze eye shadow in the gaps and over the pasted pictures.
6. We cover the suitcase with several layers of matt acrylic lacquer. Suitcase is ready!

Such a suitcase in a musical retro style, updated in the technique of decoupage, will last a very long time. You can also decorate other old things: a casket , a clock or a table .