Mod Podge Or PVA for Sealing Wargaming Terrain

What is better for sealing and protecting wargaming or D&D terrain? Modge podge or pva? Pva or modge podge?
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[@TerrainMadeEasy]

I let these cure for 48 hours or more. This could be a variable I did not consider. Side note - If I call it Modge Podge instead of Mod Podge, I apologise!

[@Artmesa]

PVA can vary quite a bit. For example, school glue can be reactivated with water (to clean up messes) but construction PVA will not do this. I noticed a big difference between Multipurpose PVA and wood glue. The first is quite flexible but wood glue is much stronger and also more brittle. I use wood glue on almost everything now. Mod Podge is just a water based sealer+PVA. You can make your own with 50/50 multipurpose PVA and a water-based interior varnish like Minwax Polycrylic.

[@paulhesketh4289]

"That's about as wet as I can make it" "I'm gonna take my finger, and make an absolute mess" "Just gonna rub it off" That's enough internet for today

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

well when you put it like that..sourcy

[@barryslemmings31]

For my mix I use PVA + water but I also add a little acrylic medium. Say 5 to 10%. I have also experimented with acrylic gesso when I am sealing MDF etc as a base. My gesso is white so you can see where you have - or have not - treated the base when it dries. Barry

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Sounds effective :)

[@SlothLadGaming-lf8mb]

Great video. Just the info I was looking for. thanks for sharing.

[@NonSleeper_Occasional_Thinker]

Mod Podge also has a green label "outdoor use" version that will prevent any water issues or reactivation. Great Video, thanks for all the testing.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

I had seen that but was finding it hard to get ahold of, so just wanted to use the common one intentionally. Thanks :)

[@ceramicmonster]

I hope you left the mod podge for the full 3-4 weeks. It doesn't come close to full hardness till 2 weeks.

[@bryanpritchett]

"...because I'm a rebel." And that's the exact moment I reached for the subscribe button. Well played.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

I live quite the wild lifestyle, I'm glad people are taking notice. Also, thank you kindly :)

[@eusebiou-say-bee-oh326]

PVA is also used as an ingredient to make homemade gesso to protect canvases from the water based paints and water colors. There are some videos on YT showing this if one wants to research this (gesso) when making terrain.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

hmm interesting. For me I was curious about protecting xps but interesting to know.

[@SlothLadGaming-lf8mb]

HobbyCraft do their own modpodge in a matte. It's pretty good although i prefer to mix more of a 50/50 ratio.

[@coleyounger8655]

One thing you didn't mention is the cure time you used in the video. Mod Podge has an up to 4 week final cure time according to the bottle i have, after which you should not have any worries about any risk of reactivation. I have heard there is some resin in mod podge and that makes sense with how long it takes to cure. If it does, resin curing is a permanent change, similar to how acrylic paint doesn't reactivate once it has dried completely, but can still be cleaned off with water if you catch it before that point. In either case the only reason i see not to use mod podge for sealing a tree is the cost, because how much will you have to water down the mod podge to get that to go through a spray nozzle? Its gonna ruin it or require you to use a lot more of it to get the same coverage i think. PVA is a lot cheaper so misting it through a bottle doesnt hurt as much. Great video though, thanks for showing all the tests.

[@TabletopOddity]

Very fair point in the cure time, I think I left it a couple of days, but it wasn't a variable I had considered. Interesting. Yeah it is more expensive but I am curious if it would be worth it with expensively made trees.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

O that reply was me on my other account!

[@j453]

When are you going to soak, and scrape a finished piece of terrain? Worst case scenario you are bringing terrain to your local gaming club (and it's raining as you do), and for some reason you don't protect it from the rain so it gets wet. Then, when you come into the club, someone hands you sandpaper to dry it with telling you "sorry bruh, all out of paper towels". Lol. Maybe then, sealing with pva would become an issue.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

For sure most terrain is ideally kept away from any damage! I think scrapes are more likely over time, so the sandpaper is just trying to replicate prolonged wear and tear. I stand by the conclusion that pva is okay, mod podge a little better.

[@christomsharpe]

You are a rebel, you rebel you!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

I am indeed!

[@christophermarlowe1719]

I made some basic dungeon tiles recently and did not seal it prior to painting... can I just throw on a top coat of mod podge to protect it? Will it throw of the paint job?

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

You could use matt mod podge, or any matt varnish should be okay (though test if it is a spray).

[@stillunsure7630]

The mod podge must flow!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Good good, let it flow