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Keelin
Could you post more about how you did this? Just take the paper off and push them through? Does it ruin the gun?
Jilly Leigh
Take the paper off, yes. But first break the back pusher-thingy off the mini glue gun because otherwise the crayons will get stuck (my boyfriend did this with a pair of needle-nose pliers). The crayons should then fit. Let them sit a little in the hanger to melt enough and then they will drip (sometimes squirt) out of the front as you push. I use the next color crayon to just keep pushing each one as I go. This also gives a nice transitition color between the two because one melts into the other. After the last one, I use a mini glue stick to push all the remaining color out. Hope this helps! It's really a fun process, but yes, VERY messy! I have lots of wax on my walls from the first time I made these. Then I learned to line everything around me with newspaper and garbage bags. Have fun, and show @Jilly Leigh what you made when it's complete!
Maureen Ott
I absolutely love this! The melted wax dripped all the way down from the top of the canvas? Or did you use the gun to make drips all the way down? About how many crayons did you use, and were you able to use your gun w/ a glue stick after, or do you need another gun for glue purposes?
Shudel Wilson
Have you tried this on t-shirts or other clothing? Wonder if you could then iron it in.
Jilly Leigh
I haven't tried it on clothing. Might make the fabric stiff because it dries hard. Could be interesting though! Cut up pieces of crayons, lay it in patterns, cover with wax paper, and iron away! Would probably be cool on jeans. Let me know if you do try it!
Jilly Leigh
I wrote a response to @jeffreyandmaureen ott, but it never posted. So here goes again: Sometime the wax drips all the way down, sometimes I add more to the middle. It will drip further I you let it sit in the chamber of the glue gun and get really hot before pushing it out. I use about 3-4 crayons of each color, and about 5-10 different color crayons per canvas, depending on how big the canvas is. This one pictured is 9x12 and I used 7 different colors. (Toys R Us is having a sale on crayons: buy one get one free any size box! Including the 96!!) I dedicated this gun solely for melting crayons, but if you don't mind a little color to your glue then you can still use the same gun for both. Thanks for all the positive feedback guys, I really appreciate it!
Sarah Wiske Art
Add a comment...Hey Jilly! What size gun should i buy? I got a full size and a mini. They both were crazy and nothing was coming out. It was like the tip got clogged. At first the full size was working good and then it wouldn't come out anymore no matter how
Jilly Leigh
I use a mini glue gun (high heat setting) and I cut the back pusher off the gun so the crayons fit better. You have to let the crayons melt a little in the chamber first before pushing too hard. I hope this helps!
Jilly Leigh
You can also try sticking a paper clip in the tip to clear out any wax that might be stuck. I've done thy once or twice.
Sarah Wiske Art
Jilly, thank you so much!! I am trying it again tonight and bought better mini glue guns. I am super excited about it. Fingers crossed I can make shapes with the wax ;). Have a great day!!
Shudel Wilson
http://www.writeclicks... shows ironing crayons on t-shirts. Guess that after you wash them, the wax flakes off. I'll definitely have to try it. Have to find my mini-glue gun first! Thanks for all the info on the technique!
Kendall Mahon
This is AMAZING! Thanks for sharing... I love these on Etsy, but they are so expensive. I just ordered 64 crayons from crayloa.com... I got 32 in silver and 32 in yellow because those are my bed spread colors... I'm going to make a headboard for my collegetown apartment (ie, removable). I can't wait to do this project! So fun, cheap, and apparently easy!! yay!!!
Jilly Leigh
I'm so glad everyone enjoys this so much! A few people have asked me if I sell the ones I make on etsy, and my response is that I don't like asking people for money for something I have fun doing anyway. I'm glad I could share this and y'all adapt it to yourselves - that's what I love about art! Keep creating, y'all :•)
Angi Reitemeier
How did you get the pusher thing out? I tried everything and could not get it to break off! I even took the screws out and totally took apart the glue gun. Might have ruined this glue gun...
Jilly Leigh
Oh no! I had my boyfriend pull it out with needle nosed pliers. He made little cuts in it first with an exacto knife though. I bought my mini glue gun at Michael's. It's the little blue one, high heat, I think it sells for $2.50 or something like that.
Lindsey Morris
Just created this! Thanks @Jilly Leigh for posting how you did it! :) I posted my final product on my blog! http://craftynewlywed....
Spring Reinhardt
I had been trying to do this already on my own. I didn't even think to pull off the back pusher. Give your boyfriend a kiss from me for rescuing my encaustic workshop!
Sarah Wiske Art
Hey Jilly!!! This is what I ended up creating this...http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150266840041190&set=a.473671791189.257420.132069911189&type=1
Jilly Leigh
@Sara wiske - it's beautiful! Way to control the wax; very talented. Glad I could help!!
Krystyne Taub
How i did it was: Put hemming pins thru the crayons and pin to the canvas. stand it up straight and then use a blow dryer on high heat setting. it looks so pretty. I got the idea from a picture I repinned.
Barbara Hardwick
We are going to do this over Christmas....now I know what to do with all those elementary school crayons! Can't Wait.
Carley Tate
okay. i just tried to do this with the EXACT SAME glue gun... didn't think to break off the back pusher thing, but still i was never able to get the melted bit to drip out of the end. it was very disappointing. it just bubbled up and went all over the sides. i thought it would just drip out like liquid once it got melted enough, but it never did. do you think taking off the back pusher would do the trick or did i do something else wrong?
Taylor Koblin
I did it and was pretty successful! Except when I was blow drying crayons, surrounding ones that were only half melted started blowing all over and made a mess!
Chainer
This whole thing with the rainbow crayon stuff is viral now... Neat way to apply it, but I'd rather see variations. Creative application, overdone execution.
Amanda Levasseur
...not use the blow dryer... Unless... Have you found a way to clean the glue gun?
Gretchen Smith
IF you own an embossing gun (for Stamping) it makes the melting process so much easier & neater.
Lou Traylor
I guess, if it doesn't go all the way down. I've only done it with a heat gun. I haven't tried the glue gun method yet.
Kayla Russell
Can't a nozzle on a blow dryer be used for more direct heat that doesn't blow the other melted crayons around?
Catalina Zinelis
I wouldn't mind messing up my glue gun . They are literally like 3 dollars . I want to try this !!
Katherine Quartermain
If you want to do this the other melted way, use a heat gun not a hairdryer. I've tried it with both, and the heat gun works the best.
Carla Welsh
it looks great! I remember doing something similar many years ago with colored candles. Your method looks like a lot more fun
Angie Grenier
Melted wax won't stay on clothing, but it would make a great resist dyeing technique...maybe put the wax on, then dye with kool-aid or use a spray bottle with bleach. I have TOO MANY projects to try though lol
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