If You Can’t Take the Heat, Get Out of the – Craft Room

Hi there,

I am making both coasters and trivets using Travertine marble which is fairly porous. I take a colored illustration, place it on the marble and apply numerous layers of outdoor Modge Podge on the stone over a matter of weeks.

Every several layers of glue I wet sand the surface. After about 7 or 8 layers, I spray the coasters with Rust-Oleum painters touch ultra matte clear which has a heat tolerance of 200 F.

These work fairly well with both hot cups and cold. However with the trivets, I spray Dupli-Color Engine Enamel which has a temperature tolerance of 500 F. Still with that sealant, the glue is melting.

Are you aware of any adhesive, or coating I can use on the trivets so they may be able to handle a pot off the stove? Any advice about any of this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much.

Madge

Read my answer for Madge in Heat Resistant Coatings for Decoupage: Thinking Outside the Box.