Thread: what do you use to seal your homemade props

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once you are dong making your prop, what do you use to seal it from rain and weather... anything special? i was going to use acrilic sealer but does everything end up shiny?

I use some Olympia water based sealer I got from lowes, it looks like milk and dries clear. It gives a gloss to it, so you have to hit it with some flat clear. On monster mud and stones I use the normal Dryloc, but thinned with latex paint. Latex paint protects our houses, why not props?

Originally Posted by halloween nut

once you are dong making your prop, what do you use to seal it from rain and weather... anything special? i was going to use acrilic sealer but does everything end up shiny?

Depends on what the prop is made out of.

We generally use either exterior latex house paint and cheapo waterproofer, or dryloc thinned with latex paint.

most of my props will and are made out of paper mache.. and i am going to try monster mud soon. do you find dryloc at lowe's or hm depot?

It depends on what it is and the look you are going for, but I agree often the top coat sealers are too glossy. I found a clear artists flat spray paint at Michael's, I used it on my zombie babies, it took me a while to get as it was out of stock for a while. Maybe try Michael's???

I use a polyeurothane deck sealer. It gives a glossy finish, but works really well.