Making Mosaic Bookends Non-Skid

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Making Mosaic Bookends Non-Skid
To finish up our project we'll need some non-skid shelf liner. This I found in the hardware store. It is just a rubber shelf liner that has like a real good grip to it and I have cut a small piece here, one that will fit exactly on the bottom of our bookend. I have an adhesive that is appropriate for the rubber and the wood. I have some paint to finish off the back and a paint brush. So I am going to use this craft adhesive, that is appropriate for rubber and wood, and I will just squeeze on a good amount of that and I'll spread it around here with a Popsicle stick and we'll stick our non-skid on the bottom of the bookend. You want to spread that around so it covers the whole surface and nice and evenly, you don't want big lumps on the bottom and you want to get right to the edge because you don't want it to peeling up. You don't want the non-skid peeling up at the corners or at the edge, so you want to get that glue right to the edge and particularly to the edge of the corners and nice and flat and then you place your non-skid that you have cut exactly to fit to the bottom and then you let it dry. The weight of the bookend will help to weigh it down and adhere that to the wood nicely. O.k., now we will just finish off by painting the back, I have a water-based acrylic paint and I have tinted it with a little bit of pink to match the design of our bookend and you just want to paint that over. You probably need two coats and you want to let that dry in between coats. Sometimes it is nice to match the color of the grout if you want to, kind of, continue the design in the back you just match the color of the grout. Here I picked a pink to go with the pink colors in our bookend. Here is our completed mosaic bookend. It is fun to experiment with colors, tiles and grout. Look for unique finds in craft stores, bead stores and second-hand stores. Almost anything can be mosaic-ed into your bookend.

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Expert: Karen Weisman graduated from Boston University with a degree in Hotel and Food Management. She teaches cooking, baking, cake decorating, and various crafts such as mosaics and sewing. Read More