Varnishing Stickers Wait until the wood surface is dry before continuing with the process. Carefully paint the varnish over the sticker with a clean paintbrush, using smooth, even strokes. Once you have the sticker covered with a light layer of varnish, let the surface dry for 30 minutes to an hour.Click to see full answer. Considering this, will stickers stick to painted wood?Vinyl should stick decently to unfinished wood, but if you sand and coat it with either paint or a clear coat, it will adhere much easier. You definitely want to wait and make sure your paint is nice and cured before you stick your vinyl to it. I would give it at least 24 hours.Additionally, can I put clear coat over stickers? Yes you can clear coat over stickers/ Decals only catch is it will have the edge to it when you clear coat over it if your wanting the edge to not show give it 2 good coats let dry sand with 600 grit and reshoot with at least 2 good coats and wetsand and buff!!! Subsequently, one may also ask, will Mod Podge seal stickers? We highly, strongly, very much recommend using Mod Podge to seal and protect the decals from abrasion damage, and this guide shows more details about using it. To generate the 1,000 or so designs, we print on white vinyl. That ink is not paper thin, it is microscopic thin. And it is ink, it will not stand up to wear.How do you keep your stickers from peeling? Spray the surface with cleaning spray, and wipe away dirt and cleaning residue with a rag. Pull the backing from the sticker and position the sticker over the surface with your hands. Place a piece of wax paper over the sticker to protect it, and smooth down the sticker with a credit card.