Greetings Fellow CanDoIt! IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE READ FIRST!
Thank you for your purchase. If you have any issues, please email me at [email protected]. IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE DO NOT ASK YOUR HELP QUESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS OF MY VIDEOS. That is not how to get help and may discourage others from trying the paper for no fault of the paper itself. Any issue can be resolved with proper application.
RECOMMENDED: WATCH SEVERAL OF MY VIDEOS!!!
Due to the nature of paper when moistened and the coating used, you may notice some minor edge wrinkles and/or staining. THIS WILL NOT AFFECT THE TRANSFER.
Make sure you do not get the coating side wet. This can be with water or any other spray/liquid.
TIP: For some applications, you may wish to protect the coating BEFORE printing on it, such as with Krylon Clear coat spray. When doing so, spray from a good distance so that the spray lands on the paper without wetting it (sort of like flash drying the spray as you apply it). SPRAY IN SHORT LIGHT BURSTS. Once you’ve covered it well with the spray (multiple applications to prevent wetting the paper with a single heavy spray), you don’t have to worry about smearing or wrinkling when using excessive glue/gel Medium.
Print only on the side that is not marked “Print Other Side”.
Use a LASER PRINTER ONLY. Avoid printing within ½ inch from the edge of the paper border for best results.
Use glue that can glue regular paper well to the surface. Always TEST your glue and application by printing a few ‘small’ images and transferring them. If successful, only then do larger transfers.
Important: Use just enough glue (HIGHLY RECOMMEND ALEEN’S TACKY GLUE) so that it will still be wet, not dry or (almost dry) when applying the transfer. Avoid using too much though, which will wrinkle the paper.
Ensure good contact using a brayer to remove air bubbles, wrinkles, and excess glue. You want good contact. Be careful not to move the paper around when gluing. DRY COMPLETELY. Use a heat gun or hair dryer to speed up the drying (a few minutes) or let air dry for several hours (drying time is dependent on what you are transferring to. Porous materials like paper and wood dry much faster than ceramic tile or glass, for example.)
To remove paper, moisten with water and allow soaking in for at least a minute. Remove excess moisture with a clean dry paper towel then.
If you experience any missing areas (ie. spots) where the image did not transfer but remained on the paper itself, this is due to those areas NOT being properly glued to the surface. FACT: If it was glued, you would not be able to peel it off. As to why those areas may not have been glued, this can be caused by missing glue in those areas, areas not completely dried, or poor contact of paper to surface (air bubbles, poor pressing, uneven or depressed areas preventing good contact, etc.
How to Glue the Image
Many of my original videos demonstrate using Gel Medium to act like a glue without being too wet like regular glue. Since ‘wetness’ is what releases the image from the paper, an unprotected printed image can be affected by too wet of a glue. This is why the videos suggest using only enough that it is still wet, but not too wet, when time to apply the paper to surface. Too wet can cause smearing, the paper sliding around (not good), or wrinkling (really bad).
After many of those videos have been uploaded, I’ve discovered that using Aleen’s Tacky Glue provides the BEST results in almost all situations and materials using this paper. As time goes on, more future videos will feature using this glue.
The use of Crystal Clear Spray is OPTIONAL. Using a light coating of Krylon Crystal Clear on the printed image (applied from a distance so as to not to ‘wet’ the paper) will help prevent the paper wrinkling or the image smearing in the event you use too much glue or move the image while gluing.
Note: If you use Krylon Crystal Clear, which is an ‘acrylic’ coating, do NOT use Acrylic Gel Medium as your glue, which is what Liquitex is. It will react with the spray coating and you’ll smear the image. If you use Aleen’s Tacky Glue, you will not have to worry about this.
HAPPY TRANSFERRING!