Lazertran
Lazertran is a water slide decal paper that allows you to transfer your own full colour images onto almost any surface including, paper, canvas, fabric, wax, ceramic tiles, glass, sheet metals and foils, plaster, wood and stone. It can also be used as an etch resist and to make stamped and embossed decals and as a way to put images on to vacuum forming plastic.
How to use Lazertran Inkjet
1. Print your image on to the smooth, white, eggshell/chalky side of the paper. Do not use too much ink as this will cause the image to bleed. For Epson printers set to plain paper. Go into custom and then advanced and select a high DPI setting such as 1440 or as high as a quality as is available. Now click off high speed to avoid putting on too much ink. For basic HP's draft is a good setting.
2. Allow the ink to dry for at least 30 minutes.
3. Cut to size and soak in 3water until te decal releases from the backing sheet, about 60 seconds.
4. For a smooth nonabsorbent surfaces such as glass, glazed ceramics and metal there will be enough gum on the back of the decal to fix the decal on to the surface. A good trick to get really good adhesion is to apply a little Methylated Spirits (Alcohol) to the surface and apply the wet decal onto this. The alcohol will stop any edges curling when drying and will make the decal soft enough to be stretched around any doubles curves. But be careful, not too much!
5. For more absorbant surfaces such as wood or plaster extra glue will be required.
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