Lazertran Silk 8pk

A simple iron on transfer for silk giving fantastic detail. It will not stiffen the silk around the image, allowing the cloth to flow naturally. Can also be used to put images on polymer clay, Fimo, Sculpy, etc and metal foil. There is not a temperature issue with Lazertran Silk as it does not have a decal and can be used in a laser printer
Using Lazertran Silk on silk
Print image onto Lazertran Silk using a toner based printer in reverse or mirror on the shiny side.

Iron silk flat. Habutai Silk works really well
Lay silk over your image and iron until the silk is stuck to the image. Use a hot iron
Place the silk in clean water, paper side down and leave until the paper falls off
Lift the silk carefully from the water and lay face down onto a cloth. Allow the iron to cool and iron gently from the back to dry the silk
When dry return the iron to hot, turn the silk over and place a sheet of baking paper/parchment, not waxed or old fashioned greaseproof, over the image
Iron through the paper then allow to cool. Then peel off. This method produces a beautiful result for surface pattern. The silk can be rinsed in warm water but will not take a vigorous wash
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To iron to any cloth
Use our new Inkjet textile transfer papers

Transfer an image to polymer clay
Copy your image in reverse onto a sheet of Lazertran Silk
Put the image face on the clay and burnish to make sure of good contact and leave for 30 minutes
Drop the clay with the image attached into a bath of water and leave for 2 minutes. Then swish the water with your hand until the backing paper floats
Remove the clay from the water and allow to dry for 1 hour
The shape and bake as per manufacturers instructions
Lazertran Silk as an etch resist
This is a simpler way to transfer toners to a plate to act as an acid resist although fine tones may be lost.

Copy your image in black and negative, setting the toner density to high, onto a sheet of Lazertran Silk paper
Degrease the plate
Cut the image to the size of the plate
Put the plate onto a hot plate about 180c then place the image face down onto the plate and rub flat with a tissue until the image is well stuck to the plate. Immediately immerse the plate in a bath of hot water and wait until the backing sheet floats off
Allow to dry and when dry place the plate back onto the hot plate to make sure all the toners are properly adhered
You are now ready to etch. An aqua tint may be applied. Before printing remove toners with solvents, or heat until melted and wipe off with rag and white spirits.

Lazertran Silk with photo spray mount for heavier cloth, voile, open weave silks and cloth
Lazertran Silk can be applied to all kinds of surfaces using 3M Permanent Photo Mount Spray.

Have your image printed in reverse or mirror
Cut image to size
Apply spray mount onto the image then stick down onto surface
You can iron through the backing sheet if applying to cloth to make sure of good adhesion
Wet backing sheet and peel off
Leave to dry overnight

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