Lazertran Techniques

Transferring images onto silk

Lazertran Silk is used to transfer images onto sheer Habuti type silk and also as a fast etch resist and onto metal foil. Student often want to transfer onto open weave silk such as Organza or Chiffon. This is difficult as the toners only adhere to the weave and fall off the holes leaving a ghost of the image. This can be cured by using the 3M Photo Mount method at the bottom of the page.

Have your own design copied, in reverse onto a sheet of Lazertran Silk paper.

1. Iron silk flat
2. Set iron hot enough (and this needs to be hot,silk can take it) for the toners to stick to the silk
3. Lay silk over your image and iron until the silk is stuck to the image
4. Without pulling at the paper to make sure it is stuck! place the silk, with paper attacked, in clean warm water, paper down and leave until the paper falls off
5. Lift the silk carefully from the water, lay the image face down and lightly iron with a cool iron until dry
6. When dry, turn the silk over, image side up, and place a sheet of silicon baking parchment over the image
7. Iron through the baking parchment with a hot iron then allow to cool. When cool peel off the parchment

This method produces a beautiful result and can be rinsed in warm water but will not take a vigorous wash

Problems

If, after soaking in water you find lots of bits of toner floating in the water then your iron is not hot enough. If the image is shiny and appears to be on the surface then you will need to put a sheet of baking parchment over the image and iron with a hot iron again.

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3M photo mount method

Lazertran Silk can now be used to put images onto almost any surface using 3M Photo Mount Spray

1. Copy your image onto Lazertran Silk in reverse or mirror, cut to size and then spray an even coat of Photo mount onto the image
2. Press onto the surface and make sure it is well stuck. Iron with a medium heat iron if using on cloth
3. Wet backing paper, allow to soak for about one minute and slide off

This method can be used on Voile, plastics, wood and in decoupage to put images down without thickness. It is also very good for interior decoration on walls etc.

For thicker materials Lazertran Textile Inkjet paper for light materials and our Lazertran Textile Inkjet paper for dark materials can be be ironed on

1. Print the image in reverse using your Inkjet printer
2. Set iron to hot and iron onto the cloth until it is well stuck
3. Carefully peel away the backing sheet

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