Re: Silkscreen bas
Bruce McCaughey (dcav@unixg.ubc.ca)
Wed, 1 May 1996 08:35:35 -0800
>Ginger,
>If the transfer you are considering is that of a color copier, I think no
>matter what type of solvent you use it won't work. Two years ago I did some
>color copier transfers. The image transferred easily with acetone onto
>watercolor paper. About a year ago I tried to repeat the process but no
>matter what solvent I used (including finding and using the elusive
>transparent slikscreen base), I could not get the image to transfer. I
>discussed this with the manager of the copier service and was told that the
>color copy process had been "improved". This improvement included adding a
>sealant to the copy. My theory is that this sealant inhibits the transfer
>process. The end of the story is I have a $20 can of transparent slikscreen
>base (the smallest size I could find) of which very little has been used and
>doubt I will find a use for it. If you want to try for yourself, you can find
>this stuff though a printing supply company; a company that deals in T shirt
>printing can give you leads on where to find the supplier in your area. I
>found them by looking through the phone book.
>
>Larry Shapiro
There is another way to transfer images that may or may not work with
colour copies. It involves coating the paper with Acrylic medium and than
removing the paper backing. I have been doing this with B&W laser prints
and then transferring the image to hand made paper. It's similar to the
method used for montages in the 60s. It will work with some colour laser
prints but not ink jet. Also it has to be a fiber based paper not plastic.
If you want more information send me an Email and I will send some more
information.
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