art question?
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- abba_cadaver
Does anyone know of a guaranteed process to transfer ink from a printed piece onto another surface.
For example I know that a magazine page dipped in alcohol can have its image transfered onto another suface if you lay it down and rub the hell out of it with the back of a spoon ( though the results are not always that good.)
In this case I want to transfer an image from a inkjet printer onto a painted piece of wood.
- abba_cadaver0
or how much damage do you think i would inflict to my printer if i were to paint a piece of newsprint let it dry and then run it through the printer.
- dsmith70
I suppose if you put it on a normal piece of printer paper and ran it through it would be fine. I have had similar ideas for experimentation using old pages from journals of the early 20th century. They have that nostalgic, weathered appeal to them.
Sorry I can't help you on the transfer part but I would be interested to hear the solution as well
- eric_w0
Try some iron on transfer ink jet paper.
Print the image and then iron it on quickly to your painted wood.
- abba_cadaver0
yeah that might work, ill try it. my only concern is if the heat will scorch the paint (if thats possible) or the board but then again it might look good if not its a just piece of ply wood. thanks
- foz40
When I was a kid (no laughing) we used to do a simliar thing for T-Shirts. You would photocopy your art work then use white spirit (turps) rub this over the back of the photocopy onto the T and the design should come off, can sometimes leave a stain as I remember! Not sure if it will transfer to wood also it was for black and white only..
- nico0
try trichloétylène?
- unknown0
we used paint thinner in high school.
uh, for transferring images.
- Uncle_Moe0
this is a job for Silly Putty!
- Biofreak0
well, acetone can be used for transferring images (b&w is best) onto wood and metal.
that is how i used to do a lot of my etchings/aquatints.
it will rub off of metal easily though. it will stick on wood better.
best if you use a xerox as opposed to a fresh print.
and if you dont have any acetone, get some fingernail polish remover. it is basically the same chemical content. =)
- ok_static0
those were the days...
except alcohol, you can try use nail-paint washer or thinner.
- Biofreak0
just watch out for flying dead brain cells. they dont like that shit a whole lot.
- mrdobolina0
I have a 3 foot by 5 foot piece of plywood that has been painted over with latex interior wall paint. The acetone would strip that right off the wood, wouldnt it?
- cab2k40
no the paint will be fine, im pretty sure you have to photocopy your print, i tryed acetone on a inkjet page and dont remember it working.
- ok_static0
the higher contrast of your print the better result you get.
- mrdobolina0
cool, maybe I will try that. I might just get an overhead projector and do it that way.
- kreydle0
man this is easy. i used to do it all the time. go and get cheap copies made at kinkos or whereever of your art piece. Next, go buy a pantone, colorless blender. Its located with all the markers in a craft store. Finally, color all over the back of your copied work (in sections OVER TOP OF THE OBJECT you want it transferred onto) and rub with the back of the marker or flat object and... WAALA your image is transferred.
- kreydle0
oh, ONE more thing...you must make a backwards copy of the orginal image for this to work, so when it transferred, its rightside up.
- cab2k40
one more option i forgot about...if you have access to a dark room, you can get that paint on photo crap...cant remember the name, same stuff on photo paper. looks kinda cool, if you mix it with a medium,
trial and error.
- pixel_pusher0
I almost died once doing it for a jean jacket I was painting on YEARS ago! (I think it was Spock stripping) It invloves using paper, a harmful chemical and an iron. I think it was varsol or just rubbing alcohol. Image face down (printed inversely), alcohol swabbed on the back, paper over top, and a hot iron glides from side to side. Avoid inhaling! I sure hope that wood is a fine grain. I think the key is heat, maybe even a laminating press at a local photocopy shop would suffice? Be ready to dash.