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Post by Apparatus on Sept 18, 2014 5:22:42 GMT 12.75
Here is my first tutorial on Shrink film. It only covers on the baking process, so make sure if it is your first time using shrink film, to follow the package instructions when it comes to printing. Q&A from the video:Q.Where did you get your paper? A. On Amazon's website. www.amazon.com/Grafix-KSF50-WI... Q. Why do mine look too dark/light? A. It's because you have the opacity to high or low. 50% is the recommended setting. My advice is to take one of each of your charm designs and do a test print and bake before you do the final batch, that way you wont have a bunch of wasted paper and you can always give the text ones away to friends. If they are too big or small or too light or dark it's an easy fix for next time! |
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Post by maomiii on Sept 22, 2014 4:47:29 GMT 12.75
What cute charms! I've also made a shrink film tutorial covering everything that I know of the process including pre baking and post. You can see it here: fav.me/d6qdmffI also have a question for all you shrink film users, have you ever tried sealing the charms with polyurethane spray? How well does it work? I've been thinking of switching to that from modge podge and any advice would be appreciated  |
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Post by Apparatus on Sept 22, 2014 18:17:51 GMT 12.75
I've heard good about polyurethane spray from someone on Tumblr, but I can't find it anywhere, only acrylic top coat sprays but they eat at the charms, chip and flake like crazy. (lesson learnt from experience)
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Post by Apparatus on Sept 23, 2014 18:18:14 GMT 12.75
The tip about baking at a lower temperature helped me out so much ;w; I wrote up a thing comparing Grafix vs Shrinky Dink shrink film, if anyone was curious! kigeons.tumblr.com/post/97626628980/grafix-vs-shrinky-dink-shrink-filmI'm also curious about what everyone usually uses to seal their charms! Mod podge makes the ink run on the grafix charms for me :/ Thanks for sharing that! I was wondering the difference, since I've only used the Grafix paper. As for sealing, I actually use non chip clear nail polish but it stinks really bad so I need to find a quicker alternative. |
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Post by funkatronic on Sept 26, 2014 5:37:29 GMT 12.75
Great tutorial and cute charms! Have you ever had experience on using a heat gun on shrink plastic?
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