Transfer Photo To Sheet Metal

Place face down on support surface and transfer using a hot iron.

Transfer photo to sheet metal.

Press the photo copy onto the surface uniformly without any kink or bubbles. Metal sheet copper brass etc. Print image on paper. Leave it for at least 6 8 hours.

Then print off a design using a toner based laser printer and cut it out so it will fit over the sheet metal. It is different from typical t shirt transfer products because the paper is removed afterwards leaving just the image. Carefully lift one corner of the film with the tweezers and see if the image has transferred to the metal. Print your image in mirror to the paper and hold it on the metal you can use tape for it i wrap a piece of the paper around the metal and hold it with my hands than put same acetone on your.

However if you aren t the inventing sort there is a way that you can combine photography printmaking and the metal shop. A unique tutorial on how to transfer photographs to metal with photo artist bonny lhotka whose work hangs in the smithsonian. By placing an ink jet transparency against a purel brushed surface the ink will pull off and make a print on a surface of your choosing. Fine grit sandpaper for preparing the metal surface cup of waterpaper towels.

Immediately place the image down on the sheet metal. From hobby lobby amazon etc brush. Cut the photo print to size so that no border remains unless that s what you want. Metal prints are high quality photos on metal panels that are 45 inch thick and rounded at the corners.

Printed design toner based such as from a laserjet or copy machine. If it hasn t replace the film and keep heating between the paper towels. Hold your burnisher in one hand and your tweezers in the other. Not inkjet this is the same technique i demonstrated in a previous video for transferring prints or photos onto wood.

Sometimes using the burnisher will help. Use the paint brush to spread on a thick layer of mod podge photo transfer medium on the image side of the paper. If you can wait more there is no problem you must allow it to get fully dry many be keeping for overnight is a better idea. Apply a thick coat of acrylic gel medium on the surface you want to transfer the photo.

Image transfer to metal step 1.