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print your own photos, drawings or text on the ceramic easier than you might think. This article discusses two popular techniques that will help you transfer images from your home ceramic surfaces such as plates, mugs and tiles, for example.
Method 1 – Using water slides papers to print designs onto ceramics
This is one of the easiest DIY projects I’ve ever done and professional results expected in the first attempt.
1 – Purchase a waterslide decal paper. If the ceramic surface with white or light in color, select the clean water slide decal paper. Alternatively, if the ceramic surface dark, go for the white slide decal paper. Sticker papers are available for both inkjet and laser printers work differently. We need to explain the difference later in this article. A package of five A4 pages is enough to print photos onto mugs or ceramic is about 20 maybe 10 plates.
2- Open your image or type text, Microsoft Word, or image editing software like Photoshop. You will need to size the work for you ceramic surface, such as a mug printing project, you can use the top left quarter of the page, and then print a test regular piece of paper, and maybe even cut that out and put the mug to we are pleased with the size.
3 – Load the transfer paper into the printer so that it lands on the printed onto the paper shiny side. This coated side of the paper, which is effective in a very thin film, which slides off the paper backing, when water is used later in the production process.
4 – Remove the printed image or text, and either cut it out now, or if it has reached the A4 sticker paper with pictures, leave it a piece as you can make the next step easier.
5 – If you bought inkjet waterslide decal paper, you will also need a clear varnish to the next stage as you start to apply the varnish on the image. Make sure that both waited at least 30 minutes or longer hair dryer used in the print is dry.
6 – Apply 2-3 rapid or spray paint over the image, each for about 10 minutes. Do not use too much, because it will harden the matrix, which will be inconvenient to apply to a curved surface. Apply to small and although you risk leaving a small area of water or two to attend the printing, ink is smudge. True, he is not too affected by the application of paint ceramic printing with this method is very forgiving and follow the instructions with great results.
7 – Cut out the image near the edges and put a little water. Use your fingers to the paper under water, and also to keep it flat as it will automatically have a tendency to curl up when it hits the water. Once again, do not worry if it does not, we can easily flatten out again while in the water with your fingers.
8 – about 30 seconds, the paper backing suddenly become loose and slip off easily. Do not slide down, though. Remove the ceramic matrix of the water and slide down to 1 cm. Apply 1 cm of the film that has been slipping down directly on the ceramic surface and slide the other paper backing, so if the film printed directly on the ceramic surface. Gently down under the water to die fingers being careful at this stage, not to tear it.
9 – The sticker starts to harden almost instantly, and when it dries you can place in oven for another 10 minutes at 110 ° C
10 – Applying a coat of clear varnish will give extra support to the project. Waterslide decal paper, however, an excellent finish for decorative purposes. Hand wash any project with ceramic and do not place the finished work, such as ceramic cups and plates in a dishwasher.
The difference between inkjet and laser waterslide decal paper
The two label papers are similar and have the same desired result, the main difference is that you do not require the use of clear acrylic spray / clear lacquer laser-slide decal paper. You effectively can skip step 5 and 6 points. After ceramic laser projects a slide paper, of course, apply a clear varnish added protection and durability.
Method 2 – Use of applying ceramic paint your own ceramics designs
If you have some artistic flair, or just want to go to pottery painting, you start getting some of the basics, such as a suitable ceramic Paintbrushes. PEBEK and Liquitex the two leading brand of ceramic paint and brush size in Round 1 and 2 ¼ “flat would be suitable for small ceramic painting, for example.
Start by washing the ceramic surface with soap and water, dry and start drawing the design onto the ceramic using a pencil. Needless pencil marks can be removed from the water, or painted over. Choose a color and press the palette. ceramic ink will go a long way, but also dry and I do not mind quickly when you start and an idea before the start of the color scheme.
mix colors, apply the lighter color on the palette first, so if you wanted a gray color, you should apply some white in palette and a little dark, until it reaches the ideal gray. Keep in mixed colors in case you need them later finishing touches.
Start with the lighter colors first, and use one color at a time. Place a small amount of paint on the palette, but that a modest amount of round brush and paint evenly across the ceramic natural flow. Ceramic ink dry quickly, which allows an additional layer of quickly enough if necessary.
Use a liner brush (small brush) detailed edges. Lighter colors can be painted over when it comes to painting or darker colors, do not panic, if you go over the edges.
Continue to work using the lightest color in the darkest colors the last, and finally every last black.
Ceramic paint dries to a slightly raised surface about 3 hours and completely dry 48 hours. The finished work will be scratch-resistant and can be gently hand wash in cold water. Just like a paper sticker, do not put in the dishwasher finished ceramics.
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Source by Kareem Sherazi Naiyar