Transfer Photo To Sheet Metal

Use the paint brush to spread on a thick layer of mod podge photo transfer medium on the image side of the paper.

Transfer photo to sheet metal.

Not inkjet this is the same technique i demonstrated in a previous video for transferring prints or photos onto wood. Print image on paper. Metal sheet copper brass etc. To transfer a print to metal start by cutting out a piece of sheet metal and sanding the surface with 600 grit sandpaper.

With no frame required the prints have a sleek clean look that is ultra modern and allows all of the attention to be on the subject of your photo. Printed design toner based such as from a laserjet or copy machine. A unique tutorial on how to transfer photographs to metal with photo artist bonny lhotka whose work hangs in the smithsonian. 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.

Press the photo copy onto the surface uniformly without any kink or bubbles. Apply a thick coat of acrylic gel medium on the surface you want to transfer the photo. Use mirror image for anything with text. If it hasn t replace the film and keep heating between the paper towels.

Leave it for at least 6 8 hours. Carefully lift one corner of the film with the tweezers and see if the image has transferred to the metal. Fine grit sandpaper for preparing the metal surface cup of waterpaper towels. Cut the photo print to size so that no border remains unless that s what you want.

Immediately place the image down on the sheet metal. Image transfer to metal step 1. Metal prints are high quality photos on metal panels that are 45 inch thick and rounded at the corners. From hobby lobby amazon etc brush.

However if you aren t the inventing sort there is a way that you can combine photography printmaking and the metal shop. It is different from typical t shirt transfer products because the paper is removed afterwards leaving just the image. Hold your burnisher in one hand and your tweezers in the other. Then print off a design using a toner based laser printer and cut it out so it will fit over the sheet metal.

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.