Started using cheap flat white paint as a base. My laser transfers are much more legible. I then sprayed with a mat fixative and let it go for 30 min or so. it hung on for the entire preliminary cutting.
On larger surfaces I use an airbrush to spray on Tom's solution. It gives me a more consistent coverage and saves a little of the solution in the process, then I spray cheap hair spray over it LIGHTLY.
Any transfer done with a laser printer can be made stable by using heat. That is how the printer fixes the toner on the paper. I use a heat gun after acetone transfer.