transfer magic

[mhgjewel]

does anybody know how to get a hold of Tom from transfer magic. i clicked on the mail box and i did not get a email address.

thank you

Matthew

 

[TallGary]

Matthew,

Try twdesigns@commspeed.net.

Gary

 

[mhgjewel]

thank you i have tried every single transfer method with transparency paper with no luck, and now i have a chemical headache from all the acetone. have you used this solution?

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Hi Matthew

I use Tom's transfer magic all the time. It's an excellent product and a little bit goes a very long way. A bottle will last you for ages.

But............I highly recommend that you follow Tom's instructions for it's use. Ignore his advise at your expense, time and frustration!!!

The Epson transparancies he recommends are very expensive.........but they work 100% of the time. If used wisley they will last a very long time.

The second thing is the ink cartridge you use. Personally I use a HP printer that uses a #27 black ink cartridge. Others work but I'm not exactley sure what they are. The printer isn't critical but the ink is.

This combination gives me sharp, clear and a 100% transfer everytime.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Powderhorn]

Matthew;
Have you tried the Cerille Solution??? It is home made from the following items.
15-20 mil of Damar Varnish
80 mil of Zippo lighter fluid.
Makes about 4 oz.
Mix together, it will turn cloudy, but it does not hurt it. Keep it capped, it will evaporate quickly.

Then for your transfers, use Renolds Baking Parchment, and a Lazer printer. Print your design on a piece of plain paper, you have to figure out how your printer feeds the paper. Tape a piece of parchment over your design, with tan masking tape. Load the paper back into the printer, and reprint. If you did it right, it will have printed on the parchment. If your printer prints on both sides, disable that function, you only want it to make one pass thru.

To transfer to the metal, use a Q-tip, dip into the solution and coat your metal. It only takes a couple of seconds for it to dry. Position your design print down, and burnish.

There is no drying time for for your Parchment, and it is a lot cheaper than the transparency, and if you print more copy's than you need, they will keep, where transparency will dry out and won't transfer.

Parchment $2.95
Lighter fluid $ 4.95
Damar varnish $3.95 or about.
Lazer printer from Office-Max $50.00 +tax.

After I found this method, it is just about all that I use, hope this helps. I get 100% transfer every time I use it, plus high detail. If you have any questions, PM me.

 

[J Saville]

Matthew,

If you don't want to do the mixture for use with the parchment paper, try the Krylon WORKABLE FIXITIF #1306 spray coating instead. I usually put two coats on the metal and let it dry. The transfers seem to work really well. after I make the transfer, I spray a light coat over it to preserve it while I'm cutting. It dries in just a few minutes

This seems to work the best for me so far.

John S

 

[mhgjewel]

sharpie transfer

well after getting high on acetone, damer, alcohol, fixett, and sharpie fumes, i have come up with a pretty good method. the method is based on the idea that you are stamping the design onto the metal using another material to coat the letters you already made.

i tried all the other ideas and i just could not make them work. when i tried the other methods i would rub and rub and rub but no transfer. i just looked and i was using reynolds wax baking paper, maybe that was the problem.

here it is 1-10, 11-13 below

Matthew

 

[mhgjewel]

11-13

here is 11-13

 

[FANCYGUN]

In my experience, you do not have to rub graphite on the transparancy. Just the red sharpie or any other light color and the transparancy ink works just fine and using the same techniquefor the same effect.

 

[FANCYGUN]

OH.I forgot,
To remove the sharpie ink I just use alcohol. Easier to use than acetone and I keep a spray bottle on my bench to clean the metal as I engrave.

 

[mhgjewel]

i tried it with out the graphite and it did not show up as well. maybe it is michigan!, the economy sucks here so maybe the transfering process will not work either

 

[FANCYGUN]

It must be the altitude and the thin air................

I also say to myself as I burnish."OH PLEEZE WORK>>PLEEZE WORK OH PAHLEEEEZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz"

and it works

 

[Weldon47]

It must be the altitude and the thin air................

Geez, Marty
When I first read your post I thought you said "the attitude and thin hair"....& I was thinking; wow, no wonder I can't do it (it was read before my first cup of coffee)!

Weldon

 

[Tira]

Marty, and I thought I was the only one who prayed to the transfer god....

 

[fegarex]

I pray to the transfer god too but I seem to pray more to the "long straight line" god more......

 

[Tira]

And all this time I thought I was alone - thank God for the cafe and like minds....

 

[FANCYGUN]

There are many "engraving gods" in the secret world of engraving

 

[Andrew Biggs]

One thing I have noticed with tranferring is that humidity and cold can effect the transfer.

In the winter, when the engraving room is cold, I gently warm the peice first with a heat gun. then apply the solution and flash it off with a heat gun.........then make the transfer. It seems that cold or moisture in the atmosphere can make it a bit tricky.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[John B.]

You can remove the marker ink by rubbing a dry erase marker over it and wipe the dry erase off with a cloth,tissue or your palm. (Palm is my method)

Here in the sunny Peoples Republic of California we don't have much heat or cold problem to foul up the transfers.
But the earthquake shakes make it tough to get them placed right.
Poor Andrew has to do all this standing upside down.

 

[mhgjewel]

wow the paper makes all the difference. i got a 80% better transfer with the right paper. i just need to adjust the damer/zippo level. the only down side with this method seems to be the brittleness of the ink.