Deco foil has a few different types of adhesives to add foil to various materials. I have yet to try them but I’m excited to see what they can do! Ensure your foil piece is nice and smooth and undamaged – if you use scratched dirty foil then the result will be a patchy image. The foil at the top is creased and damage so will not produce a good print. The one in the bottom is smooth and clean. When using helium, inflate the Deco Bubble as well as ALL balloons inside the Deco Bubble with helium. When using air, inflate ALL balloons with air.

Foil Deco Mesh Ribbon 25cm x 9.1 Meters (Navy, Navy foil) Wide Foil Deco Mesh Ribbon 25cm x 9.1 Meters (Navy, Navy foil)

Brother 1212, Brother 2350, Brother 2370 when I've chosen I will update this blog post to let you know what I went for and how it is :) I went for the minc machine as from what I’d read this was the best one on the market (that wasn’t industrial size) however there are other machines available.Your foil transfer sheet should entirely cover your image. You can only do this once (believe me I’ve tried!!!) so make sure your foil covers your whole image – there is nothing worse than getting a perfect print with a tiny edge missing.. Deco foil is a brand of foil transfer sheets from Therm O Web. They are meant to add a colorful pop of metallic or satin finish to a bunch of different types of craft projects. The thirty-one different colors can be added to porous surfaces like paper, wood, and fabric. Try and print at a higher DPI than you need or print the image from a larger image i.e. if you are printing an 8x10” printout then create your image as a 16x20” and print it at an 8x10” size. I have found that this reduces the amount of flaws in the print. Use good quality smooth paper suitable for a laser printer. The paper I use is in the tools section below. I have tried to use quality smooth archival matt paper but results are not consistent and I do find I get better results with the laser printer paper. See links below for the paper I use.

Use Deco-Foil Without Transfer Gel Medium How to Use Deco-Foil Without Transfer Gel Medium

Don’t be tempted to put your print through the laminator again – it will in all likelihood destroy the foiling on the other parts of the print (it takes off that lovely shine and leaves the foiled areas with a duller look). I have even tried to use my minc on a setting of 3 first time and then put the print through on a setting of 1 but this is what happens (notice the marks on the tops of the mane) My Laser Printer - this has sadly been discontinued as I have an OKI C301dn :( I do need a new printer though as I think mine is coming to the end of it's life now. I think I may go for a brother mono laser printer next and I'm going to choose between these 3 : Use good quality foil – I have tried a lower quality foil but I have found it to give poor results. I now use deco foil (see bottom of the blog for link)Once it has come out the other side wait a minute for it to cool down and then gently peel off the foil.

Foil Deco - Etsy UK

Place your image and foil in the transfer folder (or if using a laminator then use a same sized piece of grease proof paper) For this project, I used machines I have around the house so no cutting machine is needed! I also have three different free printable thank you cards for you to make your own. Do NOT use a foil (auto shut-off regulator to inflate Single Bubbles, the outer bubbles of Double Bubbles, or Deco Bubbles; if you do, the foil regulator will shut off too soon and your Bubble will look more like a foil balloon. ONLY use latex regulators on these Bubbles, and keep inflating until the wrinkles and bumps are gone.