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Re: Parchment
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Reply to: #635546 by Aiphid
Aug 31, 2011 7:26pm
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I have really good luck with solvent inks. It seems to work better with toner than with pencil transfers, though, and I never tried it with ink jet transfers.

First off, what is a "solvent ink"? And where do you get it?

Second, why would you be using any ink with a toner transfer? They don't smear.
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Reply to: #635552 by buxton boxers
Aug 31, 2011 7:32pm
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I was going to say parchment paper is great for baking cookies. LOL

Actually, we bought it for baking! We're low-carb around here, cookies are out, so when you guys were talking parchment some time back I suspected I'd either have to pass on the idea or buy an entire roll just to try it. But we were watching an episode of Pati's Mexican Table on PBS the other day and she made a flourless cake using only almonds, sugar, eggs, port wine, and topped with marmalade and almonds. We can substitute Splenda for the sugar, we have some sugar-free jams on hand, everything else is good eatin', so we decided we'd try that recipe. And it involves a springform pan (which we have) lined with parchment, which we needed to get.

No, haven't tried it yet. Not sure we're gonna do it soon or wait for cooler weather. SWMBO isn't thrilled with the idea of heating up the big oven during air conditioning season, prefers to do such cooking during heating season.
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Reply to: #635555 by Baqash
Aug 31, 2011 7:36pm
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try instead of cutting a sheet size, cut a piece a little larger than your image and tape it in position on the top and two sides.

Actually, cutting it to 8-1/2" x 11" worked quite well! This particular printer, the Epson, is really good about feeding paper, very rarely messes up even with this lightweight, flimsy stuff. Now, the printer I had before this, an HP, was horrible about feeding paper, would jam all the time, I most certainly would have needed to do the tape-down method with that machine.

Draft is the mode you want.

No, it's not.

if you are transfering to pink you shouldn't need to "fix" the image.

Ah, I am using pink, so perhaps I need to try it unfixed. I always had some issues with it smearing back when I was doing plastic sheet transfers, though.
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Reply to: #635648 by WiseOldOwl
Aug 31, 2011 7:46pm
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i transfer right away.
i would guess if you printed at normal and could protect it from smearing on the way home it might work. You'll have to let us know.
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Reply to: #635664 by Kirbert
Aug 31, 2011 7:49pm
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if you are going to print heavier than draft you may still get some smearing on pink, but it should be significantly less than with transparencies.

It is as if the parchment does absorb some of the ink rather than it all sitting on the surface.
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Reply to: #635661 by Kirbert
Aug 31, 2011 8:13pm
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First off, what is a "solvent ink"? And where do you get it?

Staz-On is an example of a solvent ink.
Re: Parchment
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Reply to: #635542 by Kirbert
Aug 31, 2011 8:59pm
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The parchment comes off the roll with a nasty curvature to it.

Instead of buying a roll of parchment from the grocery store, you might try getting a sheet from a commercial bakery. Wholesale parchment for baking comes in "full sheet pan" size (roughly 16"x24"), and it's shipped and stored flat.
If you ask really nicely, you could probably get a sheet for free -- although retail parchment for home baking is a bit pricey, purchased wholesale it comes out to less than a dime per sheet (of course, bakeries purchase it in cases of 1,000 sheets).
I'm eager to try this method myself -- so far I've only carved stamps from hand-drawn designs, so I've pencil-traced and transferred using tracing paper. Never occurred to me to use parchment.
BTW, I've experienced that the slipperiness of parchment paper can vary depending upon the manufacturer.
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Reply to: #635661 by Kirbert
Sep 1, 2011 5:07am
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First off, what is a "solvent ink"? And where do you get it?

A solvent ink is a permanent ink that works well on plastics, rubbers, glass, and metal. You can buy some at virtually any craft store, or right from Webfoot.

Second, why would you be using any ink with a toner transfer? They don't smear.

A second benefit of using the ink to fix the image is that it creates contrast between what you've carved and what you haven't carved, making firm cut much easier to carve.

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Reply to: #635542 by Kirbert
Sep 1, 2011 5:39pm
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So does one side of the parchment paper work better than the other? I've got a roll of Reynolds brand and the outside is a little bit smoother. I tried it a few weeks ago (can't remember which side I printed on) and the ink didn't want to transfer off the parchment very well even with hard rubbing.
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Reply to: #635952 by Open Space
Sep 1, 2011 5:47pm
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So does one side of the parchment paper work better than the other?

No idea. After I straightened my sheet out as best I could, it still had a bit of curl to it, so I fed it through the printer the way I felt the curl wouldn't hurt the feeding.

I did transfer immediately. I didn't want to give the inkjet ink any more time to dry than absolutely necessary. It does come almost completely off the parchment; I was able to reuse the same area of the parchment, although I don't think this could go on forever because it seems to get a bit wrinkly and worn-looking in that spot after a couple of transfers.
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Reply to: #635952 by Open Space
Sep 1, 2011 5:52pm
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So does one side of the parchment paper work better than the other? I've got a roll of Reynolds brand and the outside is a little bit smoother. I tried it a few weeks ago (can't remember which side I printed on) and the ink didn't want to transfer off the parchment very well even with hard rubbing.

Yes. When I print it, I print on the outer curve (i.e. when you place the curled parchment on the table, it is an upside down U shape - the top side of that. Does that make sense?) Trying to get it to transfer fromthe other side was TERRIBLE, I almost gave up with this method before I reallized that one side worked better than the other.
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Reply to: #635961 by The Rowe-vers
Sep 1, 2011 5:53pm
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i print on that outside curve as well. it made some sort of logic to me as i was taping it down.
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Reply to: #635961 by The Rowe-vers
Sep 1, 2011 5:58pm
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Yes. When I print it, I print on the outer curve.

Well, I got lucky then, because that's the first side I tried.
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Reply to: #635966 by Kirbert
Sep 1, 2011 6:03pm
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as did I kirbert. never thought about the sides being different
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Reply to: #635971 by Baqash
Sep 1, 2011 6:23pm
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Ok, I'm going to give it another shot. Hopefully it will work better this way.
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Reply to: #635976 by Open Space
Sep 1, 2011 7:10pm
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note to self.... make sure the cold iron doesn't have any water in it....
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Reply to: #635993 by Open Space
Sep 1, 2011 7:21pm
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Good idea...got a good laugh out of that....;-)
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Reply to: #635996 by Okie Dog
Sep 1, 2011 9:19pm
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After several tires I finally got a nice transfer. Here were my steps (and mis-steps) in case it helps someone else.

I printed the image on plain paper and then taped the parchment paper over the printed area. I printed on the smooth side (outside of roll side) of the parchment. The first pass was too light in color because I used draft printing mode and made the image gray instead of black. The second pass sort of worked. I made it darker, and tired to use the iron to transfer the image. This didn't work too well for me (even after dealing with the water situation). Some parts of the image didn't transfer. So I cleaned up the pink stuff with StazOn stamp cleaner and tired again.

This time I went back to the original black and white image and printed in draft mode. Then I taped the parchment to the stamp and colored over the back side with a pencil (that's what works best for me with pencil transfers). This made a nice clean transfer. The only downside is that the pencil lead doesn't stick to the parchment so it makes a mess if you smear it off the parchment.

As for the transfer to the stamp, I didn't find that it smeared much at all. It's about as permanent as a pencil transfer. Maybe it was the StazOn cleaner I used earlier?
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Reply to: #635542 by Kirbert
Sep 1, 2011 9:40pm
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I just discovered another little tidbit: If, after transfers, you find that there remains some inkjet ink on your parchment, it can be easily cleaned up with a regular pencil eraser. Comes right off, good as new.
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Reply to: #635993 by Open Space
Sep 1, 2011 9:43pm
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My cheap POS iron doesn't have anyplace to put water. Perhaps more importantly, it doesn't have any pesky holes in the bottom, either; the bottom is simply flat. I think you'd have to be careful to avoid the areas with the holes when using a steam iron for transfers. It'd probably have me looking for something else with a flat bottom.
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Reply to: #635663 by Kirbert
Sep 3, 2011 6:14am
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We are also into low-carb cooking and I would highly recommend cookbooks by Dana Carpenter which happen to include several cookie recipes for that parchment paper.