Foling and flocking

Foiling and Flocking

After getting my screen exposed i made registration marks around the paper so i could easily move paper into the correct place.

 

I then put the screen down and put the glue on it so i could pull the squeegee across it

This then put the glue through on to the paper, as can be seen below then glue is now on the paper and ready to print. 

These are all of my prints after using the screen to put glue on them 

I then took the print over to the heat press, making sure the temperature was at 160 and the timer was at 12 seconds, before this i also placed the foil on top of the glue.

Once taking the paper out of the foil i let it cool down so i could then peel the foil off.

My Final Outcomes

The foil sheets that were peeled off the paper.

Considerations


What paper i should be using, the quality of the prints changed depending on what paper i was using, the black paper which appeared to be very smooth created a much stronger quality of image especially with the flock, the rougher paper didn't seem to print the foil as well. 

Mixing the two different processes can be done, but i have to watch out for the overlapping of the foil and flock, especially if the type is so close together its hard to place the foil on the correct place without it lapping over. 

Making sure that the flock is bigger than the paper i am printing on otherwise it will leave a square around the print. 

Having the correct temperature on the heat press otherwise the foil gets too hot and doesn't come off properly.