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A local stationary place sold me a Japanese sketch pad as "rice paper". The paper is very thin, but I'm wondering if it is thin enough.
I'm experimenting. The decals below are my test run. The one on the left was epoxied face down in case of running colors. The one on the right was epoxied face up. No problem with running colors, but as you can see the paper does not completely wet out or disappear. It will probably work, but will require me to neatly trim the image.
Any experience out there? Should I look for thinner paper?
Here is a picture of the project too.
Thanks in advance.
Fitz
5 replies:
RE: "Rice Paper" Decorations
I used tissue paper that I bought at the local drug store for wrapping a present. You know the stuff you crumple and stuff into the top of a gift bag. The white turns nicely clear. On my first yak, it was not under fibregalss, just 1 coat of epoxy and 4 coats of varnish. You have to work at to see the "halo"... the trick is to tape the tissue paper to a sheet of regular paper to run through the printer. If you have a straight paper feed it works much better, check your printer a lot of them do. If you printer does not it might be work the couple dollars to hit a local print shop. LOTS of great comments on this detail.
RE: "Rice Paper" Decorations
I too used ordinary lightweight paper - I think it was dressmaker's pattern paeper - for a similar purpose recently. You will have to accept the very slight 'halo' or 'shadow' effect around the printed detail, but it will become all but invisible to you after the first few critical looks! And the closer you trim around the edge, the more it will disappear. One tip - in my case, the print was laid onto the first coat of deck epoxy while still wet: I then gave it (the print paper) a very thin over-coat of epoxy (all while the first still wet), then I ran the blade of a single-edge razor blade held at a shallow angle VERY LIGHTLY along the print - it squeezed the epoxy flat and somehow seemed to give that final nice smooth finish. Enjoy! Wordsmith
RE: "Rice Paper" Decorations
Wow, I guess I have been lucky. I like Mr Kim purchased real rice paper online from an art store in CA and have a lifetime supply. I also agree that you need to tape to regular paper to run through your printer. I print the image on regular paper then tape the Rice paper over that and run it through again. That way I am only using what I need. Once printed, I think I am reading that I do things different. After I wet out my first coat of glass/epoxy, I let it set up for the next coat. I trim the paper in a cloud pattern around the graphic, no square edges or striaght lines. I then place the graphic where I want it and punch epoxy over it like you do stenciling to get the paper completely wetted out, it will disapear right then, and once it disapears I continue applying the 2nd coat of epoxy, and 3rd. I get a slight raised area from the paper and a shadow of the hallow, but then it is time to wet sand the whole boat anyway which smoothes that out, and finish with a (hopefully) final coat of epoxy. If you check my blog and click on the different yak designs, you will see a "Whale" (Expedition Single), a "SeaHorse" & a name plate (Guillemot L) and a "Phoenix" (King) I would think that having it under the glass you will see the glass weave in the sunlight, so that is why I put it on top of the glass just under the rest of the epoxy coats. Good Luck, KK
RE: "Rice Paper" Decorations
Hell, send me an email and if you want to email me your artwork, I will print it out and mail it back to you. Or tell me how big your graphic is and I will send you the paper for you to print out. I do have plenty of paper, I can share. KK
RE: "Rice Paper" Decorations
» Submitted by MrKim - Fri, July 3 » 1:13 PM
I would get some real rice paper. The stuff is cheap. I bought some once and I have a lifetime supply.
Kim