acetone xerox transfer

[Corbin Law]

Ive heard about this method but never tried it until today

is anyone here familiar with it

ive been attempting to tranfer this symbol on the cover of all the first edition volumes of henyrik ibsen plays to some medium i could scan in for a t shirt im designing for the play

but thus far i havent gotten anything working much other than some text that seemed to transfer easily

any tips, advice techniques?

[poly800rock]

for silkscreening? should work fine. I think you have to do the negative though, iirc, it's been like 10 years since i did one that way though...

[Corbin Law]

nah not with silkscreening

just paper to whatever medium transfer

i could only sorta get it over to paper

but i tried it on the weft yarns of a shitty pair of levis i paint in

it didnt work

[swisloc]

i've only done it with limited success to plaster and other types of smooth surfaces, like other paper products. from experience, i don't think this method works for obtaining clean transfers (cause you are dependent, largely, on how saturated the toner from the copier is) but if rough is okay and the surface is smooth, it works sometimes.

i'm not surprised it wouldn't work on a textile.

[cheapmuthafukr]

hmm... ive seen xerox prints done, but it was done with gum arabic and ink. you take the xerox, coat it with gum aribic, which sticks to the white but not the black. wipe off the excess with a wet sponge, then spread the ink on the xerox. wipe off excess ink from the print, ink should stick to the black parts and come off of the white, which is coated with gum arabic. lay it on the surface, roll over it with a roller, and lift the paper up. you should have the print on the fabric.