Anyone else had trouble with rice paper logos and epoxy? Mine keep blistering. I’ve tried a squeegee, plastic spreader and roller. Roller worked the best but still a few little spots that concern me. Any tips?
What do you mean by blistering? Bubbles?
You really need to saturate it and it will stick to foam.
Also I stopped using rice paper altogether. I only use Silky Medium.
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I don’t trust Rice paper to go completely transparent. Silky Medium does, even on darker colors.
Rick.
G’day Deanbo,
I’ve had this happen before and could only really put it down to glassing on a rising temp.
Hypodermic 21# needle and syringe and weight or clamp it down does the trick to get rid of the bubble.
I baby sat my last epoxy lam and no bubbles. But I did glass it on a falling temp.
Regards
Daren
Howzit deanbo, Are the logos computer generated and printed on an ink jet printer? Those have a tendency to blister a lot around the edges of the logo so I trim the paper as close to the logo as possible. Another culprit is not enough resin under the paper, the foam will suck up a lot of the resin which leaves dry areas that don’t adhere. One trick you can try is to spray a couple of coats of clear acrylic on the paper, this helps. By the way you are putting the logos under the glass I hope.Aloha,Kokua
Oh yeah, I’m definitely putting it under the glass. I don’t think epoxy permeates rice paper as well as polyester is all.
Howzi t deanbo, Didn’t realize you are using epoxy, you might have to keep on it with the squeegee til the epoxt starts to set up. Once again is it a computer generated logo done on an ink jet printer? Aloha,Kokua
I know this may seem obvious, so forgive me if you’re already doing it…
But are you putting epoxy down first, then laying the logo on top of that?
Or are you laying your dry logo down, putting dry glass on top of that, then pouring your epoxy over the top of everything?
Its more steps, but I always get my glass cut to shape, then when I am ready to put down my epoxy I roll it back past where the logo will be. I put down a little bit of epoxy right on the blank, then lay the logo on top of it. Squeegee that flat, make sure it’s in exactly the right position, then roll the glass back over it and lam as normal.
I’ve never had a blister.
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G’day Deanbo,
I’ve had this happen before and could only really put it down to glassing on a rising temp.
Hypodermic 21# needle and syringe and weight or clamp it down does the trick to get rid of the bubble.
I baby sat my last epoxy lam and no bubbles. But I did glass it on a falling temp.
Regards
Daren
Hey Deanbo
Same thing happened to me. About the size of a 50c piece.
Entity gave me the same advice and turned out great.
Although I couldn’t get hold of a needle.
Just drilled 2 holes at opposite ends of the bubble with my smallest drill bit and syringed resin into one end until it flowed out the other with the bubble filled.
I then weighted it with padded bricks until it was cured.
Some freindly advice.
Lay down a piece of black plastic between the glass and the bricks.
Doesn’t stick
Also dont lift the bricks until it has cured. it will suck more air in when the pressue is lifted.
If I didn’t tell anyone about it, the wouldn’t notice it.
Cheers
you cant see them on light colours
only on dark
i basically decided that its not the go for getting desings on there
i dunno maybe someother paper