laminating paper potential problem

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In search for rice paper at staples just thinking to be an easy grab and go, I was brought to a paper called "vellum". The lady I had asked directed me to the paper said it was just like rice paper. I did not know much about it at the time, only to do research and find that it is used for sketchings. And after reading some posts on here about it, it doesnt look good. I am hearing rumors about how the paper does not wet well with resin. So stupid me and excited to do a new board for a customer, I decided to laminate with it yesterday. 

I see a discoloration where the laminate meets the board. The laminate looks a little darker then the white of the foam. Im scared to hotcoat it thinking that it will only show even more. Im even more scared to show the customer when its a finished product. I shouldve looked more into this before assuming that this was a no-brainer. Now Im stuck big time. 

If anyone has any knowledge on this paper and ANY alternatives on how to correct this, it will be appreciated. I will send a picture of the board to show what it looks like. It's a 6'4" shorty double conc.

 

P.S. I was thinking of taking a white posca paint marker and coloring out where all the discoloration of the paper was from the white of the board to the ink of the laminate. Problem is im not sure how well it wil hold up on the pre-hotcoat post lamination stage. Would this work? Otherwise yep Im screwed it seems.

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      Howzit resindrums,Tracing paper works pretty good on clear boards,I know Bill Hamilton used it a lot. Aloha,Kokua

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Using paper as a backing works but I would suggest using transparencies as backing as they tent to give the tissue or rice paper better color saturations. Paper absorbs ink, transparencies do not so more ink stays in the rice or tissue paper. If you have access to a sceen printing supply shop. get t-shirt tack. its will hold the paper on the tranparencies but not glue it down. peels right off and doesnt show in the lam. Works amazing

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Ive had backyard uys bring in Vellum logos. they work but I make them trim the border nice and evenly like 1/4 of an inch so it creates a nice even border. Just order rice paper online or from any decent art supply store, its sometimes called mulberry paper.

 

Since what you have is already under the glass just go with it. If your customer is super concerned with the logo, give him a few bucks off to compensate. I wouldnt call it a mistake but since it was your choice to go ahead with the vellum before testing it, just own up that it didnt work out. Eventually the pen and the board will fade different so its a now or later issue.

if you do do the paint pens, just do a filler coat to fill the weave of laminating resin, do the line and then hotcoat after.

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Best to use tissue paper, it’s in the wrapping paper Isle at stores.  It wets out totally clear.  Trick to using it is to use stick glue and run a light coat around the edges of a

Normal size sheet of paper.  Press the tissue paper to the normal paper and smooth our all crinkles.  The feed through the printer.

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thank you guys.  yeah it was definitely a lesson learned. definitely sticking to the rice paper route next time.

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Yeah I have seen it all come in. Mostly washed out.

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Talk to Nancy at

http://www.mindspring.com/~dba-interwest/www/web10.htm

for your silk paper needs , it prints and wets out better one side.  i print on side that crowns up when you unrole it. try to stay away from the color red it likes to bleed.

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