What kind of paper do you print lams on? *NM*

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…rice…?

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surfsource.net sells the paper you need.

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…or a great company called: Interwest, 641 Upper Vintners, Fremont, CA 94539, 510-656-0716

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do you get them printed through a computer, or are they screen printed? if they are screen printed, what type of paint to use,acrylic?? liquitex??

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I’m either going to print the image of a computer, or just try airbrushing it myself.

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It is called silky paper and is not made of rice…Use Nadar 6100 ( if not it is the 9100 series) series paint. It is easy if you are going to use one color. Get a screen burned, get Jiffy clamps, silkiy paper and a squeegee…

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I print mine from my computer…comes out great.

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yeah, printing from the computer works great as long as ink and resin are compatable. i glass with surfsource’s 2 part epoxy and it makes certain colors bleed. i put the lam down direct on the blank (polyurethane, not polystyrene blanks) with regular polyester resin, then glass as usual.

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Sylvia,(or others) What kind of Printer/ Ink do you use. And are you using rice paper taped onto a larger sheet of paper so that it is able to go through the printer well? thanks in Advance Kevin

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Howzit Kevin, Epson printers that use Durabrite ink are great for lams since most printers use a dye ink that will fade in a matter of weeks when exposed to the sun, where as the durabrite inks don’t fade. The rice paper I use can be stacked in the printer and runs thru it just like regular paper.I wish I could tell you the products name but I can’t read Japanese. I just got an order for 150 lams this morning plus I picked up another customer yesterday. What started out as a personal project has turned into a business. Aloha, Kokua

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So are the pros using printers now too? How many pros uses traditinal sqeegy versus printer???