Transfer Photo To Sheet Metal

Sometimes using the burnisher will help.

Transfer photo to sheet metal.

Fine grit sandpaper for preparing the metal surface cup of waterpaper towels. A unique tutorial on how to transfer photographs to metal with photo artist bonny lhotka whose work hangs in the smithsonian. With no frame required the prints have a sleek clean look that is ultra modern and allows all of the attention to be on the subject of your photo. To transfer a print to metal start by cutting out a piece of sheet metal and sanding the surface with 600 grit sandpaper.

Not inkjet this is the same technique i demonstrated in a previous video for transferring prints or photos onto wood. Carefully lift one corner of the film with the tweezers and see if the image has transferred to the metal. If you can wait more there is no problem you must allow it to get fully dry many be keeping for overnight is a better idea. Hold your burnisher in one hand and your tweezers in the other.

Cut the photo print to size so that no border remains unless that s what you want. However if you aren t the inventing sort there is a way that you can combine photography printmaking and the metal shop. Immediately place the image down on the sheet metal. Place face down on support surface and transfer using a hot iron.

If it hasn t replace the film and keep heating between the paper towels. From hobby lobby amazon etc brush. Image transfer to metal step 1. Print image on paper.

Metal sheet copper brass etc. Use the paint brush to spread on a thick layer of mod podge photo transfer medium on the image side of the paper. By placing an ink jet transparency against a purel brushed surface the ink will pull off and make a print on a surface of your choosing. Use mirror image for anything with text.

Leave it for at least 6 8 hours. Then print off a design using a toner based laser printer and cut it out so it will fit over the sheet metal. Printed design toner based such as from a laserjet or copy machine. Metal prints are high quality photos on metal panels that are 45 inch thick and rounded at the corners.

It is different from typical t shirt transfer products because the paper is removed afterwards leaving just the image.