Easy Printed Custom Metal Plates - How to Print on Metal tutorial
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2022
- How to print on metal and other hard surfaces with out special tools. All you need is Multi Trans transfer paper and some basic tools. The paper is meant for heat press but I will show you how to do it without a heat press. I've listed everything you need at the end of this description.
First you clean your metal surface with acetone. Make sure it evaporates before you put your image on the surface. Next you print your image on the transfer paper with laser printer. Image must be mirrored. Squeeze your metal piece and the image between two hard flat surfaces and silicone pads with some clamps. You need to apply a lot of pressure for the transfer to be successful. Put it in an oven. Depending on your set up you may need longer time or different temperature. I piut the items in an oven at 150 celcius for 15 minutes (until the image and metal have heated to around 120 celcius for couple of minutes). Let the metal cool down and peel off the image.
If the paper starts ripping when you pull it off you may have had a bit too much heat. If the image is not sticking you may have not had enough pressure on it.
In the end you can protect your image with some clear coat if you want. When this is done properly clear coat is not usually necessary but the image will be quite durable.
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You sir are a genius! You just opened up so many projects for restorers around the world, thank you! 👍🙂
This is so genius that instead of placing a print on metal and applying pressure and heat from a regular iron or a transfer heat press with a sheet of baking paper over the transfer for 10-20 seconds he shows you instead to add two wooden boards, a silicon mat, lots of clamps, place in the oven and wait 20 minutes! That really is GENIUS!!! I know which process makes sense and it isn't the second one! Hope it helps the process easier and faster for you
This deserves way more than it gets, I absolutely love your content, keep up the good work!
I am so happy I found your channels. They’re so informative and a beauty to watch. Thanks man!
Thanks. Easy to follow tutorial and Easley to do at home without special equipment.
I'm definitely going to save your videos for later reference. 👍👍
I have just seen the restoration of the compressor. I had good expectations and I have not disappointed.
In Russia we have laser ironing technology (
лазерно-утюжная технология, ЛУТ). Instead of an oven, we use an old iron, but we need to choose the temperature, the pressure is provided by the force of pressing the iron. Using this technology, it was possible to transfer the imprint of a laser printer onto an aluminum case, in order to then etch unprotected areas.
Yes there might be other options too, this is just the one I found back when I learned this. I'm not sure if that would work for me. For me it's important that whatever technology it is, it doesn't leave the film from the paper on the white areas. This is because I can also use this method to create a mask for acid etching so I could engrave the image to the metal on the areas that don't have any color on them
Very thorough explanation! Thanks for sharing 🙏
Fascinating. I’m going to try this for some of my guitar projects.
You're so cool! I appreciate you showing us how you do these things
i do something similar , no special paper needed though. i use sublimation ink in an epson printer and print the image mirrored on regular copy paper , put on a thin coat of polycrilic spray on the metal then use a heat press to transfer the image to the metal.
Very nice Idea and a good Job and nice Video 👍❤️👍
Wow good work
Once again, excellent tutorial, OE! :D Great to see another video on the channel! :) That's a good idea to make multiple copies just in case of mistakes! ^^ I actually have seen that thing get stuck on the main channel, that was funny. XD Can't wait for the next experiment in the future!
Hello! I have no idea about the world of printing on metal BUT I do have a piece of advice for you that I know you will appreciate! Get yourself a pair of electricians scissors. Klein are the best of the best and Jobes are damned near as good for a third of the price. I like the comfort grip on the jobes more. You can cut various coins in half with electricians scissors they are a game changer. And even a little smaller than the scissors you used in the video. Cuts thru sheet of metal like this as if it’s cutting paper.
Interesant experiment.
Love it!!!
Hi and Thanks for sharing the technique! What you suggest for attaching the label to a glass bottle??
Nice worked
Very intersting!
So cool!!!!
I bought an old black and white laser printer for not too much . Actually they are more affordable than they used to be. I use it to do toner transfer to etch printed circuit boards using a laminator. I wa thinking maybe I could either use the toner transfer method to do labels or use this stuff using the laminator. Interesting. The toner transfer is quite resistant to abrasion and obviously etching but does come off with solvents which is a good thing for PCBs but not necessarily for labels
Cool, thank you. 👍🇬🇧
Can't wait to see this!
Thanks! I'll post a video on the main channel in an hour or so where I use this technique
@@Odd_Experiments Great! I'll see you there - thanks!
Beautiful work
You may consider using car bumper protective films rather than clear coat to protect your creations, maybe a shop doing car wrap or protection can give you their leftover for free or cheap
Nice video. But, could you make a video where you show step by step how remake plate and so on?...
i like your process. What software did you use to brighten that old label @1.30mins . Thanks
Have you tried cutting down your workpiece before press-baking it? It seems that would make handling a bit easier, and getting the required pressure.
Hienoa työtä👌
Cool
Hi, can you make a video on how do you trace an image and make it look like the original sign.
They are out of stock for the special heat transfer paper can you recommend any other brand
Awesome! Wonder if iron or laminator would do the trick, the one I've used when making PCBs in a similar fashion could chew up 1.6mm easily.
It absolutely does work just ironing it onto the metal. Just heat-transtering the toner is the basic technique.
Wunderbar
used a similar process for metal etching stencils (don't remember the name, blue paper for laser printer use...)
can i use flat iron when heating? i don't have oven
I've seen people do similar things but transferring a laser-print onto their parts with an iron as laser toner is a low-temp melting plastic of sorts, but, I've no experience in applying such things myself, cos I'd mess it up... :P
Did you triy to use iron instead oven ? I think, result will the same.
Do you have a Laser Printer you recommend?
This is awesome. I'll probably never be able to do it, but it's good to know how is done. Thanks.
BTW, you never answered me when I asked you if you re-use the same peroxide or use new every time when you use the restoration box. If would be nice if you could answer me 🙂
I've gotten quite a lot of these questions, and I've answer some. But yes you can to some extent. At some point it will slow down and deplete and all the peroxide (H2O2) has turned into water (H2O) and oxygen (O2)
Instead place a print on metal and apply heat from a regular iron or a heat transfer press with a sheet of baking paper over the transfer for 10-20 seconds! Hope it helps
@@neilgrieve6629 oh ok. Thanks for the tip. I appreciate it.
If you learn how to sharpen tin snips (metal cutting shears) you will get very clean and easy cuts. It's not at all difficult, same process as sharpening scissors. Mine (shears) will cut paper very easily. Just don't grind the wrong edge when sharpening ;-)
I would try aluminum plate (1/4 inch/6 mm) rather than the wood. That should give you better heat transfer.
Can I print this on my regular HP??
Is this actually called a sublimation process? Looks like very similar process anyway... Thumbs Up
Great video. I have to try this method.
What software do you use to create the sticker?
I use Photoshop, but also free softwares work great. It's just something I'm familiar with and i don't want to learn new software
@@Odd_Experiments Understandable. Thanks
but if acetone removes the graphic easily, then its not as solid as it seems
Seen something like this done with that laminated paper behind stickers, can't remember if it was on metal though.
I'm not sure if you mean decal paper. It prints on very thin piece of clear plastic and usually the plastic i almost invisible the downside is that there is still a film on the transparent area. This method can be used to create a mask for acid etching, so I could e.g. write some text and then etch it and remove the color so I'd get an engraved text or image
@@Odd_Experiments Nope, I swear it was the glossy sheet behind normal stickers used as a janky transfer paper, of that I'm certain.
If I find that video again I'll post.
@@pyotrilyichtchaikovskyii6638 my mechanics does this.
@@pfadiva Thought it was the micrometer one but it ain't.
Do you know which video it was by any chance?
Use just laminating machine. It’s very cheap and can be repeated over and over again until satisfactory results are obtained.
Look who's back in 2022.
Try using a paper laminating machine, should be much easier. For making PCBs there is the "direct toner method", we print the circuit on smooth catalog paper, place the paper on the copper PCB material and feed this several times through a tuned laminating machine. The machine usually only reaches about 180!C, but for classic Toner about 200°C are needed. By changing 1...2 resistors the max temperature can be modified. The paper can then just washed away under water, leaving the toner back on the copper as etch resistant. One example: czcams.com/video/W-Ybw583v88/video.html
This process has been way over engineered! Never seen clamps boards and an oven used for transfers. Add your print to the metal. Apply pressure and heat with either a regular clothes iron or a transfer heat press with a sheet of baking paper over the transfer for 10-20 seconds and you get the same results
Was thinking about the iron too 0o", used that for some transfer prints already not sure about metal.
Love your videos I just wish I didn’t have to read while I watch I don’t wanna take my eyes off the video I wish you could just tell us what you’re doing. Please try to you could always just do it after in case you don’t want to mess up or something just while you watch it record yourself or if you want I could do it for you let me know if you are interested… I would love to help
Hey every CZcamsr in existence ! Why don't you put the video's captions exactly where the banner ads appear so we can't read anything ! PM me for other great ideas.
Unfortunately laser printers aren't all that common in a residential setting.
Plenty of print shops though who can do T shirt transfers, or mug prints, which works in the same manner as well for this. They probably have the paper in stock as well, and will print them for a pretty good price.
instead of the oven you can also use a regular carrier sheet and laminator, which will do the same work as the wood and the oven, but will handle thin sheets as large as paper easy enough. Best to use a laminator that uses a carrier sheet, and a do a few passes through, taping the artwork to the base on the leading edge, so it does not shift on the second and subsequent passes. Lucky for me I have such a laminato, and a small ID laminator, which will easily go up to 150C in temperature.
Almost nobody use printers at home, Everyone i know like me use only laser printer since it cost a lot less for toner than ink and inkjet printer heads dry if not used regularly.
@@dozenfaun Not sure where you live but everyone I know from family, friends, and coworkers use inkjet printers. Laser printers are for school/ businesses.
And taking this mess to a print shop defeats the whole purpose of cheap and easy to do which is the point of the video 🤷♂️
Interesting, it might be the case I haven't really thought about it. Where I live, laser printers have been common for over a decade, but I don't know which is more popular. I've assumed lasers because here it's much cheaper in the long run and even the color cartridges stay good longer if you only print couple times a year.
Good but take very long time
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C'est complètement nul
I think something is wrong with your mic cause I couldn't hear you explain what you were doing. I thought we progressed away from silent movies. Trying to watch a video and reading at the same time is quite annoying.
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Hey Odd I love your videos, I’m curious. How did you learn to do all this did you go to school? Or did you learn through trial and error??
I mean I did go to school but just very different school. I have master's degree in life sciences and I did studied a variety of stuff from chemistry and biology to engineering regarding certain manufacturing processess so I can't say it was not helpful at all. But mostly I'm self taught from internet and a lot of trial and error was (and still is involved) of course.