{"id":10212,"date":"2022-12-21T17:41:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T22:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ursula-smith.com\/?p=10212"},"modified":"2022-12-21T17:41:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T22:41:32","slug":"foiling-experiments-using-a-laminator-spray-adhesive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ursula-smith.com\/mixed-media\/foiling-experiments-using-a-laminator-spray-adhesive\/","title":{"rendered":"Foiling Experiments using a Laminator- Spray Adhesive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone! I am back with another experiment with heat activated foil. I played around with other mixed media products in my previous post here<\/a>. This time I decided to try spray adhesive. I am using the kind that’s permanent or repositionable.<\/p>\n

I first sprayed through a stencil onto cardstock, and I actually did it with the stencil upside down because I wanted the stencil to have repositionable adhesive on the back. I put the stencil aside to dry, and while the sprayed cardstock was still wet, I put the foil on top. I used DecoFoil by IKraft and that did not stick to the adhesive. I didn’t leave it very long, so it might eventually stick if I left it. Instead, I put the whole thing through my laminator and it did end up sticking.<\/p>\n

I did a terrible job of spraying through the stencil (as usual I should have taped it down probably), but that was kind of a cool idea. So then I thought that maybe I could just spray a sheet of cardstock. When you use these sprays- I didn’t realize this when I started using them, but I do this now- you should hold the can upside down and spray to clean the nozzle so it doesn’t get clogged.<\/p>\n

And so for this experiment after I was done spraying the adhesive, I sprayed upside down onto the piece of cardstock, and then I laid foil onto that whole piece.
\nI tried to lift the foil up right away and again it didn’t stick well. So I pushed it back down and then ran it through the laminator. However, I was left with a section that didn’t look as nice where I had tried to lift it up (more on this later).<\/p>\n

I loved the way this sheet came out! It almost has like a crackly look to it! I could just die cut whatever I want from this piece. But I will caution you that when I run items through the laminator I use paper carrier sheets, and some of the glue got on the paper sheets and kind of ripped them.\u00a0 It’s fine because I can just grab another sheet of paper to use as a carrier sheet, but just be careful if you’re going to do this experiment this way with the glue. I wouldn’t put this through the laminator without a carrier sheet of some kind. That would not be a good idea!<\/p>\n

In any event, if you want to give this idea a shot, I would probably let it cure first and see if potentially it would stick if you just let it sit on the adhesive for a little bit longer. It also might be different depending on which brand of glue you use? \u00a0I had the machine going so I figured I would give it a shot this way, running it through the laminator \ud83d\ude09 .<\/p>\n

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Foil with Spray Adhesive 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BTW it’s really hard to see in the video and pictures what the color of this foil is.\u00a0The foil is actually a rose color. There’s also a section that is gold. This was the part where I started to lift the foil and it wasn’t working, so I pushed it back down, but some of the adhesive must have gotten pulled into the foil, maybe? I’m not sure what exactly ended up happening. When I pushed it back down and ran it through the laminator the rose color didn’t transfer. But then I put some gold on top and ran it through a second time. And that’s what that little gold section is.<\/p>\n

If you’re going to do it this way I would again caution you to use a carrier sheet, and don’t lift it right away just stick the foil down and run it through the laminator. If you want to test letting it sit for a while to see if the permanent adhesive will dry and work, then I would try at least a couple of hours at first before you try lifting it off. You might want to try two pieces of cardstock- one to let sit as the test, and one to run through the laminator for instant gratification, haha.<\/p>\n

In the video I showed a tag that I made from the rose foiled cardstock. Once you make some of these sheets, it is really fun to use them to die cut the embellishments after the fact.<\/p>\n

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Foil with Spray Adhesive Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This might be easier than making die cuts and then adding the foil, but you will waste more foil I think. Either way though, what’s better than foiled die cuts to add to your projects? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n