Winter's Song Wreath - Paintable - Transfer - 24"x 24"


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Winter's Song Wreath - Paintable - Transfer - 24"x 24"

DETAILS: Dimensions: 24" x 24" Soft Black


IOD Paintable Decor Transfers

What you need to know

IOD Paintable Décor Transfers are similar to original IOD Décor Transfers, but in a material and design that is ideally suited for coloring in. They are so. Much. Fun. And, their versatility makes it possible for you to make your project completely unique. Want to go with neutrals? Want to explode with color? Have it your way!


As always, apply your Paintable Décor Transfer to a clean, matte, dry base. Many people use chalk and mineral type paints on these projects, and they work great. Optionally, when using chalk paint you can seal with a matte sealer.

Prior to application, protect your Transfer from dust or debris by keeping it with it’s protective backing sheet until applied. Dust will interfere with adhesion. Since we use a special non stick backing to avoid transfer damage from excessive cling, you will need to take care that you keep them together until you apply it.

Apply your Paintable Décor Transfer to your surface by rubbing with the included tool until it is completely transferred. When you lift the clear sheet to check, if there are any bits left on the sheet, just gently lay it back down and rub those spots to transfer them.

Once your image is completely transferred, make sure it is all securely down and burnish with a clean dry cloth so all edges are snuggly adhered.


Next you can go one of two ways.

Route 1)

Seal with a flat sealer. Whichever sealer you use, you want it to work with your medium without causing excessive beading. Beading means that it won’t sit still, and it wants to move into little balls. Water based mediums like watercolors, will bead on slick surfaces. Some sealers will cause beading with these mediums, and some won’t. If you choose a sealer that does cause a little beading action with your medium, one option is to counteract that by buffing the dried sealer lightly but thoroughly with a fine sanding sponge (I like 220 grit), to give it some tooth. Alternately, you can use a ground that is specifically designed to mimic a porous surface, like a clear “watercolor ground”, or a clear gesso. I personally like to use the General Finishes flat out flat sealer and most of the time I don’t need to scuff it. The two upsides that I personally like when sealing my transfer prior to tinting are A) I have more open time with the medium so I can more easily blend it or even remove it if needed. it’s more forgiving than a more porous surface and B) It makes the paint and the transfer the same sheen, so they both respond to the mediums the same way.

 

 

 Tinting your paintable.

There are so many different mediums that you can use with the IOD Paintable Décor Transfers. Some of the qualities that I look for when using them for large pieces like furniture are:

  • Lightfastness.  Lightfastness is a property of a colourant such as dye or pigment that describes how resistant to fading it is when exposed to light. Dyes and pigments are used for example for dyeing of fabrics, plastics or other materials and manufacturing paints or printing inks. (Wikipedia)
  • Permanency- This is somewhat flexible because as long as a medium is lightfast, then the permanency can be enhanced by the sealer that goes over it, even if the medium itself is not considered permanent.
  • Translucency. For the purpose of tinting our IOD Décor Paintables, we tend to favor a medium that is translucent and therefore will allow the lines to show through even if they are painted over. That said, chalk paint is very opaque, and can be made transparent by diluting with water. This method works fabulously, so keep that in mind when considering opacity and translucency.
  1. Big Brush Pitt Pens by Faber Castell. 
  2. Diluted chalk paint. 
  3. Dr. PH Martin Bombay India ink. 
  4. Dr. Ph Martin’s Hydrus liquid watercolors. 
  5. Water soluble crayons such as Tim Holtz distress crayons. 
  6. Alcohol inks and copic markers. 
  7. Acrylic inks.  

After you have tinted your IOD Paintable Décor Transfer, you will want to seal it. IF your medium remains reactive when dry(that means that adding liquid will cause it to smear), then you will need to avoid brushing on a sealer which could smear it. In this case, you will want to use a sprayable option. Even if you do a light misting to set it, and then brush on your favourite sealer.

There are so many creative possibilities with Paintable Décor Transfers, allow yourself to have fun and enjoy the process.

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