On the other day I did Rub-on transfer craft. The pictures are like stickers but you need to rub them on the target to get them off the film and get stuck there where you desire to. The reason I decided to make a tutorial post about it is that at a shop I heard ladies talking about Rub-on Transfer pictures. They all agreed it is difficult and they never make it succeed proper. So, here we go.
1. It is not difficult but needs slow and gentle hands.
2. Each sheet is individual -no matter they would all have similar figures from the same manufacturer. (Sun shine, temperatures and other circumstances affect on the material.)
3. Cut the desired design from the sheet. The sheet includes background paper (in this case bright white), folio and picture behind the folio. Simpliest thing is to cut it all which means also the background paper.
4. Remove the background paper from the desired picture you just cut off the sheet.
5. Set the picture on the place you want to fasten it. The folio comes on the top. Meaning the glue surface is behind the artwork. You can feel it a bit sticky when touching it.
6. Rub on the picture with a stick or something like that. Rub repeated and firmly. Make sure you rubbed the whole area of the figure. Do this especially careful at the corners and edges. Notice that you can see through the folio where the glue itself ends -glue area is usually wider than the figured area. You need to rub all the glue area too. When you do this in good light you can see from the reflection of the folio's surface that the rubbed area seems different than unrubbed. Sometimes the difference can be seen very easily, sometimes it feels like a spiritual case and you can not be sure. Some sheets demand harder and longer work than the others. Start gently and if it doesn't seem to make difference try harder.
7. Tadaa! You are finished! Peel off (gently) the film that's on the picture. Little by little to see what happens.
8. Ooops! It is stuck or begins to rupture. What did you say, it is difficult and you never handle it proper, waste of time!!!
9. Breath! You can fix it!
10. You can see through the folio, can't you?
11. Ok, is the picture stucked? In that case put the folio back on the picture and rub more to get the picture off the folio. Read the part 14.
12. Ok, does the picture get off the surface you want to fasten it? In that case make sure the surface is suitable for this kind of artwork. If it is, put the folio back and rub more. Read the part 14.
13. Ok, is the picture ruptured or begins to rupture when you peel off the folio? In that case place the folio back and rub more. Notice that you can put the folio back even you had peel it all off. You can still see through it, can't you? So you can easily replace the parts of the picture there where they belong to. Rub more.
14. Try again to peel off the folio. BUT do it from another corner / edge you started first!!!! If the sheet is tricky you might do this few times but you will succeed at the end I bet.
