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mcd1369 · 11-07-2009, 08:27 PM

Hello everyone I have a quick question on how to get my color copy of an image to sty on the fiberboard I am going to cut in to a puzzle. I currently am hand drawing and using a color pencil to crete art work then scanning and printing a color copy as I place the copy on the fiberboard with an easy tack spray it stays fine. My goal is to have a nice gloss on top of the picture because it is just paper. As I apply the water-based polyurethane is starts to bubble over and the paper weakens. I am using standard printing stock should I be using a heavier stock? If so which kind? I was told the water-based poly is great for kids so I figured i had the right coating. I noticed a video on youtube of a person making a puzzle and after putting the paper to the fiberboard she then uses a varnish isn't that the same as the poly water-based I am using? Thank you

mcd1369 · 11-07-2009, 08:32 PM

Sorry posted in wrong spot

woodgeek · 11-07-2009, 09:29 PM

MCD - How well your image adheres to the underlying wood has a lot to do with what kind of printer and paper you have. Some papers delaminate very easily when used in puzzle making. I switched to a Epson printer, paper and ink away from a perfectly good Hewlett Packard printer just for this reason.

wood-n-things · 11-07-2009, 09:42 PM

I have found that a heavier bond paper will work quite nicely The paper is out in my shop but I think it was 67 bond. No more bubbles and no more separation.

Here is my conclusion...
Printer Paper for puzzles.

Jim McDonald · 11-08-2009, 01:06 PM

I take my pictures to the photo kiosk and get them to print them. Then Aileen's (sp?) tacky glue spread thin and then clamp a cover over it for a few hours.

As for finish, I have had no problems using either of two different brands of lacquer on top of the print. I did do a check with home printed photos and did not have any problems with colors running with the lacquer. Could be the inks are not water-fast and the finish is disolving them.

georgewoodie · 11-08-2009, 05:14 PM

mcd1369:

I have printed on HP colour printer using photo paper [laser]. I then glued the photo to 1/4 inch baltic birch and coated several times with oil based varnish, then waxed.

Cut the puzzle after that.

No problems.

Woodie

11-07-2009, 08:27 PM	#1
mcd1369 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6	Sealing printed image to wood. Hello everyone I have a quick question on how to get my color copy of an image to sty on the fiberboard I am going to cut in to a puzzle. I currently am hand drawing and using a color pencil to crete art work then scanning and printing a color copy as I place the copy on the fiberboard with an easy tack spray it stays fine. My goal is to have a nice gloss on top of the picture because it is just paper. As I apply the water-based polyurethane is starts to bubble over and the paper weakens. I am using standard printing stock should I be using a heavier stock? If so which kind? I was told the water-based poly is great for kids so I figured i had the right coating. I noticed a video on youtube of a person making a puzzle and after putting the paper to the fiberboard she then uses a varnish isn't that the same as the poly water-based I am using? Thank you

11-07-2009, 09:29 PM	#3
woodgeek Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oregon Posts: 123	MCD - How well your image adheres to the underlying wood has a lot to do with what kind of printer and paper you have. Some papers delaminate very easily when used in puzzle making. I switched to a Epson printer, paper and ink away from a perfectly good Hewlett Packard printer just for this reason. __________________ Rod in Molalla Oregon happily cutting with a DW 788

11-07-2009, 09:42 PM	#4
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	I have found that a heavier bond paper will work quite nicely The paper is out in my shop but I think it was 67 bond. No more bubbles and no more separation. Here is my conclusion... Printer Paper for puzzles. __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

11-08-2009, 01:06 PM	#5
Jim McDonald Workin' for the Weekend Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: On the Other Side of the Monitor Posts: 941 Blog Entries: 6	I take my pictures to the photo kiosk and get them to print them. Then Aileen's (sp?) tacky glue spread thin and then clamp a cover over it for a few hours. As for finish, I have had no problems using either of two different brands of lacquer on top of the print. I did do a check with home printed photos and did not have any problems with colors running with the lacquer. Could be the inks are not water-fast and the finish is disolving them. __________________ Jim Exuberance can be corrected; dullness is incurable. --E. Deters "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

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11-07-2009, 08:32 PM	#2
mcd1369 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6	Sorry posted in wrong spot

11-08-2009, 05:14 PM	#6
georgewoodie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 123	mcd1369: I have printed on HP colour printer using photo paper [laser]. I then glued the photo to 1/4 inch baltic birch and coated several times with oil based varnish, then waxed. Cut the puzzle after that. No problems. Woodie