Texi-Foil

Texi-Foil

1. Health and Safety

   • Watch you don't burn yourself on the heat press
   • Be careful of the glue fumes
   • Be careful of the iron as it gets very hot.

2. what is it?

   • Texi-foil is an applicationof metal on fabric using the technique of screen printing.

3. Commercial Products

4. Equipment

   • Fabric
   • Heat press
   • Foil
   • Glue

5. The Process

   • Firstly, Place gum arobic on the table. Next put the stencil in the centre of the material with the screen on top. Then, put a blob of textiles glue onto the screen and spread evenly across the sceen. When you lift the screen up make sure the glue is spread across evenly across the material. Get a piece of foil and placeon top of the piece you have just made in the heat press. Hold down for 5-10 seconds. once heat press is done peel back the foil to be left with texi-foil

6. My final product

   • Me doing it.
   • My final piece.

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