Thick Texture Fuse Bead Iron Paper,0.01" Edge Binding Thick Fiberglass Cloth,Easy to Iron Out Non Porous Process,Fuse Bead Accessories Tool for Beads Craft

Thick Texture Fuse Bead Iron Paper,0.01" Edge Binding Thick Fiberglass Cloth,Easy to Iron Out Non Porous Process,Fuse Bead Accessories Tool for Beads Craft

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cmboyer00 posted on r/perlerbeads1d

Personally I think you aren’t getting the look you want because of parchment paper. That is awful stuff if you want a consistent surface without wrinkles. A full melt on both sides is hard to achieve. There are two products I can suggest based on my own work, which is full melt on one side, glossy partial melt on the back side. These teflon sheets will give you a beautiful full melt on one side with a nice texture. The beads adhere to the paper while your ironing, so no wrinkles or double texture like when the parchment paper shifts: https://a.co/d/0bx2LEej A tip for the Teflon sheet is to periodically hold it up to the light so you can see when your holes are all closed. Then for the backside I use acetate sheets and melt until they are flat but still see circles. It goes fast. Of course you can get a nice glossy full melt on one side with this but I haven’t mastered a full melt on both sides yet: https://a.co/d/0h3JhyQa With the acetate, I put a piece of parchment on top of the acetate to make the iron glide over it. This is nice to work with because you can see through it. I do use tape to get them off the board. But I use this micropore tape which allows it to breathe without poking holes: https://a.co/d/04H7HNbw When I iron, I start out on the Teflon sheet side, I hold the iron in one spot for a few seconds then pick it up and move it to another spot until I go over the surface once before I move the iron in circles over the top just to make sure everything starts to melt a little. Then I make little circles around the beads, turning the work every so often and move it over on the table a little so it doesn’t get too hot underneath. That’s how you get blowouts that you can’t fix. Then before everything is too melted I take the tape off. And continue on the teflon side until I see no holes. Then I turn it over, put the acetate on the other side and melt just a little to get it glossy. Then i put it under a heavy book and wait a few minutes. The acetate will come off on its own as it cools. You will get a satisfying peel when you peel off the Teflon sheet. This is my method and the results are very predictable once you figure out your technique. I love the final product with these tools. Happy fusing!