PVA and laser copies

[pixelgeek]

Has anyone had any experience using watered down PVA glue to add bends and waves to banners printed on a colour laser copier?

Obviously an inkjet wouldn't work at all but I was curious if the heat process used to bond the toner to the paper would allow you to use PVA to add some motion/waves to banners?

I am going to be creating some banners for my Oathmark armies digitally (never could paint freehand) and then print them out at Staples.

[anevilgiraffe]

yep... works... I had a fully wrap around with designs on both sides and used PVA to glue the two ends, and waved/rippled it.

[pixelgeek]

Good to know. Thanks

[pixelgeek]

yep... works... I had a fully wrap around with designs on both sides and used PVA to glue the two ends, and waved/rippled it.

Did you apply PVA to the entire banner or just the sections where you wanted the wave?

[anevilgiraffe]

I glued both halves together, the whole thing got glue otherwise it would have peeled apart.

[mikedemana]

I do that, as well. Print my banners on the local office supply store's color laser printer and then use white glue to join the two halves around the pole. I then brace it against something so I can put whatever waves and flutters I want into it.

Mike Demana

[SgtSlag]

Yep, I've done it in the past, as well:  apply PVA Glue, fold in half, around the spear/pole arm shaft, shape, let dry.  Example #1 -- em-4 Dwarves, and Example #2 -- em-4 Orcs.  These banners were printed on my HP Color Laser (toner) Printer, on regular copy paper.  Cheers!

[Major_Gilbear]

You could glue the banners to a (washed, opened out, and flattened) metal tomato puree tube, and that would allow you to bend and add waves to your flags and banners much more easily. I don't think you'd need a special printer then either, although a good-quality print is probably nice for banners anyway.

[pixelgeek]

You could glue the banners to a (washed, opened out, and flattened) metal tomato puree tube, and that would allow you to bend and add waves to your flags and banners much more easily.

I have one in the fridge that is waiting to be done with to try that out with. I want to save it for an especially long banner.

How sharp is the metal on those tubes when you cut them?

[pixelgeek]

I do that, as well. Print my banners on the local office supply store's color laser printer and then use white glue to join the two halves around the pole. I then brace it against something so I can put whatever waves and flutters I want into it.

Well I am glad that I asked as I had envisioned this apparently superfluous second step where I let the banners dry and then added PVA to just the areas where I wanted to have them wave

Yep, I've done it in the past, as well:  apply PVA Glue, fold in half, around the spear/pole arm shaft, shape, let dry.  Example #1 -- em-4 Dwarves, and Example #2 -- em-4 Orcs.  These banners were printed on my HP Color Laser (toner) Printer, on regular copy paper.  Cheers!

Those look quite nice

[2010sunburst]

Done this with self printed flags on an inkjet printer as well.  You just need to spray varnish the flags first to stop them bleeding colours.

[pixelgeek]

Done this with self printed flags on an inkjet printer as well.  You just need to spray varnish the flags first to stop them bleeding colours.

That would work as well. Did you use a matte varnish on the pages?

[HerbertTarkel]

I have one in the fridge that is waiting to be done with to try that out with. I want to save it for an especially long banner.

How sharp is the metal on those tubes when you cut them?

Just use tinfoil. It’s easier.

[Fitz]

The heavier foil from disposable baking trays is a decent weight for banners and what-not. I scuff it up on both sides with wet-&-dry paper before I paint or glue it; it seems to make them more resistant to handling.

[HerbertTarkel]

The heavier foil from disposable baking trays is a decent weight for banners and what-not. I scuff it up on both sides with wet-&-dry paper before I paint or glue it; it seems to make them more resistant to handling.

Agreed! Cut to shape, thicker than foil from wrap, but a bit sharper and more “cutty”.

Zac: be careful! Don’t cut yourself! I don’t won’t to hear you died from a banner malfunction.