iCraft Thermoweb Deco Foil Transfer Sheet 6 x 12-inch Gold 20s

I can't necessarily say I recommend this product, simply because it was so incredibly hard to figure out how to get consistent results. Granted, we were beginners in the "gold foiling game," so we hadn't he slightest clue what we were doing or what we were getting ourselves into. By the way, if you've gotten as far as considering buying this product, I'm guessing you're at least basically familiar with the gold foiling process already, so I write this review based on that assumption.If you're looking to complete a small project using gold foiling, i.e. a cute sign or 5 greeting cards or something, your life will be easier. It's the bulk projects that are more difficult, since the results are unpredictable, and you have to churn out much, much more gold foiling in order to get enough that pass the quality test. The process of incorporating gold foiling into about 100 DIY wedding invitations, "details" cards, and "RSVP" cards ended up being more finicky than we ever thought possible. Seems like every single variable had an effect on how consistently the gold foil adhered to the surface of the paper or card stock, so we went through a ton, and I mean A TON, of trial and error in order to get our final results, which were admittedly really good in the end. By "good results," I mean the gold foil adhered to the surface consistently, and by "bad results" I mean it didn't, and there were unsightly patches of black interspersed throughout the text we were trying to gold foil. And it's actually very unpredictable as to which kinds of results you're going to get at any given time, even if all of the variables seem to be right! The following variables seemed to matter a lot in our experience: which laser printer we used, whether the laser printer was loaded with authentic or knock-off toner, what types of paper or card stock we used, how long we allowed for the laminator to heat up each time before using it, the direction in which we inserted the thing being gold foiled into the laminator (no joke), the number of times in a row going through the laminator, giving the laminator intermittent "breaks" to heat back up, the direction and technique used to peel off the gold foil, etc. Again, after much trial, error, and frustration, here's what ended up working best for us. We used this gold foil in conjunction with:- This card stock: "Cougar Natural 100# Card Stock 8.5x11 - 100 Pk" (ordered from Amazon - $19.95 per 100-pack);- This laminator: "Royal Sovereign 9-Inch Laminator (CS-923)" (ordered from Amazon for $28.99); and- A large, office-sized HP laser printer, loaded with authentic HP toner (Sorry - I don't know the exact printer model).A few tips and pearls of wisdom stemming from our sorrowful gold foiling journey:- Authentic HP toner, for some reason, always produced the best results. Don't know why.- The heavier weight we went in terms of the card stock, the better the results got. (Although this 100# stuff listed above was the heaviest variety we tried.) The gold foil didn't adhere to regular printer paper very well at all.- Let the laminator heat up for at least 10 minutes before you begin using it.- If you're on a roll inserting sheet after sheet, like we often operated, let the laminator have "breaks" intermittently so it can heat back up. (If we were starting to get bad results and weren't sure why, we gave the laminator a 10-minute or so break and oftentimes saw better results afterwards.)- Yes, the directions in which you (1) insert into the laminator and (2) peel off the gold foil can absolutely matter, so experiment with different possibilities, and keep track of what works best for whatever you're gold foiling (particularly relevant if you're crazy enough to do a bulk project like we did, where you're going to be gold foiling the same sort of thing many, many times). For example, sometimes we got better results by consistently inserting something into the laminator either upside down or rightside up. And, after laminating, sometimes the gold foil adhered better when it was peeled off starting from one direction over another. And peeling the gold foil away slowly/gently certainly helps it adhere better.- If you're continually getting bad results seemingly no matter what you try, sometimes it helps to send the same thing through the laminator two times in a row. This, of course, was much more time consuming, but sometimes it helped the gold foil adhere better to the "more stubborn" text.- Along similar lines, if you get bad results and the gold foil doesn't adhere to all of your text, or if you inadvertently miss a spot, you can try placing leftover scraps of gold foil over the missed areas and running it through the laminator again. In keeping with the gold foil guesswork, sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't.I'm sure there are more tips that can be offered, but that's all that comes to mind for now! Had we known from the outset what a pain this would be, we probably wouldn't have attempted it, but hopefully our anecdotes and advice will help make someone else's gold foiling process go much more smoothly. Good luck!

In der Packung sind 20 Folien. Das Format ist leider etwas ungünstig, da schmal, aber lang. Aber wir haben das Motiv entsprechend angepasst. Nach ein paar Tipps aus YouTube-Videos habe ich mich dran gewagt.Ich habe mit einem Laserdrucker (Tintenstrahldrucker funktioniert nicht) in schwarz mein Motiv (Einhorn und Adresse in der Schriftgröße 24) ausgedruckt. Dann habe ich die Folie zurecht geschnitten und mit der bunten Seite nach oben auf den Druck gelegt. Dies habe ich dann in eine Hülle aus Backpapier gelegt. Mein Laminiergerät habe ich auf 125mic aufgewärmt. Es handelt sich um ein Gerät von Aldi. Ich habe das Ganze dann 4mal durch das Laminiergerät laufen lassen und habe dann mit der Kante einer WC-Karten nochmal darüber gestrichen. Dann habe ich die Folie vom Papier gezogen.Ich habe sowohl den Druck auf normalen Druckerpapier, als auch auf weißen Briefumschlägen probiert. Das Ergebnis war dasselbe.Die Folie klebt gut auf dem gedruckten Schwarz. An den Druckrändern hält es sehr gut. An den weißen Papierstellen blieb auch alles weiß.Im schwarzen Bereich gibt es allerdings viele winzige schwarze Pünktchen, wo keine Folie ist. Aufgrund der Reflexionen ist es aber nicht schlimm. Vermutlich fällt es nur mir auf.Diese Folie ist in Kombination mit Laserdrucker und Laminiergerät wirklich eine sehr einfache Sachen einen tollen Effekt zu erzielen. Das bunt glänzende Einhorn auf der Einladung war der Renner. 😁

It was a great buy but bear in mind based on how many items you intend to use it on that the sheets are 20 pieces, cut to the size of the casing it is in and you may need to purchase another pack or a roll to fully accomplish the task at hand.It worked great, I used a laminating machine and some of the foil got onto parts of the paper that didn't have words, so some were spoiled. Ended up using an iron which I probably could have done from the start.

Was really excited to use these. Was excited for the color. Thought they would work like the cricut foil transfer paper but they do not. The only way this paper will work or adhere to anything is with glue or some sort of Adhesive.... extremely bummed. But used one sheet so can't return 🤷‍♀️ just beware NOT like the foil transfer paper by cricut.