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Great product! Works perfectly for my project. Excellent quality.

I use this product as a topsheet for letterpress printing with a traditional platen press. Oiled tympan paper is not as commonly available as it once was, but it can still be found. What I do is place my tympan paper on the platen and lock it in, then cut a sheet of Dura-Lar to cover the printing area, taping it in place with vinyl tape. I ink up my form and run an impression directly on the Dura-Lar. Once you have the impression, you can set up "compressible gauge pins" or other adhesive-based paper guides. Once this is done, tissue paper with a little kerosene or lighter fluid will serve to remove the impression. This is accomplished much more easily than with a traditional oiled tympan topsheet as you can never seem to get all the ink off, which means that the back of your work will have a residual impression on it for a few cycles at least. Adhesives commonly used on Scotch double-sided adhesive tape and similar products typically stick to Dura-Lar much better than they do to oiled tympan as well. Dura-Lar cuts easily and lays flat. It is durable and doesn't seem to harm lead & wood type or common photopolymer plates. I have not tried to use it with traditional gauge pins, but I see no reason it would not work. If I wanted to do this for some reason, though, I would cut the Dura-Lar very close to the impression area and place my gauge pins in the tympan paper. This seems a good way to avoid smashing type and increasingly difficult-to-find gauge pins, if nothing else. If you have to, you can use the same sheet of Dura-Lar to run a second impression if the press run wasn't too long and I have done this for jobs that are not critical. Realistically though, get another sheet for subsequent press runs, it isn't very expensive and this will avoid problems, especially if the first impression was at all heavy as is common practice these days in order to get a "bite" on the paper. I am not sure what this product was designed to do, but as a pressman's topsheet, it is just about as good as it gets!

Exactly what I had expected when ordered. This product comes in several thicknesses and sizes in pads of 25. Great deal for the price and perfect for a new way to make my greeting cards, tags and albums. Had been searching for several months for somewhere to buy this product. The .005 is a little thinner than a business card so is good for layering onto a card, invitation or announcement. The .007 is the thickness of a business card and would be best for tags and albums, and I plan to order that next. I have exchanged several emails from Grafix and have enjoyed the correspondence with their customer service staff. I had questions about the various thicknesses which were answered right away and now I am clear on my needs and what to order without making a mistake. I hate it when that happens, so I prefer talking to someone first before ordering if possible. The sheets of acrylic are separated by tissue to prevent scratching and fingerprints. Storing is easy since it is a pad. I ordered 9x12 thinking it would be perfect size for cutting down for the cards and give me less waste than 8.5x11. This product would be handy to use in any craft or home project where a perfectly clear piece of acrylic is needed, such as replacing glass with something less harmful in a house with small children. I would recommend this to my friends and other crafters. I am sharing some of my purchase with another stamping friend.

This is one of the papers I use for alcohol ink art - and they all have different "features" and work better for different types of techniques. I find this one best for gravity flow - most notably because it does not stain at all. Any color is easily removed easily with alcohol. It's also super "slick" allowing the ink to move quickly. These attributes can make more flow-based art do-able but more challenging than other types of papers. I build my pieces over white paper so I can see what's happening and what they will look like once mounted on white backing board. It can take quite a bit of time and ink to range to deeper (opaque color), but even this can provide interesting options (mount "build" facing and see the different thicknesses of the ink, or "back-facing" where it looks smooth. I removed one star because I'd like just a bit more "stickiness" for the ink and alcohol so there could be a bit more control - even if it were just a bit of clear coating or light texture. The colors are as vibrant out of the bottle, but it can take some time to build up the depth to get to that point. The other cool thing is because it is absolutely clear, pieces can be float-mounted which adds some really cool depth. However, because the paper isn't really thick, the process is a bit of a challenge. In terms of sealing and uv-spraying, the result is not as "smooth" as other papers, the spray from the can doesn't spread out as much, and also, because it's clear which is probably the reason it shows more, any speck of dust from the environment seems to show more. When this happens, I use a fingernail buffing block and sand the finish and re-spray and hope no dust lands in the wet coating. It's also important to note (because it's transparent) that any ink that is on the back from creating should be removed before spraying, because sometimes spray gets on the backside (usually from the edges, but sometimes because the surface it's laid on might not be completely dry from another piece). In both cases, these can be removed with 99% isopropyl and a little rubbing. I'd recommend this paper as an option to add to a collection of synthetic papers, just be ready to alter techniques to adjust to its unique properties. Happy creating! [IMAGE 1] gravity piece flush-mounted on white backing board (build side down) [IMAGE 2] gravity piece float-mounted (build side down) [IMAGE 3] side view of image 2 showing the shadowing effect of the paper when float-mounted

I was a little surprised to get this package. The description says a pad of 25 sheets, but what I got was a package of 6 pads of 25 sheets. I thought the price for a single pad was kind of high, but I needed the clear film, so I bought it. I now have enough for quite a long time. I wish, however, that I had bought the 005 thickness. It would have suited me better. All in all, the film itself is great, no complaints at all about the product. But, to be clear, if you order, you get 6 pads of 25 sheets, not a single pad.

I have been using my dur-lar clear film for a few weeks now. I have been using them to create stencils using my Cricut. The film is very easy to use and works well in my Cricut. The film cuts nicely in my machine (even for finer details), but I have it set to make two cuts. I have found since I have made my purchase that the dura-lar has many many uses, I have used it as a shield for air brushing, protecting and displaying artwork, making gift boxes with a clear window, and many other crafts. The dura-lar is acid free so it will protect items from discoloring with time. The film can be used in a printer (manual feed). The pad contains 25 sheets with tissue to separate each piece of film. The cover is made out of card board and helps protect the dura-lar sheets.

This is the perfect film for transparencies- because it's so thin (incredibly thin and flexible), it becomes completely invisible when layered over other sheets of paper. I use this in my art for intricate ink work over paintings and watercolors and monoprints- I can do the bold paintings in the background, independently, as textured as they need to be, and then I can create a layer of inked drawings (I use Micron Pigmas) on a sheet of Dura-Lar to layer over the original, textured piece. It works brilliantly. However, because of how thin they are, this particular thickness of Dura-Lar would NOT be good for making stencils or templates- it's just too thin and flimsy. Good for overlays, bad for stencils.

I actually used this for cake making. I wanted to make a naked cake and you use this film on the outside edge to create clean lines. I was really worried about using this but it worked like a charm. It was pretty sturdy and strong and a nice thickness where it was easy to stay bent but stayed in the ring mold when I let go. This stuff worked really great and even though I may have used it for a traditional reason, I was pleasantly surprised.

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All the reviews say it all,At this moment I have my feet on it

Très bon produit pour effectuer des cartes en faux vitrail

Bonjour Que dire c'est magique on peut faire de lembossage à chaud blanc et pailleté pour représenter une fenêtre en hiver ou utiliser la technique du resist pour faire des cartes. Je recommande ce produit.

Super quality transparent surface for painting. Stronger tonal qualities and wash effects can be obtained by working on the reverse.