stevehelmbrecht Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Please Help! I used to get my decal paper from Decalpaper.com. They went out of business and I have not found decal paper that will work firing at cone 04. I had some old decals and put them on some mugs and fired; they are along side test pieces to show what I am getting now. This new decal paper that is not working is from Sunnyscopa and some from one other supplier that I cannot remember ordering from.....please help! How do I attach photos to show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Kind of looks like the glaze is dragging the image down with gravity. Is the brand of paper the only thing you changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehelmbrecht Posted April 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Yes, I've heard the same complaint from other Ceramic Artists on a Facebook forum. I even emailed Justin Rothshank and he said he is still working on paper he bought a year ago before Decalpaper.com went out of business so he couldn't help. Anyone using vendors that have decal paper that works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 I just bought some from AliExpress, will let you know how it works, supposed to be here in a few weeks. Looks like there's a bazillion brands of it on Amazon now though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehelmbrecht Posted April 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Please reply when you find out about how it works.........so far I've wasted a bunch of money trying different brands........ I just ordered some from "Fired on images" for $4 a sheet (includes shipping) which I guess is the old "Decalpaper.com" paper........ Damn, thas espensive............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Yeah, that will work perfectly for you, because it's exactly the old stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Does the image transfer cleanly, then distorts in the firing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehelmbrecht Posted April 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Yes, It looks exactly like; applies like and has the same application charachteristics of the decalpaper.com transfers.........except the results are a disaster. it's just so weird that the decals come out so distorted......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 @stevehelmbrecht I'm thinking there are two possible things going on here: 1. As the decal material is burning out, it's causing the pigment to bleed. I would fire a test up to 600-800 degrees, which should be hot enough to burn out the decal material, and see if the image has already distorted before it has even gotten hot enough to fuse. 2. Something in the decal is fluxing out your pigment, and it's bleeding once it all gets good and hot. I'm voting that it's #1. It looks like a melting wax or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehelmbrecht Posted April 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Thanks Neil........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonia Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 Hi Steve and Liam, I'm new to firing decals and I've been getting poor results and couldn't figure out what was going wrong until I stumbled across your post Steve! My results are distored and "melted" (similar to your picture) and I've tried 3 different firing temperatures. I bought my decals from ebay. Were either of you able to find a good source of decals that aren't $4 a page? Your insights are greatly appreciated!! Sonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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