Koala Waterslide Decal Paper for Laser Printer Clear Transparent 25 Sheets

I was searching for a decal film to customize a model I was working on. In the past, when I made my own decals I struggled with getting the right about of clear acrylic to spray over the image to get the thickness and adhesion right. This time I decided to try to find one that didn't need spray. I have access to a color laser copier, and most business supply stores have them. I saw this one was designed for laser printing and required no spray so I picked it up. My first print failed miserably, but when all else fails, read the directions. YOU MUST SET THE MACHINE FOR THICK PAPER BEFORE PRINTING. Once I did that it printed beautifully. When I applied it the decal it laid down like a dream. Very smooth without a lot of work and the adhesion was wonderful as well. Now there are a few things to remember. If you look at my photo you can see I laid this decal over a yellow background, and that some of the yellow shows through. This is transparent film, so it will only really work over a light background. They do have a white background product as well, but with that product you will have to trim the decal very closely or the white will appear on the finished product. Also, and this should be needless to say, unlike the decals that come with a model kit, this is a whole sheet of decal film and it will come off the paper as one sheet, not individual decals. You have to trim around the individual decals closely before applying. The instructions on the Amazon page for this product speak to baking the decal after application. Needless to say that would be disastrous to a plastic model and you should not do that, not would it be necessary. When I finished applying the decals, I sprayed it with a clear coat of lacquer and they laid perfectly. I found this product great for model building and I think you will too.

Back in August, I picked up a bike that looked like it had survived years in the hands of a trined circus bear who treated it like a stolen rental. Every decal had vanished except one, and that lone survivor looked like someone tried to scrape it off with a butter knife and a grudge. Since nobody in their right mind restores a Takara and I’m clearly not operating in the realm of right mind, I went hunting for reproduction decals. They do not exist. But I can research, improvise, and occasionally problem solve, so I learned that inkjet water slide decals are a thing. Unfortunately, my inkjet printer decided to throw a tantrum after a firmware update and now refuses to print with aftermarket cartridges. Fine. Whatever. Enter this laser water slide paper. I had two big worries, smeared ink and the finished decals wrinkling up like the skin on my neck. Shockingly, neither happened. The ink stayed put, completely water fast, and the decals slid off the backing and onto the frame like bacon gliding across a nonstick skillet. Even the seat tube stripes, which I fully expected to behave like a rabid raccoon, went on perfectly like they knew they’d get in trouble if they didn’t. I even printed two full sheets because I was bracing for disaster, but I didn’t need the backups. Everything worked better than I could have hoped. Since I have several other sheets of this paper, I’m looking around the house for more things to put decals on.

The decals work well. Only do one decal at a time and carefully slide from the backing to the desired location. The decal has a tendency to roll up when it's removed from the backing, and difficult to un-roll so work slowly. With that said, I love not having to use spray coatings. Big improvement

This stuff is amazing works very well just the film is very thin so be very careful when you're sliding it off or you will wrinkle in damage

I got a little VIA programmable macropad keypad to use for keyboard shortcuts. It comes with pretty lights and it works great and was pretty easy to program in VIA, but it came with white caps, which aren't really great for my aging memory to remember what I programmed the keys to do. Enter the Koala Waterslide Decal Paper for Laser Printer. Perfect solution! I made some themed keycaps from one of my favorite video games, printed them out from SVG format in Adobe Illustrator onto my cheap Brother laser printer, and stuck them on each keycap. They were easier to apply than I remember from my model-building days. When they dried and had a day or so to cure, I painted a couple coats of Liquitex matte varnish to protect them from being touched. Maybe not as sharp as a laser engraved keycap, but these have held up very well so far. (I'm sure a higher quality printer would also help.) All in all, a pretty fun little project for personalizing some gadgets!

These do not stick well at all. When they dry they peel up. Micro Sol and Micro Set did not help.

This paper takes ink very well. Although the paper is white it itakes color very well. s very strong and I was using it for candles.

Muy bueno

Search no more! I have been looking for solutions to print my own designs, especially sports logos. This is sooo easy. Just dip in water a few seconds, the backing peels easily and you stick it to whatever! You can print so many small logos on one page! Finally! I even printed bigger ones (photos) to put on other stuff.

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The product seems to bubble on polymer clay which is why I purchased it. It was very sticky after baking so I sealed the pieces but the imagines that I transferred still lifted.

This waterslide paper is the best i've used, easy to replace, no tearing, no fading or distortion of print or decal. Worth the money

Funciona excelente, aunque es un poco grueso.