jeudi 26 mars 2015

Material to make paper transparent/translucent

Hello all, first time poster here. Not sure if this is the right forum for this question but thought I would ask some people with paper models. Any assistance would be most appreciated.



I'm working on a project where I need to make standard office paper translucent/transparent and I am looking for a suitable material. I have a paper model, made up of sheets which have been colour-printed on 1 side. I want to find a liquid I can dip it in that will make the paper translucent and make it a full colour model. As you can imagine the top side of the model is full colour but it fades on the bottom as the colour pages on that side are not visible



I have had some luck with Castor Oil, Olive Oil and Poppyseed oil but they eventually fade. Ideally it would be some mix of materials that would have long-term stability and make the paper as translucent as possible.



Linseed oil seems to work well but it obviously makes the part yellow. If I could combine it with something that makes it clearer and still dries quickly, that could work well. If it's not already obvious I'm new to these kind of materials, so any insight would be much appreciated.



Thanks!




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