Glad you found the video helpful. Sometimes there are not quite enough instructions on how to use something on items. That's why I love KZfaq... can always find someone who's had a go and doesn't mind sharing their experience :D

Is that the same as home HP printers?

@@sylviasalinas6100 If it is a laser printer... Inkjet printers do not work. I've heard some kinds of laser toner don't work - which is why I nursed my old HP4P along since the 90's. I have finally gotten a new laser printer but I've not tested it out with the foil yet.

More than once I got out my regular iron to heat up a page that jammed just before getting heated. It worked fine. I've also used my heat gun to set the toner but unless you have some heat-proof tape to hold the foil on, I'm not sure it would work for foiling. I still have my old bits and carriers for my old HP4p. Sigh. Memories! LOL!

WOW! You've blown my mind Joyce! Thanks so much!

Have to leat us know how you go Kathleen!

Thanks so much for the info Paula. I still find, even with the Minc, that my foiling can sometimes be hit and miss.. but generally I really love the outcomes. I'm always blown away with how people used to do things before someone "made a thing for it". You guys are so clever!

Thanks Carolyn. I'm always happy to experiment for you guys!

So welcome Cindy! I'll admit mine hasn't been out in a while!

You're welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful x

Lol. I've always been just a big kid! :D

I do try! I'm just a bit behind at the moment. But I'll catch up!

Thanks Joseph! I'm so glad the video was helpful xx

LOL! :)

heyy... Even I enjoyed that adorable "woww" she said.... Believe it or not, but I listened to it for quite a few times..😁

Thanks very much G DeB! I do try to be a bit light and silly, and with so many tools just sitting around, why not try and see what they can do. Thanks for watching!

Ha! Good luck.. let us know how you go x

Hey does it work? Actually I have never tried foiling so I was thinking the iron way

You're welcome. I very much love playing with things like this.

You're so welcome Louise! I hope it helped! Thanks for watching!

lol! I love breaking things! Thanks so much for watching!

Plum_Mashable bullshit

I've been here! :) Thanks for finding me!

Thanks so much for the tips Monika! There have been so many great tools for adding foil released in the last few years, but so great to know you can still go back to trusty old tools too!

Ha! Glad it felt like that! Thanks for watching!

Karla Bostic I completely agree. I still use my Fuse Tool. Thanks Ash. ✨🎀✨

Awwww.. thanks ladies. I do have the foil quill.. I need to do a video on it!!! It's on the list!

So glad you found me and enjoy the channel!

Thanks so much Deborah! I love to experiment with things!

Thanks for sharing the tip! I think they are pretty similar, but the fuse tool might be a little less hot. If you could get an adjustable heat one that might work. Thoughts are always welcome! xx Thanks for watching!

So glad to help Ash!

Thanks so much! Have fun!

Ha! It was fun! I did have to ask very nicely for permission to use the iron though in case I did ruin it! Thanks for the tip with the fuse tool! xxx

Oooh... I'll have to try that. Thanks Catherine!

@@PlumMashable there are videos how to use the lamator and easy glue to use as the foiling tack. Find instructions also on Amazon.

@Melissa Sullivan I actually have a couple of empty ink pads - I forgot I had them! Thanks!

Wow. What great info. Isn't it funny how crafting trends go away and come back again!

Great tip Melissa!

Ha! I am so looking forward to packing up my craft room just to see what I actually do have!

They did turn out very pretty! :)

Lol. It's a bit muddled sometimes, but I like it :D

Great tip! I'll have to give that a try! Thanks so much!

What is a laser powder?

@@wasnae8675 Powder that is used by laser printers/copiers. You can buy it in plastic bottles for those that like to refill their cartridges. Essentially it is ink that is encapsulated in plastic that melts when lasers "zap" it. So microscopically small that you can't see it, though.

@@goilo888 thanks A lot 😚😚

So glad to have been of help! :)

Thanks hun! It is nice to hear familiar accents!

Thanks so much Mary. I'm always willing to try!

Let us know your results! Good luck!

Excellent tips! Thanks.

Fantastic tips Kathy! Thanks so much for sharing them!

Thanks so much Dibright! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

ditto!

Let me know how you go Dianne!!! :)

Glad I could help Tricia!

Hey Georgia, thanks for commenting. It is just black laser (or toner) ink on the page. Then it's just adding the foil. Very easy if you have the right printer.

Great tip Cherrie! Thanks!

Been foiling years before "Foiling Machines" came along. Keep watching Utube before wasting money on faughty heat foilers.

Blue glue?

Hi, how does the foil just stick to the lettering? I’m confused 😬

I hadn't tried a cast iron pan, but to be honest I don't think I have one. lol. I'll see if I can find a pan that would work and include it in a future foiling video.

IAMGiftbearer cast Iron Pan! I actually cook!

So glad it helped Joseph x

No worries at all. I've never had an issue with waiting to foil it. You could wait days or weeks in my experience :) Good luck!

I would have to see if I can find one, but great suggestion!

I'd love to see how that comes up! Thanks so much for watching Cat!

Thanks CJ! :D

I recently got the foil quill (not the freestyle version) and gave it a go and it is pretty good. Check out that review and then I'll say sorry for not saving you money x

Thankyou!

Hey there, pages need to all be printed with a laser printer as it is the toner from the printer that reacts with the foil. Thanks so much for watching!

Oh! I'll have to check them out. Thanks for that Angela!

Thanks so much Sonia. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

As long as you're careful, there is no reason why you can't use anything heated!!

Oh now you're giving me ideas!!! Thanks so much Dawn!

@@PlumMashable i bought clear embossing 4 days ago to try xD i'm in a crazy foil situation this week on every possible methods to applicate foil xD

Oohhh, Dawn Bostian, teach us how!! *-*

Tally I just got an image in my head of you heatfoiling shoes, cake box, ties, books, doors because that is what I did decades ago when I discovered stamps and embossing powder. Lol. It is heaven when your head is spinning with ideas and creativity, isn’t it? 😍

Hi there. Not sure how you could do it on a book cover, but using the Minc Toner pen could work. I'm doing a review on it next week that might be able to help. I'd love to see exactly where you'd like to foil to see if I can help you out though!

@@PlumMashable Still no answer about the kind of printer used - inkjet or laser.

@@marilynotte7059 LASER only

Hi Cindy. These kinds of foil need to be used with laser toner to react, but I have tried lots of different ways to foil. Check out my foiling playlist for them all! Thanks for watching!

Thank you for clarifying for me.

it's a good idea to save them stacy @ scrapbookingmadesimple has a you tube on how to use every tint bit left on your foil sheets onto another project, if I ever get enough little bits of color, I'm going to do a Christmas tree with a ton of ornaments and lights all in many differentshiny colors

I keep most of my scraps too! I haven't thought of using it in the Christmas tree though! Thats awesome!

I keep scraps too @Lisa Leone! Nothing wrong with being frugal!

@@24get24give you can gold or any color foil with a tackle half dried glue on anything..frames, tins, plastic anything without heat using real gold foil and glue and brush. Heat foiling is a new expensive money taker. Look up gold leaf online or Etsy, Amazon.

Thanks Deborah!

Hey, it has to be a laser printer for the foil to stick to it. I hope that helps!

Hey Maxine, I am not sure what you mean by foil dies?

That was suggested too. I might have to look into that! Thanks for the tip Sandra!

I haven't tried that, bit I'll do some investigating. Thanks for the suggestion!

… maybe a sandwich press or something would work …

The letters are printed on a laser printer and its that toner that makes the foil stick :)

Hey Leslie, thanks for watching. You must use a laser printer for the foil to react. If you don't have one of your own, often printers at Officeworks and copy places are laser so you can take your goodies there :)

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

Hi. I've never had any issue with printing and then foiling later. As long as it's with the laser printer, you'll be fine! :) Have Fun!

Hi there. Unfortunately, you must use a laser printer for the foil to stick. It's the toner in the ink that reacts. Have fun!

@@PlumMashable 😪

Sadly inkjet printers do not use toner. However Some copy machines do and so if you say printed out a sheet via your inkjet printer in black print or design or outline shapes you can take to a copy machine or to Kinkos or similar copy shop and ask them to print it out in toner and return home to foil with those copies. Hope that helps out those who do not have a laser printer or laser copy machine. (I just bought a tiny older model but brandnew Brother laser just so I could play with foiling and cardmaking etc. I am thrilled so far with results. Hubby had an over 24 year old monochrome laser printer that he upgraded last year to color laser and those also work with foiling across any of the colors as it does not have to be black to react with toner sensitive foils. Anyway his new printer is sensitive and does not like cardstock. He could no longer find cartridges for his older one also a bit touchy with cardstock so I finally searched and found this printer for less than 90 dollars brandnew and small tiny foot print too. I love it and allows so far for me to pass cardstock straight through without bending to pop out the top. It's been fun foiling with a laminator to date. Yes I went with the monochrome non wifi model but they make the same machine in a wifi for 79 more dollars and a color version and a wee bit bigger for 100 plus more. I decided we don't need two color lasers and I wanted the smallest with good reviews. Funny the manufacturer said the machine was not compatible with cardstock. The bullet points listed when I bought it said it was as did some reviews so I bought it and it's great and for less than 35 dollars I bought a set of 4 full size toner cartridges generic that should last me years even though I've been playing with full sheet black out toner and foiling the entire sheet then die cutting out the plastic foiled cardstock. I found both 65 and 85 pound smooth white cardstock has been great to tone and foil this way. Did not try 110# or higher yet. I'm so pleased I doubt I'll want to go up in thickness.. Anyway a lot of paper crafters have access to copy centers in more populated areas. We live in rural Montana near Canada border and nearest would be 100 miles away. And just not worth the fuss involved at that distance. But great option for others who have one in their neighborhood so to speak.) Also I printed toner on a medium rasberry cardstock not hot pink but deeper than regular pink cardstock and foiled it and it was beautiful. I was making tags for a friend who sells sock gnomes. I just had to cut out two circles back to back using one round die cut shape that allowed me to have perfect sized circles for each side. I foiled the gnome drawing on one circle and wrote text on the other and foiled both. Had 8 tags on one sheet of 8.5 x 11 inch paper/cardstock. Cut each out with circle. Glued half way end of tags leaving a way to pop open top of the two to insert a ribbon or string to use to attach to a gnome for sale. These were not price tags but more ID tags from the seller's point of view. So one side said Peace Makers by....her name with a Peace sign in the center that foiled slightly different color than the full text in the circle I designed. Which made it really more interesting and neater. On the flip side then was a little foiled gnome drawing (I had 3 different gnome drawings in a thick outline like shape.) then I colored in all their noses and a few the dots and stripes left white on their hats and robes. They were adorable and the sparkled foils I opted for tiny star patterns and small blue blosoms for one foil just worked out really neat. I used rainbow foil for some and solids for others but the textured or tiny printed like stars worked the best as these were small tags. About 2 inches. I am making a larger size more fill in foil for a friend using a Boston French bulldog like design for her handmade yarn goods. That's my next project this week.) Anyway lots of ideas here for foiling using toner even if you don't have a laser printer...you can design on your computer and print out on your inkjet in blackwhite and take to a copy center that uses TONER copy machines and or can copy and print via toner laser printers for you. I recommend you test one or two designs before going all out to insure you do get great results. Some centers allow you to use your own paper or cardstocks too others require the options they sell you. So that varies from business to business. Good luck.

Hi Sophie. It needs to be printed with a laser printer. I haven't tried too much colour and then black, but you'd need to print the colour with an inkjet and then the writing with a laser for it to work. I hope that helps!

I'd love to see how it works out for you lovely x

Yeah, leaving the GHD for my hair from now on!

you probably could, if they are heat reactive, or if they're on a carrier sheet (like couture creations, deco foilyou , and I'm not sure who else's can try using them w/ double stick tape, a glue pad, or pen or just painting on some regular glue, let it get a bit tacky, whichever kind of glue you use then press your foil down well and then lift it off to reveal a perfectly foiled sentiment, if you're not getting good results w/glue, run the paper through your die machine w/o a die for the added pressure

Some of the nail foils work, some the heat transfers ALL the foil, not just to the toner, and the only way to know is to try them. But even the ones that transfer all the foil work really well with the glue that stays a little tacky when dry (Tombow Mono Multi is one) or with Scor-tape (racing stripes!)

Hi There. I'm not so sure with nail foils as I've never used them. The tips from the wonderful peeps below should have helped though. As Cheryl said, if you're using glue the foil will usually transfer very well. Thanks for watching!

I'm not sure on that one Fiona. I think the best way to do that with gold leaf would be to use a glue with a thin applicator. I can suggest the Sakura Quickie Glue Pen or the Zig Glue Pen for a really super fine line. But the Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue also has a really fine tip applicator that would work too. I would say just run that along the line of your stencil and glue away. Good luck!

These will only work with heat reactive foil on toner ink. I don't think they'll use on emblems on your car. Just be careful.

Hi Karen. The foil is special heat reactive foil. You can get it from craft stores. It definitely needs to be this special foil though. I hope that helps!

I haven't looked at those Gary, but that is a great idea! I'll have a look into them. Thanks so much!

The foil sticks to the toner. When you heat it up it then reacts. Thanks for watching!

Hey Mark, yep.. you have to print with a laser printer because the foil sticks to the toner. Thanks for watching!

in Australia I think we can only use 230v so I use that. (very happy to be told I'm wrong here.. I have no idea!)

You are too sweet! Thanks for watching!

Yep. Just using a laser printer! Hope that helps!

Fantastic tip Lisa! Thanks so much for sharing!

Thanks so much Rebecca! I'm so glad you found it fun!

Thanks for the comment! xx

I have one for the sole purpose of ironing my daughter's school uniform. Other than that it makes a great door stop lol

If you do old house refinishing I've read that putting metal hinges and handles in a crockpot of water overnight will make painted pieces very easy to clean off. You shouldn't use the crockpot for anything food related due to possible lead or other contaminants.

@@olderendirt OMG! That is a great idea. For soaking stuff in hot water overnight and not having the water cool down! Why didn't I think of that sooner! Yes, would never use it for food after. Using a toaster oven for baking polymer clay, also wouldn't use for food after.

My crockpot or slow cooker is only every used for cooking my animal food, I dump in 2 kg of legs and it’s and it’s done by morning 😁😁😁 iv got a fussy pug 😂😂😂

HAHAHAHAHA!

Hi Becka. There is no sticky there, it's just that the foil reacts with the toner ink that comes from a laser printer. I hope that helps! xx

Hi Waleska. Thanks for the comment. It has to be laser prints, its the toner ink that reacts with the foil and the heat. I hope that clarifies :D

I have recently purchased a Quickie Glue Pen which is working pretty well for just adding a fine lines of glue. A wood burner I think would also work, I just don't have one so I cant't experiment with it! Thanks so much for watching. I always leave my videos up so you can enjoy them forever! :)

Thanks for your suggestion. I was wondering if I could use my wood burner also...

Hey there, I am sure you could but I don't have a wood burner so I can't try. I would think anything that was hot and the heat can be controlled would work. Thanks for commenting!

It only works with laser, not inkjet. It's the toner than the foil sticks to.

You can also print on inkjet and then make a photo copy at work or an office supply store cause copy machines use toner. If you don’t want to purchase a laser printer. I purchased a cheap black ink only laser printer for like 80 USD

As the girls have said, it has to be the laser. Its that laser toner that reacts with the foil. If you go to any office supply store, they usually use laser printers so they can print anything for you.

Thanks for replying for me Laura! :)

Great suggestion Rita! :)

Oooh.. I never tried a heat press. I'll have to give that a go! Just give it a go, its a lot of fun trying and failing! :D

You need to use a laser printer. If you don't have one, Officeworks and those kind of larger commercial places tend to use laser.

I am certain it's a laser, some foils are made to stick to the toner

Hey Debbie, for the toner to work you need to use a Laser printer with toner. Thanks so much for watching, and let me know if I can help any more! :)

I used a Brother HL-L2305 Laser Printer

Ohh.. I didn't think of that. I'll give that a try and report back!