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XL bundles are here
Two new roll lengths on every single shade, the 120m XL finally out of hiding, and a calculator that tells you what any roll actually gives you. Ours, or anybody else's.
Why some foils look like they are moving
Nothing on the film moves. Your eye does the rest. The science behind holographic foil, why radiating patterns read as motion, and how to film your work so it actually sells.
Prism, crackle, mosaic
Four holographic patterns and what each one is brilliant at. Cards, tumblers, prints and packaging. Pick your foil by the make, not by the swatch.
Make a foiled card look like it cost twenty quid
Five layering tricks that do the work for you. Same printer, same laminator, same foil, completely different result. Plus the same five applied to tumblers.
Why your foil hates a heatwave
Heat is the trigger we rely on at the laminator, which is exactly why it works against us in summer. The proper science of toner reactive foil and how to store it so summer never wrecks it.
What is toner reactive foiling?
The proper explanation, no fluff. Heat method, glue method, and the one ingredient nobody talks about: pressure. Save the one-liner for your group.
Black spots on your foil? Read this before you bin the project.
Got black speckles or stray foil stuck where there shouldn't be any? Betty walks through the 4 actual causes of foiling black spots and exact fixes that work. The bin can wait.