I was all “woot, woot!” when the Minc White Reactive Foil was released last year, and I really wanted to be able to show you some examples using the white foil in my video about making die cut foil acetate embellishments. But this particular foil had other ideas, so I had some additional testing to do.
The Minc white reactive foil seems to have somewhat different properties than the other foils. It’s glossy, but it’s not metallic like most of the foil colors in the Minc lineup, and something about the way that the white foil is manufactured causes it to bond with acetate, at least the C-Line laser acetate (the brand that I use), even in places where there’s no toner for it to bond to.
I initially tried using the white foil with acetate on the Minc heat setting 4, which is what I use for the other foils (both Minc and Therm O Web Deco Foil), and you can see my results in the video below. You can also see that there’s not too much difference in the results for heat setting 3. When I turned the Minc to heat setting 1, the lowest heat setting, I did get better results. But the foil still bonded in some areas where there was no toner.
If you’re going for a slightly splatter-y or weathered look, then the results with heat setting 1 are a thumbs up, but if you want results that are as clean as the results that I’ve been getting with acetate and the other foils in both the Minc and Deco Foil lines, then the white foil isn’t going to give you this look. However, as I mention in the video, you may get better results with a different brand of laser printer-friendly acetate or if you have a heat laminator with lower heat setting options than the Minc has.
I also want to mention that the Minc white foil did not have the same issues when I used it to foil matte Dura-Lar (see my video on making die cut foil “vellum” embellishments for more on that), and it also gave very clean results when I used it on watercolor paper with the Minc Reactive Screen Ink on Minc heat setting 5, which is the highest heat setting. So, there’s something unique about the acetate that causes it to bond with the Minc white foil, even in places where it shouldn’t.
Watch the video below for a more detailed look at my results with the Minc white foil:
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Love Always SVG Digital Stamps + Border Die Cuts
Heidi Swapp Minc Foil Applicator 12″ ( AMZ // SBK )
Heidi Swapp Minc Foil Applicator 6″ ( AMZ // SBK )
Heidi Swapp Minc Reactive Foil, White
Therm O Web Deco Foil, Rainbow ( AMZ // SBK )
C-Line Transparency Film for Plain Paper/Laser Printers
Grafix Matte .005 Dura-Lar Film – 9″ x 12″
Canson XL Watercolor Paper
Heidi Swapp Minc Liquid Toner Reactive Screen Ink ( AMZ // SBK )
a laser printer
plain printer paper