Ghiant Transfer Spray
Ghaint Transfer spray offers an easy and quick way to trace the contours of your photographs, posters and prints on all smooth surfaces, such as paper, canvas, painted walls, wood, glass, ceramics, metals and textiles. Unlike standard carbon paper, you are not limited to a set format. Don't let your drawing skills hold back your creativity!
GHIANT products are available in more than 45 countries and have 25 years experience making aerosols and aerosol formulations with continuous efforts to ensure high quality & environmentally safe products.
Ghiant Transfer Spray can be misted over on the back of drawings, prints, or photographs for ease of tracing onto a variety of surfaces. The spray works with most papers, and it transfers well to canvas, walls, primed wood, cloth, ceramics . . . or anything your mind thinks up! You are not limited by the size of what you'd like to trace as the spray can work with whatever size your original image, giving you the maximum flexibility with your artwork.
Ghiant Transfer Spray can be misted over on the back of drawings, prints, or photographs for ease of tracing onto a variety of surfaces. The spray works with most papers, and it transfers well to canvas, walls, primed wood, cloth, ceramics . . . or anything your mind thinks up! You are not limited by the size of what you'd like to trace as the spray can work with whatever size your original image, giving you the maximum flexibility with your artwork.
- Easy and quick way to trace the contours of your photographs and more
- Works with most papers
- Transfers well to canvas
- Acid Free
- 400ml
GHIANT products are available in more than 45 countries and due to the experience gained from 25 years of making aerosols and aerosol formulations, continuous efforts to make high quality & environmentally safe products, GHIANT aerosols are now able to offer you a wide range of products and services.
Pro's & Con's
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* No Smudging
* Minimal wastage * Spray where needed - not limited to a format size * Far more economical than carbon paper (Estimate of usage to follow) |
* If outline is applied too heavily, it cannot be fully erased
* Must be used in a well ventilated area, ideally away from the room you are working in so as not to inhale the fumes in the atmosphere * Only available in Graphite which may be difficult to see on some coloured surfaces |
Instructions for use
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Spray a thin layer of Ghiant Transfer Spray onto the back of a paper print or photograph. Allow the carbon layer to dry for at least 5 minutes. You may wish to stick your print onto your working surface with masking tape to ensure it doesn't slip or move during the tracing process, although be careful not to tear the paper when removing. Before spraying the back of the image, it is recommended that you place newspaper or cardboard beneath the surface ensuring it protects a large area, remove any items in the vicinity too as when spraying it can transfer to other areas outside the boundaries of the image. Trace the outline using a pencil, ballpoint pen or an indent tool, applying just enough pressure to create an erasable outline but avoid being too heavy handed.
Minimises wastage allowing you to spray where required
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After the outline has been traced
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CAUTION: Avoid touching either the carbon spray of the treated image or your paper with bare hands or fingers to minimise unwanted marks transferring on to your working surface, if you have done so by accident, you should be able to remove any residue with a normal eraser.
No Smudging
If you have used carbon paper such as Tracedown in the past, you may have found it has also transferred unwanted marks onto the sheet which can be erased but it may be challenging trying to remove inside smaller lines - with the Ghiant transfer spray, once it has dried onto the back of your print out, it does not smudge or transfer and it also means your hands stay clean.
NOTE: Whilst spraying the sheet shown in these images I held the picture up with my hand and some of the spray went onto my skin too which took about 3 or 4 washes to remove completely.
NOTE: Whilst spraying the sheet shown in these images I held the picture up with my hand and some of the spray went onto my skin too which took about 3 or 4 washes to remove completely.
Applying pressure to the dry transfer spray application
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None of the carbon transferred onto my hand once fully dry
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Heavy usage
When tracing the outline, try not to press too heavily as you may struggle to remove the carbon outline on your working support regardless of how much pressure you apply with your eraser. Ideally do a trial on a spare piece of paper first so you can adjust to the right amount of pressure which can be erased if you make a mistake.
The treated image and the outline on the working paper
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Regardless of how much pressure I applied, I was unable to fully erase the heavy outline
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