I'm working on an editing project for a crafting magazine, and I need to know how rub-on transfers work. If I'm right, I need to include in the supply list the color of "ink" needed to apply the transfer. I know rub-ons usually come in black or white, but I also think that white rub-ons usually have the white part be where the ink isn't. Right?
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
I didn't totally understand that. The only rub-ons I've used were all one image that you use a popcicle stick to rub on to the paper. OTOH, I almost never use rub-ons, so what do I know? What's the context?
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
Um, there's a rub-on on a card. It appears to be rubbed onto white cardstock. The rub-on has a pink circular background with white text. I found the rub-on in a set of white rub-ons. So a white rub-on on white cardstock implies to me that what you're actually rubbing on is the pink stuff. If the rub-on is white, then where's the pink coming from?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
The rub-on is anything that rubs off onto the project. It could be pink, it could be white, it could be pink and white. In the case of what you're describing, I'd guess either pink or pink and white.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
(Although being in a set of white rub-ons, it may be white. The pink might just be for contrast.)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
And I would disagree with "the white rub-ons usually have the white be where the ink isn't." I would say most use white ink because doing it the other way is much less reliable and harder to get an accurate result.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
Okay, thanks! I think I'll just move forward with the assumption that the pink is just part of the rub-on.