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DIY Carbon Paper

DIY Carbon Paper
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This is how to make carbon paper using pencil lead.
Materials:
paper
pencil
picture you wish to transfer
 
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Step 1Draw on the back

draw on the back
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Ok, take the picture and flip it over. now draw over the back of the picture heavily. you may want to hold it up to a light and see how much more you need to shade. you only need to shade over the parts that you want transferred.
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8 comments
Feb 14, 2009. 12:44 PMspock155 says:
Nice one!!! may-on-aise... lol... sponges...
May 25, 2009. 10:36 AMgeodez says:
actually bill nye. but there is a lot of questions about how you spell his name now.
May 25, 2009. 3:13 PMspock155 says:
BILL bill BILL bill!
Jun 20, 2009. 7:49 AMFather Christmas says:
SCIENCE IS COOL!
Feb 14, 2009. 5:18 PMspock155 says:
As I was saying... Never ask for the foot of a lepperchan...
Feb 10, 2009. 2:46 PMthepelton says:
I made a kind of carbon paper in a Commercial Art class some thirty years ago by rubbing Conte crayon on a sheet of paper, then smearing it around with Bestine solvent. It made a passable carbon paper.
Feb 10, 2009. 1:13 PMlemonie says:
This would be DIY "Carbon Paper", seems to work OK. As a suggestion, if you can split the pencil in half lengthwise so you have the "lead" embedded in half the wood, you could sweep large areas of paper quickly. And use a soft pencil. L

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