Linen Flags

j1mwallace · Post by **j1mwallace** » Wed May 19, 2010 11:33 am

Gentlemen if you go to
craftycomputerpaper.co.uk.
This company sell various specialty papers including sheets of linen which you can either draw on or print on.
Good results

Adam Hayes · Post by **Adam Hayes** » Thu May 20, 2010 9:15 pm

Only problem with this stuff is that the computer ink fades when exposed to sunlight

Atheling · Post by **Atheling** » Thu May 20, 2010 10:21 pm

Adam Hayes wrote:Only problem with this stuff is that the computer ink fades when exposed to sunlight

Maybe there's a way of varnishing the flags without bleeding the ink?

Darrell.

j1mwallace · Post by **j1mwallace** » Fri May 21, 2010 12:04 am

Atheling · Post by **Atheling** » Fri May 21, 2010 4:29 am

j1mwallace wrote:pva.

How thick do you apply it?

I suppose you could PVa the flag/banner, gloss it and then dull it down for a pretty tight layer/s of protection?

Darrell.

bibio · Post by **bibio** » Fri May 21, 2010 7:36 am

atheling wrote
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How thick do you apply it?

about 50 50 and use tepid water when mixing .
The other thing you could try is coating the paper with an alum soloution before printing that worked when we did marbling back in the dim and distant past.

iain

j1mwallace · Post by **j1mwallace** » Fri May 21, 2010 10:33 am

yep, about 50/50. then you can also tease the flag into the shape you want. Leave it to dry. Works fine. My pal Simon Douglas from Solway Crafts now sells his VBCW on linen using the same technique.
I like the way they turn out. You guys will obviously have seen the high linen content paer as well I take it?!

flick40 · Post by **flick40** » Fri May 21, 2010 4:33 pm

I use the 25% linen paper such as are used for resumes etc. It gives good enough effect for me and more managable than silk paper. See the picture of my Walloon regiment flag in the 1660-1720 forum under the green coats discussion.

Joe

Rob Herrick · Post by **Rob Herrick** » Fri May 21, 2010 8:21 pm

flick40 wrote:I use the 25% linen paper such as are used for resumes etc. It gives good enough effect for me and more managable than silk paper. See the picture of my Walloon regiment flag in the 1660-1720 forum under the green coats discussion.

Joe

Flick, that's a pretty interesting texture to the flag. Does anybody have any examples of period flags and how visible the cloth texture is?

flick40 · Post by **flick40** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:20 pm

This is a flag made at the turn of the century, a replica of the Farewell Banner given to the Irish regiments in 1792 for service to France. It was made by nuns on Malta and currently on display at the Artillery school in Ireland. Most period flags were silk so really not much threading would be visible. My avatar is actually a full sized replica of Dillons Regimental flag, handpainted on raw silk. I unfortunately don't have a larger pic here at work to post