Grafix Artist-Tac Dry Transfer Adhesive Dots - 5.5"x9" Sheet of Permanent Micro Adhesive Dots are A Quick, Mess-Free Mounting Option for Arts,Papercrafts,School Projects,Stationary,Pack of 25 Sheets

I just completed my first piece using this material, so I had better post some observations.First - It's obviously not dirt cheap, so it's important to make efficient use of it. By that, I mean using absolutely as much of the available adhesive surface as possible, leaving as little as possible to waste. This depends somewhat on the nature of your project, really the size and shapes of your pieces. My piece is a cut paper panel. Think Matisse. Lots of odd sizes. The most efficient approach I've found is to lay out a set of pieces on top of the protective paper side of the material. This is before you remove the paper layer. You want it so that the adhesive will be upward when the paper is removed. Your goal her is to arrange your pieces in such a way as to cover as much as possible of the sheet or part of a sheet. You won't cut the Artist-Tac sheet until you have your pieces laid out. Try to keep it to a manageable size. Wrangling a full sheet with the protective layer removed is trickier than handling three or four cut pieces of sheet. When you have your pieces laid out (not as they will appear on the project - just in the most efficient way), you can cut the sheet to just enough for them. Remove the protective paper from the piece of sheet you will work with. Now, lay out the pieces as you had them arranged. All at once. They can sit on the adhesive sheet until each is removed and transferred. You want to burnish each piece to make sure you pick up adhesive dots.It is easy to see which is the adhesive base and which is the protective paper. The adhesive sheet is covered with adhesive dots that are clearly visible by reflected light. Handle carefully. The adhesive is easily picked up on fingers. It's easy enough to rub off. I do all my art work in a dedicated pair of jeans that take all the residues and paint drops. Obviously, having glue on your fingers will make things difficult.I use a Exacto knife to lift one corner of each piece from the adhesive as I need it. It lifts easily, and you can look at the back and see clearly if you have picked up adhesive over the entire area. You can reapply it to a fresh piece of adhesive if needed. Place it with some care where you want it. I first just barely press it in place, in case I need to move it. When everything is places a press it with a rubber roller and then firmly burnish all over each piece with a clean, rounded object. The curving side of the butt end of a marker seems to work. Keep the burnisher clean. It will tend to pick up bits of adhesive from the edges of pieces. These can appear on the surface of pieces. If they do, roll then off. Don't try to clean this stuff with solvents. Just rub. I think I can achieve 60% to 80% efficiency of use. If I were working with rectangular pieces, I could do much better.So far, I feel it's much neater than glue sticks. I will probably use brushable glue for some things, but when the shapes are very intricate, as most of mine are, brushing becomes problematical in terms of mess. This is pretty neat and easy. It's really a pleasant way to work, having all the pieces laid out, ready to lift with adhesive applied, as opposed to gluing each piece as it's picked up. And I can't complaint much at less than 75-cents a square foot.

Easy to use; great adhesion, especially for intricate die-cuts! Love this.

Great product. Adheres thoroughly. The release is easy to use as opposed to other products that are hard to separate the backing. It goes on relatively consistently when boding paper to paper and sometimes I do use two coats when bonding paper to painted wood. I have tested many dry adhesives and when the Studio tac facility went out of business, I had difficulty finding a new product and this is it!. Im so pleased to have found this item. I do hope that it is truly permanent...but I trust their label and it does work great as of now.

This product does as advertised. Is nice for adding tacky to small items when crafting. Enjoying this very much. Will purchase again when needed.

I was originally getting glue on top of my die cuts, but when I quit burnishing with the cover sheet, it worked well. It’s not a strong adhesive but it worked perfectly for getting the cutout on the acetate for a shaker card.

Dotty tape pens are very expensive, not always laying down all the dots and there is a lot of plastic waste.These dotty sheets are perfect!1. I can use almost every dot! I can't tell you how annoying it is to have a tape pen roll the unused dots up into the tape pen, lost forever. I paid for those dots and I have toss them out.2. They are very cost effective. You get more than twice the dots with Artist-tac sheets than with dotty tape pens.3. They do not leave sticky residue on the edges of my die cuts.4. I'm not filling the landfill with plastic. In fact I use the empty backing sheets to hold my die cuts for projects, prepped with sticky dots.THEY DO NOT fill the entire space with stick. Therefore, they are not meant to be used with glitter, unless you want a dotty glitter background. Get some glitter glue or a Xyron for full coverage.TIP:1. Pull out a sheet of sticky dots. Grab 2 pieces of washi tape. Peel apart the sticky dots backing sheets. Attach one piece of washi tape on the top backing sheet, folding it over itself so it makes a tab that sticks out. Do the same on the other backing sheet, opposite the first. Now you can pull the sticky sheet apart easily, with the washi tabs, until you have used it all up.

This stuff is wonderful! It is a little expensive up front, but I use it several times a week for small projects, and one pack has lasted me more than a year! The glue dots are transparent and do not show through with thin paper like some others do. Pro tip: When you are starting a new sheet, rub or lift any stray glue off the "protector page" before using said page as directed. That way you won't get any little dots of glue on the front of your image!

This is 1 of 2 adhesive sheet products I use for making diecuts. This one works better if you might need to reposition. It has adhesive dots instead of complete adhesive. It is repositionable as long as you do not press down before final placement. I use a Cameo 3 to cut and it cuts fine. I like that its the same size as a regular sheet of paper so no trimming. The only thing that its missing is a removable piece at the top to help line up with the cardstock. I usually just fold down the protective sheet a little to line it up.