UTEE help!
 

Ok - finally went out and got meself some of this sTUFF. But how in the world are you people heating this without it blowing all of the place? I am trying to melt with heatgun like it says too, but just end up with a big mess. Do you use a toaster oven or what?? Please help me I'm so confused....

utee help
 

I am just getting into UTEE myself... I love all the stuff I see with it but I think I need to practice, practice, practice as nothing is ever as easy as it seems..

But - I did read a post from someone that has helped me a lot with the stuff blowing everywhere. When you first start to heat it up hold the heat gun way above it - about 10" or so - as slowly bring it in closer.. As it heat and starts to melt bring it down just a bit more until it has melted enough so that it's not blowing everywhere.

Give that a try --

Maxine

UTEE
 

You need to get a melting pot! You can get them at AC Moore or Michael's. They cost about $34.95, but you can get a good deal if you use one of their coupons. The melting pot can also be used for melting chocolate and wax! 8)

utee melting pot
 

I have the melting pot but use the heat gun more often than the melting pot. The melting pot I think also must take some practice

maxine

UTEE help
 

How about an old toaster oven? I bought one for $2 at a garage sale and it works fine. YOu have to use the aluminum foil that doesn't stick though or it will stick to your pan. Watch really closely because once the oven is heated up it melts VERY fast! I have the best luck with this method....after much practice!!

Also, using your heat gun from underneath the paper keeps the UTEE from blowing away...

utee
 

Never thought of melting it in the toaster over. What a great idea. Can't wait to try that.

Maxine

If it is small enough I also lay the piece in the lid of a domino tin. I start out high and bring iton. The tin keeps it from blowing around too much and the nice thing is it heats up as well so the piece gets heat from teh bottom and top.

Get a Silpat (cooking stores) or a non-stick sheet (Suze Weinberg reps these for Ranger Products - schmoozewithsuze.com or rangerink.com - don't know if craft stores have these yet).

I rub VersaMark or Perfect Medium onto desired sized area the non-stick sheet well, then apply UTEE & tap off excess. Heat. If the VersaMark is coated well you won't have to hold the heat gun very far away.

Reapply UTEE to desired thickness. Try stamping into the molten UTEE at this point. You can highlight what you've stamped with RubNBuff (sold at craft stores or try marcopaper.com or the above online sites).

As a note, I've used my melting pot to melt the last bits of my kids crayons.

Don't stir. Take all paper off of crayons, dump crayon scraps into melting pot, melt and unplug & cool completely. Pop out & you have a jumbo multi colored crayon.

If I'm using a piece of cardstock cut to size that I'm putting the UTEE on, I have had the best luck heating that inside a small glass dish - a Pyrex one that has a lid and is used to store things in the fridge. The size of the dish is small enough so that even if the UTEE piece moves around in there, it doesn't have space to move far and flip over.

However, I did come up with a new way to do UTEE when I was making lots of them for some thank you's I did. I was making rectangular pieces, so I took 2 pieces of Terrifically Tacky tape (the double stick tape with the reddish backing paper), cut them to the same size, and stuck them down so their sides were touching (just to make a larger rectangle - I only had the skinny tape, not the wide tape) onto that Renolds non-stick foil. You then just peel off the backing tape, pour the UTEE over it, shake off extra, and heat with the heat gun. The UTEE sticks right to the tape and the tape sticks right to the foil, so nothing moves! :lol: You then just pull the piece off the foil and stick it to your card, etc! I was able to do lots of pieces at the same time this way.

Hopefully that makes sense, but if not, I could try to send you some pictures!

As an added note, I only have clear UTEE, so I would do 2 or 3 layers of that and then do 1 layer of regular embossing powder in gold or whatever. I know some people like to just use 2-3 layers of the regular EP, but this makes them last a lot longer!

UTEE Assistance
 

Can anyone tell me at what temperature to set the toaster oven to melt the UTEE???

TIA
Lynn in St. Louis

What exactly is UTEE?
 

Embossing powder?

Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel

Thank you. I read the whole thread trying to figure out what UTEE was. I guess I should have started at the bottom.:)