1) Iron-on transfer paper will gladly adhere to several things... except acrylic-paint-and-gesso-covered canvas board. There, some takes and some doesn't...
2) Sanding said board only encourages what paint and transfer remain to adhere more firmly...
It's not quite unsalvageable yet; If I can figure out a way to get paper to do what I'd meant the board to do, visually, then the board can still do its job structurally...
Still.
>.<
At least there's good IM company through it, though... :D
...
~goes back to eyeing parts of things and muttering...~
EDITED TO ADD:
3) Layer upon layer of ye olde iron-on can work, just remember to protect the inactive layer (when you're ironing the active layer) with the same piece of waxed-feeling paper that you peeled off of it.
4) At low, dry heat and with small designs (say, smaller than the widest point of the iron), it is safe to leave the iron sitting on the transfer...but not quite for as long as it takes to post a blog entry...
Unless it's a very short blog entry.
Thankfully, the transfer on transfer bit came out well; now we get to find paper to which to anchor it, and we'll be in business.
Labels: bookbinding, learning curve