How to Create a Holographic Image on Your Own

Holograms stickers and labels are made by using prismatic light sources or laser beams. These lights create an image on the holographic paper, thus making an image that is three-dimensional due to the prism. This may sound a difficult process to perform, but there are many ways in which one can do it without much trouble. Follow the below steps to create a holographic image on your own:

1. A hologram product is made in a dark and a quite room, to get more effects. So the first step is to find a room that is dark enough for the image to be created perfectly. Also make sure that the object you create the image in is kept on a steady surface. If the object moves during the process, it will make the image erroneous.
2. Take an object in which you want to create the holographic image. The image can be created on any surface. It is preferred to take metallic surfaces because they are capable of reflecting the laser light more efficiently than other objects.
3. Keep the item in which you want to create the image on the table or the floor that is steady.
4. Now take a laser and place it in such a way that its beam covers the whole object. Remember to place it about 40 cm far. The laser should also be steady so that the image doesn’t move.
5. Switch on the laser and let it warm for a while. Now add the processing chemicals in an appropriate amount. There are many types of processing baths available in the market, which you can get easily.
6. Block the laser beam with a small sheet of cardboard and pinpoint the holographic mix on the holographic plate. The emulsion side becomes sticky.
7. Now rest the holographic plate alongside the object with the emulsion side touching. Fix the cardboard again after 8-10 sec and stop the contraction.
8. Finally keep the holographic plate to develop using the prepared chemical solutions. Now dry the plate and your holographic image is ready.

How to Make a Hologram at Home

Hologram images are made with a complex method by making use of prismatic lights and laser beams. This makes them attractive to look at. However complex they actually are, one can also make it at home by just using simple homemade materials. With an increasing demand of hologram products, they have become is more costly. Creating hologram products at home can save you a few pennies.

1. Take a spoilt or unused CD or DVD and place it on a flat surface with the label side down.
2. Now rub the disk with a rough steel wool so that you do not see your reflection in it. Remember to rub it in a circular pattern.
3. Select a simple image and trace its outline on another paper with a pencil. Now place the image on the disk part that was rubbed. Place the image upside down. Now scribble the backside of the image and transfer the image on the disk.
4. Slowly trace the image outline on the disk with a needle or a pin. Rub the extra lines with the help of a cloth.
5. Fill the outside of the image by making vertically perpendicular lines to the image. Doing this can get you a 3D or holographic effect.
6. Now finish the hologram by using steel wool and rubbing the image in spherical pattern.
7. Neatly cut your hologram to the anticipated image size with a knife.

How to Create Hologram Stickers from Holographic Paper

Holographic Stickers are very shiny and attractive to look at. People now-a-days even use them for decoration purpose or for school and college projects. The demand of hologram stickers have been increasing day by day because of their unique quality of protecting products from counterfeit. Hologram Stickers are made of prismatic lights. You can make your own sticker by making use of holographic paper.

Following the steps below can get you a holographic sticker of your own:

1. Take a big piece of holographic paper and keep the side with the hologram effects on the upper side.
2. Now cut the paper as per the size of your hologram using a scissor or a cutter. You can create as many pieces as you want. These pieces can be of any shape or size like star, square, moon, flower, etc.
3. Ones the shapes are ready, place them on the big sheet of paper labels. Draw the shape of each hologram on the labels and cut it the same way.
4. Apply glue on the stickers and stick it to the labels of similar shapes.
5. Take a clear shelf liner and stick to each sticker by removing its backing carefully and keeping the adhesive side upwards. Make sure that there are no air bubbles.
6. Keep it to adhere and then cut the sticker out.
7. Your hologram sticker is ready to use now. Just peel off the back and stick it to the desired surface.