Patent ID: 8382998

Claim:
A process of manufacturing a three-dimensional relief on a metal surface comprising following steps: a first step of making a water transfer label in advance, said water transfer label orderly composed of a base paper, an adhesive layer, a pattern ink layer, a glossy protective layer, an ink fixing plastic film and a separable paper pasted on said ink fixing plastic film, said water transfer label heated and dried at a first temperature; a second step of transferring, said separable paper peeled off and said base paper also stripped off, sticking said adhesive layer to a metal surface, then said ink fixing plastic film is stripped off to leave said pattern ink layer covering a part of said metal; a third step of heating, tightly sticking said pattern ink layer to said metal by means of said adhesive layer by heating at a second temperature higher than said first temperature; a fourth step of metal plating and etching carried out to produce etching and coloring to another part of said metal that is not covered by said pattern ink layer; and a fifth step of removing all of said adhesive layer, said pattern ink layer and said glossy protective layer from said metal surface.