Has anyone tried adhering photographs over the top of the enclosure, spraying a protective coat on the photo and then spraying clear? I'm thinking you could print some pretty vivid colors that way without shelling out money for a color laser printer. Am I crazy?
Obviously, if you wanted the color of the enclosure to show through this wouldn't be an option.
Sounds cool. It would be similar to the process many take with applying their graphics, just using a different sort of paper. Try it out!
Jacob
You can use actual photos, using the envirotex stuff. I have actually done this once. I used rubber cement on put the picture on the box, and covered it with the epoxy. The finish is very thick so lines aren't really a issue. Disclaimer, i have only done this once and maybe i just got lucky :)
Thanks for the feedback jimmy. I'll give it a rip on one of these pedals. I've got several on the build queue and a few with no enclosure ideas yet.
Yes you can do it! I've done it quite a few times now. At first I was skeptical it was gonna look super tacky, but it turned out looking really good. I also didn't use photo paper, just regular printer paper. I layed a primer and then my color I wanted, then glued the picture on top using Elmer's glue. I used a little super glue on the edges to keep them down really good. Then just use regular clear coat over that. Did maybe 2 coats and they've stayed pretty solid. I'm sure epoxy would work way better!!
Here's some examples;
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=2093.0
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/857/dsc0034h.jpg/
http://www.buildyourownclone.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=30076