Anyone have experience putting decals over a pre-painted enclosure (like pedal parts plus)? I have been painting my own and just clear coating the decal. Cost wise it's cheaper to buy a pre-painted and saves me time. I'm just wondering if there are any compatibility issues that I may run into. Any suggestions or tips are welcome! Thanks
Sure, I've done that plenty. I have only used the wet-slide stuff from smallbear, but there are probably some alternatives out there. I usually do about 6-7 thin passes of clear coat. It really looks good that way.
I don't sand between coats, but I do rub the enclosure down gently with a cotton t-shirt (usually the one I'm wearing!) before applying the next coat.
I think any acetate sheet that is very thin would work.
I have used clear vinyl decals overtop of plenty of PPP powder coated boxes. works super awesome:
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Jacob
Ok, thanks!
Jacob,
How did you do the white decal?
Josh
Your welcome!
I get the white printing from a (formerly) local sign printing place. They use clear vinyl decal (like a clear sticker) and then print the white lettering using a foil printing method. They can print in whatever colour they can get a foil (think all pantone colours). I moved, and haven't located a new printing shop who'll do it for me yet. Not to mention I don't have access to the program I used to at work anymore, so I'll either have to find a new method, or perhaps find a new way to do it. Stupid OSX Tiger... nobody makes good programs for my computer anymore!
Jacob
What brand clear vinyl do you use?
Sorry, I don't know what the brand is. It's just the clear vinyl decal stock the shop I had print it uses. It's a lot like a clear sticker.
Jacob
Thanks anyways. I'll have to do some searching... By the way, I really dig the green and white overdrive pedal. Is it a tube screamer variety?
Yep and it's for sale! (sorry for the shameless plug...)
If you want it it could be yours. Pm or email me...
Quote from: jkokura on August 19, 2010, 09:21:25 PM
Yep and it's for sale! (sorry for the shameless plug...)
If you want it it could be yours. Pm or email me...
Feel free to put that in the BUY/SELL/TRADE area, too, if you have not already done so. It's a nice one!