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I am floored mg. I've used inkjets for about 8 months now and have not had a single one bleed as it hit the water. I'm afraid I'm going to have to call out the decals you got maybe as a defective product  

I can tell you my process and that is all I know (although many folks at BYOC use ink jet without issue, once the learning curves is obtained of course and they sort of had their own routine. I learned from this sticky http://www.buildyourownclone.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8896).

I print, let dry 24 hours. Spray testors decal applier (I've used Rustoleum clear gloss too without issue on this first coat). Wait 15 minutes, light coat of Rustoleum clear gloss. Wait 15 minutes, final third coat a little heavier right up to the point of a gloss look (as opposed to the orange peel look).

Let dry 24 hours.

What kind of drying times did you use for both after you printed it and then before you stuck it in the water?

I've probably printed 75 sheets and never had an issue. I think a major key is not having the printer hot.

Mg you've had one productive weekend.

What kind of biz is that mg?

Good question. I used to try and just gave up. There is a train store near me but they are always out of everything so I never call them any more. But they did tell me if they had it in stock they do carry water slide decals. See if you can locate one wherever you are at.

The Hobby Lobby near me did sell something different than what you describe but I never tried it.

CP, I like your avator over at BYOC better. This one scares me 

Frankly, I have only used a small piece of tape on one board, otherwise they float. I use pot condomns http://www.guitarpcb.com/apps/webstore/products/show/1409402  so I don't have to worry about shorts against the pots and frankly by the time I use as short of wires as possible that board isn't going anywhere unless I toss it down some stairs. I guess the purist might want to lock it down and that is fine. I get it in the same sense of why do we worry about the looks of the guts. It doesn't make the pedal sound better. But, to each his own.

Really clever idea! I always use the bottom under the pcb to make everything neater...
Gotta use this one day to showcase a way to complex build 

It's obviously not gig worthy but I just play at home so for me it is practical. I have one more enclosure like this and I'm trying to think of some cool circuit maybe with a rotary switch for several different LED clippers, different colors etc.. kind of thing.

If anyone has any thoughts I'm all ears too.

I like Barry's stuff. I usually order some of his products he sells too. I love his pot condomns    I started at BYOC and still love the place, went over to Barry to branch out, and now I've got a handful of Bean's boards I can't wait to work on.

I think I'm addicted

Thanks fellas. I got the enclosure here http://www.iprojectbox.com/serpac-handheld-project-p-26.html

I had originally wanted to get the blue and red plastic one but they told me they no longer carry those so I fished around and ended up getting a couple of these. Some dude just turned me onto this site for some glow in the dark wire. I think I may get that too for another build http://www.thatscoolwire.com/store/subcategory.asp?SubCategoryID=149

Cob, I have never had any experience with his ver 1 to compare to. This one is really smooth is all I know but has plenty of gain, at least for me and my P-90's. I only had about a half hour last night with it so I need to put a little more time into it. Also on the tone knob and per Barry's site:
The tone control is an active control – it boosts as well as cuts frequencies. With the control in the mid
position, no frequencies are boosted or cut, turning the control anti-clockwise will boost bass
frequencies and cut high frequencies, turning the control clockwise will cut bass frequencies and
boost high frequencies.

This is an OD'ish circuit, the Cap'n Munch, from guitarpcb. I sort of had a wild hair and for poops and giggles I thought I would house this thing in this. I was so worried about noise and being able to listen to the radio through it I socketed darn near anything that moved in order to tweak it. Also, went with the battery for the same reason. Much to my shock and happiness, it was completely quiet. I have no idea why though. I mean unless I dimed the gain and volume no hiss or anything. So I went from a novelty type thing for fun and figured it would just sit on a shelf to something I will slap down on my home pedal board.

The circuit itself is killer. It cleans up so well but if you want to split the wall you can do that too with some grind.

Very cool JK. Very clean gutz too.

Very cool and tidy. Love the copper(?) color on the first one in particular too.

You could also use a dremmel and just file it down. Pretty easy.

Hey ok, I just got done sourcing IC's, and as part of that was for the Aquaboy. Small Bear was the best bet that I could locate really. Having said that, I'm not expert on this but I did spend some fair amount of time poking around. I ended up ordering from Futerlec too for some IC's (they take freakin' forever though). I looked at Mouser too but I usually get a migraine trying to figure them out. Got only a few IC's from them as well. I ordered the Cool Audio chips from Small Bear at the end of the day for this build (although I'm holding out hope for an MN3005).

Just my 2pf's.

Thanks for the props guys. I truly appreciate it.