Making Decals

Do it Yourself

From kee--(at)--den.com Tue May 28 12:18:20 CDT 1996
From: kee--(at)--den.com (R.G. Keen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar
Subject: Re: Custom Decals
Date: 28 May 1996 12:52:34 GMT

mfit--(at)--izvax.net wrote:


: Hi there. I'm trying to find some information for a guitar-making friend of mine with no net access.
: He's trying to find information on where to get a short run of custom decals
: for his guitars - do you know of any companies that specialize in this sort of
: thing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Most cities of any size have printing shops that will make decals. "Short
run of custom decals" means "Make me a few special things that are a
unique process" to a printer, which gets translated as "I'm willing to
pay a lot of money for something odd and you'll never see me again" in
most cases.

You can make your own decals with Dyna Art Designs' "Toner Transfer
System" papers. Order the sheets (DigiKey has them), and find a
printing/copying/photo place that will print on your paper in their color
laser copier. Make the print, then spray a couple of coats of clear
lacquer on the sheet and let it dry. Voila, decals. The paper is about
$1.50 a sheet in 5-sheet packages. Color laser copies are about $1-$2
each.

R.G.

Index:

A B box	ABY box	Aging Grill Cloth	Available Pot Evaluation
B plus Precautions	B plus Safety Tips	Best Guitar Cable	Bias Jig
Biasing by Scope	Build an AB box	Cabinet maker	Cable Shield Conducts
Caig ProGold GxL	Cap Orientation Test	Cap Temp Ratings	Cathode Current Biasing Error
Champ line out	Cheap Headphone Amp	Cheapo amp	Cigar Box Amp
Damp Tube Microphonics	Darkness	Decontaminate Ckt Board	DIY Bias Probe
DIY Coil Winder	DIY Tube Dampers	Dr Z Kit	Eyelet Board
Fitting Grounded Cords	Fix Stripped Baffle Screws	Fixing Faded Knobs	Forming Caps No Variac
Good Pot Cleaners	Groove Tubes	Grounded Cord Codes	Heat Shrink On Cables
Hot Transformers	How To Lacquer Tweed	How to Measure Wattage	Installing Grillecloth
Light Bulb Cap Formers	Light Bulb Current Limiter	Low Drain Buffer TL061	LV Switchcraft vs Neutrik
Making Decals	Maxi Matcher Review	Measure Amp Power	Mounting A Variac
No Tuner Cleaner	Ohms Law Calc Online	Potting Transformers	Powering up old amps
Re Tolexing	Reconditioning Checklist	Reduce AC Voltages	Reducing Hum
Remove Ground Switch	Resistor Differences	Retensioning Sockets	Scooter Takes The Juice
Solder Types	Speaker Cable Guage	SwAMP ChAMP	Tolex Cleaner
Tolex Repairs	Tone Stack Calculator	Transformer Adapter Plate	Tube Font
Tweed Deluxe Clones	Why Orange Drops