Author: "Rob W M Shipley" <rob@...> Time: Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:23 am PST Link
Rayburn wrote:
"Subject: Re: Silk-screen panel labels
Rub on lettering - Maybe someone else already does this?
I re-lettered the panel in my spam can with rub on letters applied to
model aircraft milar covering (monocoat wet adhesive type). After
adjusting and applying the lettering on the monocoat, then placed the
monocoat on the panel. I also did a small tail flash reflecting all
of my military career squadrons with the same technique. No top coat
over the letters was used. Neither the panel or external lettering
ever came off in six years."
I have used the Dymo Letra Tag labels with some succes - not the paper labels but the silver metallic. This print machine was on sale last year at Target for $10 and I have been very impressed with the wide range of type faces including two row, large small, bold, italic etc. The metallic tapes seem very durable and although they are probably thermally printed I have seen no indication in southern California of heat up to 100F affecting them. The colour of the silver metallic is a very close match to aluminium.
Low tech but a cheap and easy system which would make modification and additions easy in the future.
Rob
Rob W M Shipley
N919RV (res) Fuselage .....still!
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Author: Scott Vanartsdalen <svanarts@...> Time: Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:14 am PST Link
I printed my labels on my laser printer. I used clear Avery laser printer labels. I then just cut out around the words, stuck them to the panel, and then sprayed a clear coat over them. Will work as long as your panel isn't black! Of couse if you have a color printer then you're all set.
Rob W M Shipley <rob@...> wrote:Rayburn wrote:
"Subject: Re: Silk-screen panel labels
Rub on lettering - Maybe someone else already does this?
I re-lettered the panel in my spam can with rub on letters applied to
model aircraft milar covering (monocoat wet adhesive type). After
adjusting and applying the lettering on the monocoat, then placed the
monocoat on the panel. I also did a small tail flash reflecting all
of my military career squadrons with the same technique. No top coat
over the letters was used. Neither the panel or external lettering
ever came off in six years."
I have used the Dymo Letra Tag labels with some succes - not the paper labels but the silver metallic. This print machine was on sale last year at Target for $10 and I have been very impressed with the wide range of type faces including two row, large small, bold, italic etc. The metallic tapes seem very durable and although they are probably thermally printed I have seen no indication in southern California of heat up to 100F affecting them. The colour of the silver metallic is a very close match to aluminium.
Low tech but a cheap and easy system which would make modification and additions easy in the future.
Rob
Rob W M Shipley
N919RV (res) Fuselage .....still!
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Author: David Domeier <davidd010@...> Time: Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:53 am PST Link
on 3/10/04 10:32 PM, Rob W M Shipley at rob@... wrote:
re "I have used the Dymo Letra Tag labels with some succes - not the paper
labels but the silver metallic."
Thanks for the info, Rob. For sure there are more ways than one or two to
skin a cat.
Yesterday I applied 29 labels with the silk-screen after confirming
compatibility with the paints. It took about 3 hours.
The 19x21 screen is awkward. Steve Eberhart said smaller screens are better
and that is a fact. His message #7794 is an excellent commentary on this
process. I checked out dickblick.com and it is THE source for screen print
materials for anyone wanting to do their own screens. If I had to do it
again, I'd make my own. It does not appear to be a big deal.
But since I paid $60 to have one made, I used it. I took some jigging of
the screen, but the end result is very satisfying compared to clear stick on
labels which I tried and removed. Applying the paint (or ink) is an
acquired skill. I did have to remove several labels immediately because not
enough or too much paint went through the screen. And I also learned you
have one swipe across the label with the squeegey, a second will mess up the
label for sure. The screen has to be cleaned immediately since the paint I
used (artist acrylic in a tube) sets up very quickly. That's part of the
reason the process took 3 hours. Also, the applied label has to cure
somewhat before an adjacent one can be applied. After cleaning the screen,
I used a vacuum cleaner to dry it and clear the label holes of residual
cleaning stuff, in this case water.
I also found that the label will not take well to a smoothly painted
surface. I ended up applying the labels to a primed surface which took very
well and then clear coated the the whole thing this morning after over night
cure. I like the medium gray prime color so that's what it will be. White
letters show up very nicely on it.
dd
RV-7
Subby H6
(should be flying before OSH)
Author: "JPiney" <greg_piney@...> Time: Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:25 am PST Link
Hi All,
I have used laser printed decals for all sorts of labeling. Work
exactly like the decals you get with models. If your printer can
print it, you can make a decal. The only color you can't print is
white. Go to:
http://store.yahoo.com/beldecal/moddecpap.html
Greg Piney
Soon to be RV8A'r
--- In vansairforce@yahoogroups.com, Scott Vanartsdalen
<svanarts@y...> wrote:
> I printed my labels on my laser printer. I used clear Avery laser
printer labels. I then just cut out around the words, stuck them to
the panel, and then sprayed a clear coat over them. Will work as
long as your panel isn't black! Of couse if you have a color
printer then you're all set.
>
> Rob W M Shipley <rob@r...> wrote:Rayburn wrote:
> "Subject: Re: Silk-screen panel labels
> Rub on lettering - Maybe someone else already does this?
> I re-lettered the panel in my spam can with rub on letters applied
to
> model aircraft milar covering (monocoat wet adhesive type). After
> adjusting and applying the lettering on the monocoat, then placed
the
> monocoat on the panel. I also did a small tail flash reflecting
all
> of my military career squadrons with the same technique. No top
coat
> over the letters was used. Neither the panel or external lettering
> ever came off in six years."
>
> I have used the Dymo Letra Tag labels with some succes - not the
paper labels but the silver metallic. This print machine was on
sale last year at Target for $10 and I have been very impressed with
the wide range of type faces including two row, large small, bold,
italic etc. The metallic tapes seem very durable and although they
are probably thermally printed I have seen no indication in southern
California of heat up to 100F affecting them. The colour of the
silver metallic is a very close match to aluminium.
> Low tech but a cheap and easy system which would make modification
and additions easy in the future.
> Rob
> Rob W M Shipley
> N919RV (res) Fuselage .....still!
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Author: Ken Harrill <kharrill@...> Time: Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:35 pm PST Link
-----Original Message-----
I printed my labels on my laser printer. I used clear Avery laser printer
labels. I then just cut out around the words, stuck them to the panel, and
then sprayed a clear coat over them. Will work as long as your panel isn't
black! Of couse if you have a color printer then you're all set.
I used the Avery laser labels, too. I did not clear coat them and they
still look like new two years and 300 hours later. The labels look better
if you use an xacto knife and cut them very close to the lettering, so that
very little of the clear label shows after you mount them on the panel. The
hardest part is getting them perfectly level.
Ken Harrill
RV-6, 300 hours