NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/woodwork/8926

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From: [e-mail] (Nick Nussbaum)
Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
Subject: Re: Looking for lettering ideas for a refinishing project.
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Date: 2 Jan 93 20:56:31 GMT
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Yes there is press-on lettering that you could place on the varnished
surface, cover with a spray varnish. There's a wide selection in
black and even a very small selection in gold.
If you have a complex pattern to reproduce, there's some nifty new
technology you can find at your local big art supply store. It's
a plastic sheet coated with a special pigment. You use a special
machine to heat transfer the sheet over a sheet of paper with a
xerographic toner image from a laser copier. the pigment transfer
only where the toner is. The pigments come in a huge collection of
colors including metallic and black.
The way to use this is; make a negative image on a computer and print
out a piece of paper on a laser copier with the image.
Heat transfer the selected foil over the paper. The remaining pattern
on the plastic carrier sheet is the foil you want to transfer to your
varnish. Heat transfer or just imbed the entire plastic sheet on your
project.
The heat transfer iron is a bit expensive, $70 or so.. but I'd
be tempted to get out the household iron and play with a couple of
sheets of the magic foil. It does offer the possiblity of doing multi
color decals and matching the typeface on the radio exactly; both of
which would be hard to do with the stock transfer lettering.
--
Nick Nussbaum        [e-mail]    PO 4738 Seattle,WA 98104