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Gigahearts_FX wrote:Excellent, and the patch job on the 3rd hole is really well executed.
Have you printed vinyl for the graphics?

Thank you!

I almost started over with a new patch. Its still noticable, and I felt like I could have made it invisible had I been more careful and patient.

I had hell trying to get the graphics to look decent.

I tried t shirt transfers, clear waterslide decal paper, white waterslide decal paper, photo paper... Each had it's own problem. The clear waterslide decal was translucent even thru the inked portions, so when placed on the gray paint, they all discolored or washed out to a dark tint. This actually helped the bigfoot silhouette look darker, so I used it. The orange text looked terrible on the waterslide, so I printed it on the t shirt transfer paper with a black highlight, straight from microsoft word. It doesn't lay nearly as flat as the waterslide, but the color looks much better.

I have not tried to print on vinyl and don't know if I can with my printer. Unfortunately, all I have to work with at the moment is my inkjet. Its a good quality printer but doesn't work so well for this application. Any advice in the graphics department is very appreciated.

I just use toner transfer personally.
I used to use inkjet decals on either transparent or white vinyl decal but could never find a robust clearcoat

Gigahearts_FX wrote:I just use toner transfer personally.
I used to use inkjet decals on either transparent or white vinyl decal but could never find a robust clearcoat

Toner transfer? What is that, exactly? Like from a laser printer or something?
Do you print a graphic large enough to cover the entire face, or just the the size of the graphic?

Looks good. I like that enclosure with the orange knobs.

Antknee wrote:

Gigahearts_FX wrote:I just use toner transfer personally.
I used to use inkjet decals on either transparent or white vinyl decal but could never find a robust clearcoat

Toner transfer? What is that, exactly? Like from a laser printer or something?
Do you print a graphic large enough to cover the entire face, or just the the size of the graphic?

Press'n'Peel blue and a lazer printer yes
Its a mono solution

Never tried colour but it should work but in that case people dont use the blue paper, but some sort of photo paper (everyone has their favorite)

Ian

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