Hot dog! I've been following these 'decal' threads with interest, and finally hit some pay dirt (a reference to Micromark followed up by a Goggle search produced the following), the "big enchilada" of decal-sources so to speak: http://www.papilio.com/ We manufacture: o water slide decal paper (for inkjet printers and laser printers/photocopiers) and o "waterproof" inkjet vinyl and cling/tack film (for inkjet printers) SPECIAL OFFER If you are not sure what inkjet media might fit your needs and/or if you are interested in sampling our media and various over-laminates, we suggest you order the inkjet sample pack. INKJET SAMPLE PACK The inkjet sample pack includes 16 sheets of quality inkjet media and glue/fixative as follows: 2 Sheets inkjet water slide decal paper 2 Sheets white self adhesive waterproof inkjet vinyl 2 Sheets inkjet tattoo paper 2 Sheets white inkjet cling/tack (Waterproof) 2 Sheets glossy photo film self adhesive 2 Sheets glossy film over-laminate 2 Sheets matte photo over-laminate 2 Sheets matte white flexible magnetic 2 fl. oz. tattoo tack 2 fl. oz. decal fixative 12 foam pads Item# INK03G $23.65 RF Jim (PS. A TEXAS-based company I have no connection with.) ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [OT]: Leveling surface > I have seen really good looking custom decals on people's elesctonics > cases/enclosures. Even one-off's can look pretty professional with these. > Where are they obtained? Can any corner printing shop do these, or do > you ahve to special order them? Is there an outfit that can do custom > silkscreens for this purpose? > > Obviously PC board mfrs do silkscreens for PC board art, which us one-off > labs never mess around with. I wonder how they get them made? > > -- Lawrence Lile > Senior Project Engineer > Toastmaster, Inc. > Division of Salton, Inc. > 573-446-5661 voice > 573-446-5676 fax > > > > > "Peter L. Peres" > Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list > 08/09/02 01:54 PM > Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list > > > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > cc: > Subject: Re: [OT]: Leveling surface > > > On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Josh Koffman wrote: > > >Hi all. I have a few cases similar to: > >http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=39196 > >The surfaces are aluminum, but with a sort of textured surface. I would > >like to put some stickers (decals) on these cases, but I am having > >trouble getting things to stick to the non flat surface. Any ideas of > >what I could do? I was thinking about getting some 5 minute epoxy, > > Silk screen or mask + paint gun (air brush) works fine here. Do not expect > the result to look even. Use a large mask, large lettering etc. From a > distance it looks great. > > >spreading a thin layer on the case to even out the bumps, then pressing > >the sticker into the epoxy. It should work, but I'm worried I won't be > >able to contain the epoxy, it will spread wider than the sticker, and > >then look ugly. Any other ideas? > > Peter > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.