> 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?
>

For one-off (or small quantity) decals, I've had a fair bit of success with
this; draw your artwork in a graphics package (I use Corel), and print it
out real size. Then just get the printout laminated at a stationary shop or
bureau , and punch holes wherever required for switches, LED holders,
mounting screws etc. In fact, if you have 7-segment displays on the panel as
well, just cut out the artwork BEFORE laminating, glue a small piece of red
(or green, depending on the display color) gelatin paper on it on the back,
and THEN laminate the sheet. Extremely inexpensive, and almost professional
looking!

Anand Dhuru

> 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?
>
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> "Peter L. Peres" <plp@ACTCOM.CO.IL>
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>         Subject:        Re: [OT]: Leveling surface
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>
> 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
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