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3rdness

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How do you label painted gear?
« on: December 19, 2008, 02:54:31 PM »

I've been painting up a mt-100 for a friend, and it looks rad.  Only prob is it would be good to have some of the controls labeled.

I was thinking of rub off transfer letters, but that seems very time consuming and its hard to find small enough letters.

Also, maybe printing out labels on adhesive paper, but I don't want them to rub off or fade.  Then a clear coat of paint over the whole thing?

Any other suggestions on labeling painted gear?

Thanks,

Noam
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Re: How do you label painted gear?
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2008, 03:13:15 PM »

http://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,650.0.html

Or you could use transparent inkjet printable decal paper like you get with model kits
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Re: How do you label painted gear?
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2008, 03:48:24 PM »

My favourite technique for pedals is OHP (overhead projector) film.

Print a reverse version of your image then turn it over and the film itself protects it.

Give the surface that it's going on a quick coat of clear-coat, use that to stick the image down then give it another couple of coats of clear to seal it.
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Re: How do you label painted gear?
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2008, 07:50:22 PM »

wow, so many good ideas - thanks a lot!
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Re: How do you label painted gear?
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2008, 05:41:42 PM »

I ended up using a label maker - one of the new-ish ones.  I painted the keyboard white, so the labels all but disappear.  Looks pretty good.

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Here it is with my original unpainted mt-100:
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Re: How do you label painted gear?
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2008, 07:55:20 AM »

awesome - i love the colors. way more stylish than the greyish original color.
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