it is best to use a clear overcoat to minimize wear. As with any graphic applied to a radio case, or knob etc.
Once the powder fuses the graphics are no longer affected by water.
I have used white, gold and red so far and I have several other colors on hand. Raised-graphic embossing powders are available in many colors. This is the process I spoke of where the powder is applied to the still-wet ink then is heated with a heat gun causing the powder to melt and fuse into a uniform “raised” entity. And….WHITE decals are possible for application to opaque surfaces as long as the White Embossing Powder is used to create “raised-graphics”. Scales that have white graphics and much “clear” space are better left to silk-screening / serigraphy I think.Īs you mentioned though, any opaque surface lends itself well to decals. I will try to provide some further information on the wet-transfer decals and where they might be most effectively used.Ī dial scale such as the one made by Jose would not be possible with wet-transfer decals. Here is an example of a dial he made for my Philips BX272U. Afterwards ithe film was put between two glass plates.įor serigraphic work (real paint on glass) our friend José Duarte Costa, This dial-scale was printed in HP ink-jet printer on a transparent film. The missed part had to be rebuilted in "Paint Brush". The original dial was broken and a piece was missed. Here I have tried also to print a dial-scale in an ink-jet printer. The wet-transfer Decal Paper is a very good idea. I hope I have provided you with some useful information. Also they make mention that they can be contacted if you have any "special" needs.so, who knows - perhaps they would produce a custom dial scale if they were provided with the necessary art work. I have heard that their quality is high and that they use epoxy based inks for the graphics. Also, they only produce FLAT dial scales. They have an extensive listing of approximately 200 radio models that they produce scales for. Unfortunately, at this time they only make glass dial scales for American made radios. There is a company here in the USA that makes and sells glass dial scales. The main point of your response however pertained to GLASS dials that have "painted on" or silkscreened graphics. I can provide examples and more information about this process if you like. While the ink is still wet a white powder is applied and then heated with a heat gun.
This process uses clear wet-transfer decal paper. I, myself, have had success creating white "raised-letter" decals to apply to radio cases, dial rings etc. It also lighted from behind with good results. In the example shown in the weblink I provided, the author required a scale that had no white areas on it so he was able to replicate an acceptable dial scale.then by laminating it with clear plastic it took on the appearance of a "factory-original" dial scale. WHITE wet-transfer paper is now available from However, if WHITE wet-transfer paper is used the result will indeed be bright white or light-colored areas where desired. Any white coloring in the graphics will simply result in a clear area on a typical sheet of wet-transfer "paper". I think though, that this is pertinent only when trying to create a wet-transfer decal. You are correct about the inability of ink-jet printers to render a white color.
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