Thanks !
Steve
Steve, is there anyway you can remove the dial and scan it into a computer, then use paint shop or some other program to replicate it I have done this in the past with dials that are not back lit, and they turned out preety good.
E.
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:Thanks !
: Steve
marv
:All,
: I finished up the resto on my Stewart-Warner Phonograph/Radio; and now I am focused on the dial face. It seems like had a black background, with gold numbers. The only problem is that my paint skills are no where near what this would require - does anyone have suggestions ?
:You can see an image here:
:http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=316575231&size=o
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:Thanks !
: Steve
T.
Where can I find this stuff for my printer.?? HUh HUh HUH??? drool
White toner: http://www.atttransfer.com/sublilaser.html
Gold ? Haven't seen it yet for standard laser printers.
Keep dreaming if you expect these toners to work with your old HP....;o)
You could make good money printing white decals and dials for Hallicrafters radios...8^)
Z-
T.
Thomas:
Rock Sea sold to RadioDaze.
I don't know if they use a laser printer or not.
The only well-known home user printer that prints white is an Alps.
What is a "model RR" site?
T.
No they're not. They use sublimation printers (ALPS) which is far from being a laser printer. It's a ribbon much like some cheapo fax printer, using some sort of wax. I won't go into details, simply search ALPS printers using google.
Z-
All I had heard was that some ALPS models DO print white. ( how I don't have a clue)
.. maybe it's an opaque ribbon I don't know.
.. but Dye Sublimation printers also use single-use "ribbons" that carry the dyes... right?
Thomas seems to think dial scales and decals are made using a laser. They are not. my reply was to him
Follow the tree of the thread Peter....;^)
Z-
That race track Howard musta been fun to do. Neat job.
I believe ink jet is fine as long as you can "lock" the ink using clear coating and be careful.
I did a gold Firestone label once using information shared by Stewart Schooley years ago on a busy exchange about faux-finish. Following Stewart's suggestion, I printed the decal's black "surround" reversed using an HP inkjet and used a gold pen to fill in the void. Clear coat, applied on the radio, a few more clear coats on top and I got a perfect decal.
Lotsa work for a single decal, but as a proof of concept, it worked kinda well.
Z-
I remember one trick where you paint the whole face gold, and let it dry. Then paint the whole thing black, and quickly rub a sponge over the face to remove the paint from the raised areas. This could be tricky though....
:Steve,
:As Elton suggested, and assuming the dial glass is backlit clear glass, scan the dial face at a 1 to 1 scale. Use Adobe or one of the many text/graphics applications to recreate a picture file of the whole glass, then use the MIRROR IMAGE MODE to print just the numbers on a clear water slide decal sheet. Place it on the back of the glass, and the numbers will now be correct. It could be overcoated with a crystal clear acrylic to seal it to the glass, but getting it to look just like the glass alone may be troublesome. You won't be able to print white numbers if thats the original color.
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:marv
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::All,
:: I finished up the resto on my Stewart-Warner Phonograph/Radio; and now I am focused on the dial face. It seems like had a black background, with gold numbers. The only problem is that my paint skills are no where near what this would require - does anyone have suggestions ?
::You can see an image here:
::http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=316575231&size=o
::
::Thanks !
:: Steve
:All,
: Thanks for the suggestions...However, I am pretty sure that the numbers are 'embossed' onto a plastic like sheet...So they are raised above the background...
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:I remember one trick where you paint the whole face gold, and let it dry. Then paint the whole thing black, and quickly rub a sponge over the face to remove the paint from the raised areas. This could be tricky though....
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::Steve,
::As Elton suggested, and assuming the dial glass is backlit clear glass, scan the dial face at a 1 to 1 scale. Use Adobe or one of the many text/graphics applications to recreate a picture file of the whole glass, then use the MIRROR IMAGE MODE to print just the numbers on a clear water slide decal sheet. Place it on the back of the glass, and the numbers will now be correct. It could be overcoated with a crystal clear acrylic to seal it to the glass, but getting it to look just like the glass alone may be troublesome. You won't be able to print white numbers if thats the original color.
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::marv
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:::All,
::: I finished up the resto on my Stewart-Warner Phonograph/Radio; and now I am focused on the dial face. It seems like had a black background, with gold numbers. The only problem is that my paint skills are no where near what this would require - does anyone have suggestions ?
:::You can see an image here:
:::http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=316575231&size=o
:::
:::Thanks !
::: Steve
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