[sdiy] silkscreening and other finishings

[tpaddock at seanet.com]

Harry,
But when dymo labels fell off you could still 
read the letters in the fossilized goo. :)
I was kind of wondering what was pre-dymo?
Maybe I'm thinking 40s-50s instead of 50s-60s.
Punch letters on copper strips and "age" in 
salt water? H2O2? Cola?

I bet dymo dates back farther than I think. 
Maybe I'll hit it with a heat gun to fade 
it out a bit. (If I can find some) Nothing 
says high-class like woodgrain dymo.

Thanks,
Toby Paddock
PS- I just checked ebay and sure 
enough, there's lots of *vintage* Dymo.

Harry wrote:
> If you want an authentic 60's look use labelmaker
> plastic tape once made by Dymo. Don't know if it
> still exists. It embossed litters into a thick
> plastic self adhesive tape.  It looked awful but
> I saw a LOT of homebuilt projects using it...
> 
> Used it myself... eventually the adhesive dries
> out and the labels fall off... leaving a sticky
> residue behind.
> 
> H^) harry
>