[sdiy] silkscreening and other finishings

[Ian Fritz]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Happy Harry" <paia2720 at hotmail.com>
To: <tpaddock at seanet.com>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:58 AM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] silkscreening and other finishings


> 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
>


Ah! I happen to have the solution for this. It turns out that superglue is
enormously synergistic with Dymo goo. Put a dot of superglue in the midle of
your label when it falls off (or puckers up) then smish it back in place. It
will *never* come off again.

  Ian