[sdiy] silkscreening and other finishings

[John L Marshall]

In the really old days decals were available. Cut them off of the large
sheet. Use clear laquer to protect them.

Once I labeled a set of synthersizer modules with a Leroy set and India ink.
It was tedious but the results were good. I still have some of the modules
stored in the garage.

----- Original Message -----
From: harry <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
To: <tpaddock at seanet.com>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] silkscreening and other finishings


> The 40's / 50's would be GRAVOPLY lables... they are a black plastic
> with a white plastic overcoat.... us use a pantograph style engraver to
> cut through the white and expose the black. They are virtually
> indestructable.
>
> The label stock can even be had in large sheets, to do a whole front
> panel.
> Finsihed lables are glued or riveted to the panel.  Still used in
> industry today.
> Hmmm...  maybe an old engraver on e-bay ???
>
> H^) harry
>
> tpaddock at seanet.com wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >
>