[sdiy] Re: Frontpanel graphics, direct toner.

[Samppa Tolvanen]

On 7/8/07, karl dalen <dalenkarl at yahoo.se> wrote:
>
> You are not passivated in that sense, what you are doing is "roughen"
> up the surface of the aluminium (it also cleans the surface) so the
> toner has something to grip on when transfered from the paper.
>
> The Naho corrodes the alu surface, after transfer of toner you then "close"
> the surface by the varnish, enamel, lacquer.
>

This is the same as with painting "natural" aluminium, paints won't
stick on shiny unprepared surface. This helps paint/toner to bond in
the surface.


> >1)Have you tried using color printers, or do you just use black lettering on
> >natural aluminum.
>
> Yes! A very expensive HP color laserjet! :-(
> It didn't turn out well, it seams that the toner are to thin on the paper!
>

I did this with Color Laserjet 5M (fusing temperature ~ 190 Celsius)
using transparency as transfer media -> to the iron surface - it
worked out well.

Samppa