[sdiy] Re: Frontpanel graphics, direct toner.

[Anthony Rolando]

On preparing the Aluminum surface. Have any of you had any luck with simply 
sanding the surface? I have some panels I made from scrap aluminum. They are 
pretty scratched up. I was going to sand them in one direction, leaving a 
vertical pattern. Will this be enough to get the toner and varnish to stick?

TR


>From: "Samppa Tolvanen" <samppa.tolvanen at gmail.com>
>To: "karl dalen" <dalenkarl at yahoo.se>
>CC: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Re: Frontpanel graphics, direct toner.
>Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 13:44:15 +0300
>
>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
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