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12th June 2015, 11:07 PM #1Product designer retired
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Making your own stickers
I'm in the throws of completing a project that involves mechanical stuff, and electronics in a box.
The control box is black plastic with the top 120mm x 60mm.
There will be three push buttons on top along with two Pots with knobs.
I would like to make a sticker for the top, preferably in aluminium with an adhesive peel off back. The last time I tried printing on aluminium, the ink refused to dry
and could easily be smeared.
A bit like GQ's lippy.
Any clues or other ideas to make a sticker?
Ken
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12th June 2015, 11:22 PM #2Novice
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Avery do a range of heavy duty silver laser/inject printable labels which look pretty good. I've had good success printing onto these, then overlaying with Fablon type sticky back plastic, then cutting out the shape with a craft knife. Ok the edges arent sealed and if heavily soiled, you may get oil seeping between the fablon and the label at the edges, but can give you quite a professional result if you take care with the application of the fablon and cutting.
I made new V Belt/spindle speed charts for my mill and they still look great a couple of years on, and get regularly splattered/wiped down.
Hope this helps
Graham
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12th June 2015, 11:29 PM #3Product designer retired
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Fablon?
Fablon, are you talking about the stuff you spray on clothes prior to ironing?
I definitely do not iron my clothes, so may be I'm thinking of something else.
Ken
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13th June 2015, 06:50 AM #4Home Hobbist
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Hi Ken,
Have a look at using Trefolyte, there would be local companies that make labels that you could get a quote from, used a lot on Electrical Cabinets.
They have a self-adhesive back on them and you can get it different colours.
Keith_W.
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13th June 2015, 07:28 AM #5
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13th June 2015, 08:00 AM #6Philomath in training
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Enlightenment! Over on this side of the world that stuff is referred to as 'contact'. The biggest challenge was trying to keep the stuff straight and flat so that you did not put wrinkles on your books.
Ken, I have a pantograph engraver here. Provided the Al panel is not too big (120x60 should fit). I could engrave text/ numbers for you (and maybe a line or two). Graphics are possible but a pain, so fast/ slow is way preferable to turtle/ rabbit. I also have a black paint crayons, so provided black was good, could infill for you. Sticking on would just be double sided tape or kwikgrip (rubber contact adhesive for the Northern hemisphere crowd).
Michael
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13th June 2015, 08:02 AM #7Pink 10EE owner
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13th June 2015, 10:50 AM #8Senior Member
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13th June 2015, 11:30 AM #9
I have successfully made these panel front stickers by designing in Word or similar, printing on laser or inkjet then laminating them, trimming to size and putting thin double sided adhesive on the back.
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13th June 2015, 02:18 PM #10Senior Member
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Hi ken
I can print on just about anything including aluminium wood plastic steel material can also make stickers send me a pm
cheers
Harty
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13th June 2015, 07:38 PM #11
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13th June 2015, 08:12 PM #12Novice
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Here's an example of a couple of stickers I made by printing on Silver labels and then sticking matt finish fablon sticky back plastic over the top.
Total cost £5 for the labels, £2 for the roll of matt finish fablon, both from ebay. I now have enough to make enough labels to last me the rest of my life.
Cheers
Graham
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13th June 2015, 08:33 PM #13GOLD MEMBER
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Making your own stickers
Great looking labels, but a quick look on ebay shows they are way more than 5 quid a packet. Can you let us know the seller's name please?
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13th June 2015, 08:42 PM #14Novice
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Yeahh sorry, I bought a split pack of 10 A4 sheets for a fiver some time back. Can't see any split packs at the moment, but the ones I bought were Avery L6013 A4 labels. Best I could find is 20 sheet packs for £14 plus postage. I don't know whether these are available in AUS.
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13th June 2015, 09:31 PM #15GOLD MEMBER
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Those Avery labels look good. I think they are the type used by various appliance lead testing companies. BTW, I found these at Office Works:
http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/o...-pack-av936067
Edit: the silver labels all seem to be around the $90 mark retail in Aus. However I found the labels for $56 here (plus $7 delivery) Seems to be the best price.
http://www.bestart.com.au/label-aver...-1mm-20-s.html
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