I have used decals for fingernails which I purchased at the dollar store. These worked well. However, I went on a recent hunt for more and it appears that all of the designs are now peel and stick plastic rather than decals. These to not work well at all and are much thicker. So I will have to take good care of my old decal ones.
I buy unpolished bobbins. I sand lightly with fine flexi-grit (plastic backed hobby "sandpaper". Then apply a coat of sanding sealer. Repeat until bobbins are nice and smooth (usually two coats.) Paint with acrylic hobby paint. Next apply the decals. Allow to dry thoroughly. I also do any writing desired at this time using a very fine pigma marker - must dry for a few days! A coat of sealer comes next which seems necessary to protect the marker and decals, I've had it smear without this. Finally two coats of varnish with very light sanding in between. Gloss varnish is pretty but seems to make the bobbins feel a bit greasy when I'm using them. I've moved to Matte varnish which is great. They come out perfect. All products I use are Delta Ceramcoat which still seems to be readily available at craft stores. I've just gotten in a new batch of bobbins so will be doing this myself this fall. Judy on the Mississippi in sunny S Louisiana On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Rick & Sharon Whiteley <[email protected]> wrote: > Rooting through my late Fatherâs hobby supplies I came across a Testors > kit for making custom decals for models. It occurred to me that would be > rather handy if you wanted to produce detailed motifs for bobbins. Has > anyone had experience with this sort of thing? Iâm sure someone out there > has :) Before I waste a few bobbins experimenting I thought Iâd ask you > what sort of prep did you do with the bobbin? Did you need to start with a > glossy finish (you do with model kits in order for the decal to adhere > properly). Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Sharon > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
