There are a couple of products you should look at: 3M made something called ScotchCal. I think the line has been sold, but is still available.
Also, the MetalPhoto process can be done in a home lab. I also think Staples can do it fairly cheaply from your 'puter files. -John =============== > I'm tired of setting up silkscreening for one-off or small lot > projects, and am looking for new ways to neatly label panels > (generally painted metal, sometimes bare metal or > plastic). Preferably, something that can be done on-premises without > needing to send graphics out and wait for delivery. I'd like to be > able to do layouts on a pc -- at a minimum with letters and lines, > and hopefully the capability to paste graphics, as well. I'm willing > to overcoat the labeling if necessary (preferably with a spray rather > than an adhesive film). Duty will generally be indoor, but I'd like > the labeling to survive locations that get direct sun through a window. > > I'm familiar with the Dymo and Brother industrial tape labelers, but > would like something that is not so confined to available tape widths > (if I'm doing an overlay -- which I'm not in love with generally -- > I'd like to overlay the whole panel). I don't know if the Scotchcal > family of products has anything useful for this. I have heard of > materials available for (laser?) printers that create water-soluble > decals, but have not run across any. I know there are heat-transfer > PC resist materials -- are there similar things oriented to panel > labeling (this would not address plastic panels, I presume)? One > potential drawback of printed solutions (where the actual toner or > ink from the printer becomes the label) may be making light-colored > labels for dark panels. > > Anything else people like? I know I said I disfavor sending out for > overlays, but if anybody thinks really highly of this method, and can > identify a good vendor, I'm willing to listen. > > Thanks, > > Charles > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
