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Re: Tek push-button lettering using pressing iron transfer of laser printed text on non-sticking paper


 

Hi Dennis,

Thanks for the heads up.
I didn't use any protection - YET - but I was planning to spray it on with protective varnish... of the kind that designers use to protect pencil drawn sketches.
But, I`m giving second thoughts as if it will be necessary at all... I explain why...
It took me quite more than a few trials to refine the process of how to properly center the labels on the buttons, as you can imagine.
The idea to cut the labels in that cross shape, with the cuts aligned to the outer contours of each label was, ultimately, what given me good reference lines that I could center about each button's corners...
In the process, I probably have done, and rejected, about 75% of all the labels I applied.
Every time I needed to redo one, i needed to scrape off the wrongly placed label and realized they became quite strong and scratch proof.
After the first or second I tried to scrape off gently, I gave up and decided to sand them out... and even sanding them, they wouldn't go away very easily.

I will leave it like that for some time and see how well they resist to time and use.

Rgrds,

Fabio

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 05:38 pm, Dennis Tillman W7PF wrote:


Hi Fabio,
Very nice idea and good documentation on how to do it. You didn't say what if
anything you put over the label to protect it after you transferred it to the
button.

Dennis Tillman W7PF

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