Thanks guys. For me it's really a great find since I do a lot of gift rods for relatives.
Here is my original post from January 4th: [
www.rodbuilding.org]
Before you rush out and buy the starter pack here are a few things you will need to know. For best results you need a laser printer. But if you don't have access to one...the transfer paper comes with a Safety Certification to help ease the worried minds of the folks at printing services such as Kinko's. You can also print your images on an inkjet printer and then copy it on a toner copier. It is the toner that you need. Just inkjet will not work. You also need a heated roller laminator (I bought mine on @#$%& for 30 bucks). Most cheap laminators have heated plates before the rollers. That won't work. You will also need a hobby or paint stripping heat gun. A good graphics program such as Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw are great, but you can do text decals in any word processing program.
Finally, you need a lot of patience and ability to read and understand directions. Most rod builders should have no problems at all. I screwed up several attempts because I was in a hurry and didn't really understand the process. Now I know. I did 3 decals for this rod in less than an hour.
Just so you know, you can use denatured alcohol or isopropyl to remove the adhesive around the lettering 30 minutes after it has been applied. Just go easy and don't rub hard. You end up with metallic lettering that looks like it has been silk screened. Way cool! Better yet, if you position it wrong (or spelled it wrong) you can scrap it off with a fingernail, clean with alcohol and do it over.
Chuck
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"Angling is extremely time consuming.
That's sort of the whole point." - Thomas McGuane
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2007 08:50AM by Chuck Mills.
