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Placing Logos or Brands on Carbon parts.

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fibernoob	fibernoob posted 8 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 34, Visits: 134	Hi all. I would like to place a logo on a carbon part without having to simply stick a decal over the finished part. I was thinking of covering the logo(sticker) with clear but I will then get a raised section of the logo. What are the methods other than just sticking a logo above the part ? I have seen some logos on parts that seem perfectly "painted". (see image as an example) . EVR Ducati Hypermotard 1100 Carbon Fiber Air Box
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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	Well most things like that will be done with plenty of wet-sanding to remove that raised edge around the sticker. I'd wager that part has been sprayed 2-3 times. However, I've done it before with infusion. If you can work out a way to get the positioning correct (obviously the sticker needs to go into the mould with the surface down, which means you can't stick it in place), then you can put the sticker into the infusion stack and it will just be part of the laminate. This is my preferred method, but it is difficult to make sure the sticker stays where you want it. Nothing worse than going through all that effort only to find your sticker is on an angle when you demould.
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rmaddock	rmaddock posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 17, Visits: 1.5K	What about transfers rather than stickers? They're very thin. For example https://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/decal-paper-c553/inkjet-water-slide-decals-c562/inkjet-water-slide-decal-paper-p11228 Further to the above.....you might be able to then clear coat over them....but you'd have to experiment. I've had these and sealed them with an acrylic spray varnish. Edited 8 Years Ago by rmaddock
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davro	davro posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 300, Visits: 2.2K	I clear coated over the top of some stickers for a rc bodyshell once and like Hanaldo said plenty of wet sanding. Build thread is here http://www.talkcomposites.com/13092/RC-Car-Touring-Body-110-Scale Also, I really like the way marsh powerhouse fab does his very suttle logo on his carbon bonnets https://www.instagram.com/p/BRWUAVlAJpL/?taken-by=marshpowerhousefab I'm planning soon to airbrush on a small design British flag and driver name to my carbon scuttle, and then a few layers of clear coat. Might give the water slide ink jet method a try as I don't have access to a vinyl printer anymore. David Stevens YouTube: Comment \| Rate \| Subscribe Instagram Composite Projects Body Package for Dax Rush RC Car Touring Body 1/10 Scale Edited 8 Years Ago by davro
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ChrisR	ChrisR posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 363, Visits: 3K	It depends on the thickness of the sticker, you can get it as thin as 0.05mm thick, I dare you to find a ridge!!
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davro	davro posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 300, Visits: 2.2K	I played around with some waterslide inkjet paper and some clear coat to seal the ink, after rmaddock mentioned about water slide. It's a fun technique for making decals and works really well for transparent decals as white becomes transparent and it looks quite nice with carbon showing through Prefer the all black look (image is a bit dark) Just need to put the final clear coats on the scuttle now ... David Stevens YouTube: Comment \| Rate \| Subscribe Instagram Composite Projects Body Package for Dax Rush RC Car Touring Body 1/10 Scale Edited 8 Years Ago by davro
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rmaddock	rmaddock posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 17, Visits: 1.5K	Nice. I think you can get two types of transfer paper, like you've got with a transparent base and also one with an opaque base.......I hunk.
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Fasta	Fasta posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 468, Visits: 3.5K	Are these waterslide decals also clear coated on your parts too? I recently got some waterslide materials but was thinking to try and put this in my laminate first behind the in mould coating. What do you think about that? Do you think a logo could be slid off the sheet using resin instead of water, then place straight into the mould? davro (20/05/2017) I played around with some waterslide inkjet paper and some clear coat to seal the ink, after rmaddock mentioned about water slide. It's a fun technique for making decals and works really well for transparent decals as white becomes transparent and it looks quite nice with carbon showing through Prefer the all black look (image is a bit dark) Just need to put the final clear coats on the scuttle now ... Fastacraft Facebook page Edited 8 Years Ago by Fasta
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davro	davro posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 300, Visits: 2.2K	I am in the process of putting on the final layers of clear coat over the water slide decal. Not sure about sliding one into the mould as the water slip stuff is on the backing of the paper and you would want the face or the front of the decal to be on the inside of the mould if you get what I'm saying ... I think you might have trouble slipping of the decal using resin as they are very delicate and susceptible to stretching and deforming the water makes it very slippery and easy to handle and slip into place also the material needs to dry in place else it will be damaged or distorted when applying the laminate. Though you might want to run a few tests with some small decals as I might be completely wrong with my thoughts David Stevens YouTube: Comment \| Rate \| Subscribe Instagram Composite Projects Body Package for Dax Rush RC Car Touring Body 1/10 Scale
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David Vale	D David Vale posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
D Group: Forum Members Posts: 10, Visits: 109	I am trying to look at an easy method of applying decals to an aircraft panel. There are lots of them. I did discuss this with Paul the other month but there seems to be no definitive way of doing this. I am currently looking at waterslide and the suggestion was applying this to the mould with a minimum tack before infusion. This could be prone to misalignment in the process. Using. Vinyl stencils seems a problem as the letters need to be small and precise alignment and then will require a silkscreen print to fill the vinyl stencils after removing. My thoughts are would it be better to create the panel, apply waterslide decals and then use an XCR resin coat to seal them forever in resin. Anyone experience of this and any advice would be appreciated. Retired - Thank heavens, and still don't have enough time during the day
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