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graphics / logos / stickers / transfers UNDER coating epoxy

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By benet - 5/14/2013 10:29:35 AM

Has anyone had any success putting graphics under epoxy.

I noticed TomDesign had done some with AMG stickers. I tried this once with prints on clear laminate and it went so wrong i gave up. The laminate floated to the top of the coating resin becoming unstuck from the layer beneath. the print faded in colour. 

TomDesign during skinning stuck his stickers directly onto rough (120?) sanded resin and then coated... does the resin seep under and hide the scrtach marks , doesnt that lead to the sticker coming unstuck and "floating" as it did with me .

Id love to put my logo under my last layer of coating resin ... any tips ?  

BTW i tried rice paper ... not much joy there ... again printing and sticking issues ...

thanks 

Ben
By benet - 5/15/2013 11:41:35 AM

thanks , i guess i'll try again.. it sounds so simple ... i think cutting away the clear will definitely help me.

ben