What material did the early 60’s boards use for laminates? Most look like they used water transfers, and then some look like they used heavy card stock i.e. Bing? While others look like the rice paper thing, but the rice paper thing looks like it started in the later 60’s.
-Jay
Hello, is this mike on? Test, Test, One, Two, Three…Test, Test.
Resinhead,
Rice paper decals first started being used in the late 50’s. Hears a link with some info on Decals
http://www.surfresearch.com.au/agd.html
Cody
Jay,
During the Balsa era a lot of the builders ( myself included) used a rubber stamp with ink directly on the wood. Velzy& Jacobs, and later Velzy, used the same transfer decals that were sold to the public and the glasser would cut them out of the light card backing and apply them to the board during glassing. Some of my first decals were silkscreened onto unglazed tissue paper. Both Yater and Hansen used an onion skin type/ traceing type paper with silkscreened logo as thier laminates. At the same time many others were using various types or grades of rice paper. Hope that info is helpful to you.
Thanks Bill!
Howzit Thrailkill, I remember watching Steve Bigler using a rubber stamp and india ink on toilet paper and it worked. Aloha,Kokua
Mike,
You’re right! I forgot about toilet tissue. But I remember being told about it as an emergency method.
( single ply, of course) Brings back memories.
Good idea, No you got me thinking about all the wonderful colors of TP? Quilted texture, even the flower print. I wonder if the scented would work?
Hey Jay, if you dig thru the archives you’ll find John’s use of disposable toilet seat covers for the same purpose. As I recall his mermaid art/logo came out great.
“First pull up, then pull down”… off to the gas station with you, then!
Yes, I remember that, I thought that was bleed through of a tatoo on his rump? How long does it take for tatoos to dry anyway?