i was just wondering if it was possible to put a graphic under a yellow resin tint without it being smudgy or messed up
thanks
yes…just depends what color the actuall graphic is. If its a color really close to yellow, it obviously wont be very distinguishable, but other than that it’ll be fine. I actually just finished a fish with a red/yellow/orange resin splash and my black logo came out fine.
you can also put your rice paper down in your hot coat.
This is a common well known tip. If you want your rice paper lam to be clear, easily seen, read etc. Leave off you lam(logo) when you lay-up your yellow tint glass. After you have glassed both sides of your board, cut your laps etc. Apply your lam on top of your glassed board prior to hotcoat. Use 4-oz. cloth 2 or 3 inches bigger than your lam to cover it. Let it go off and then proceed to hot-coat. Use caution not to sand thru the 4-oz. nor to sand too long on the lam(which will result in overheating and delam). You will now have a nice clean highly visible rice paper lam. McDing
Yup, exactly what McDing said…It’ll come out perfect.
Depends on what the graphic looks like (black/white, colors, detail level, etc). You can make it look like it was screen printed by using the heavy rice paper, put a black border around the graphic, and white Krylon spray the backside. Trim it to the border and put it on like McDing said. This works for me on opaque laminations.
I’ll give you guys a serious tip! That is if he is still in business. PJ’s silk screen in Carpenteria. He makes lams for most of the shapers and glassers in the SB and Ventura area. High quality silk screen on rice paper. I haven’t talked to him in a couple of years as I have been rather inactive with regards to boardbuilding. He used to do everybody’s lams on Maui and has recently been the rage in SB. Painted foam, opaques, tints; Lay it up and then 4oz lam(logo) before you hotcoat, works every time. McDing