Hey you guys. I have been thinking of doing some logos/lams. I understand the procedure with the inkjet printer and all… question is this: Blick Art Supply sells 100 sheets of “Yasutomo” rice paper for calligraphy and traditional Japanese watercolor for 10 bucks! Is this the same stuff? Will it work? I reasearched a bit here, there wasalot of talk about synthetics and “shiny sides”, a little confusing… The whole idea of lams on a backyard board built to ride is a little kooky, I know, but it’s fun to play like the grown-ups sometimes! Any input is good. Thank you.
Foam ez sells “logo paper” I’ve used it with ink jet, colors too. light spray of artist glue place on 8x10 paper apply logo paper, observe wrinkle control and stuff in printer!
FOAM EZ “Used to make custom laminates! Cut logo paper into 8"x10.5” sheets and tape it on top of your printer paper. Run Logo Paper through your computer printer or color copier (print on the shiny side), most water based inks work fine. Layout logo under fiberglass and laminate with resin to clear paper out. Each sheet comes 2’X3’, three sheets per pack. $5.25"
Thanks for your speedy reply, Mattwho too! Your answers are more valuable than you could imagine, as they cover a multitude of good points.Things that should be obvious to me,.the kind of shit you want to keep in your back pocket. Bud, I make my own surfboards because I want to make my own surfboards. This one wants a logo on it. It would look cool. Nuf said. Thanks Bud!!! Secondly, SCRAP TEST! All I can say here is the cliche’ “duh,” It as if I just finished my first tie-rack in woodshop. I always forget that anything big can be done little, you can always do another hit in a little while… I always get so impatient I overlook the value of the “dry run”, scrap test, sending out a little scout for sacrifice. EXCELLENT ADVICE IN SO MANY ARENAS!
Moving on (like a babbling old fool), I appreciate mattwhos comprehensive how to, and even more importantly, the good lesson he may have unwittingly reminded of as well : basically, DON’T FUCK AROUND. I have seen the sheets of logo paper on line, and I know that they are known to work well. Mattwho described the procedure perfectly, and I know I will have success this way with minimal hitches. There is something in me that always wants to do shit a little janky, secret, an old trick… I have always been that guy that for some reason spends more money doing some stoner shortcut than it would have cost to do it right. There is alot to be said for giving manufacturers and vendors credit for doing their homework and offering GOOD RELIABLE PRODUCTS and materials. So thanks mattwho for that advice.
After more thought than my issue warrants already…and being incredibly impatient, I am doing both, all of the above. I will soon report on “art” rice paper, but the Greenlight stuff will soon be on it’s way. Main point is: Ah, hell yeah. makin’ some surfing board!
On a side note, I should say that newspaper, brush bristles, thumbprints, eyelashes, and flakes of Copenhagen are known to glass-in beautifully!
I use a ricepaper sold at the local art supply store that comes in oversized (not letter sized) sheets. It’s thicker than what you’d get from Greenlight or a glassing supply company, but that’s handy in terms of not having to tape the paper to a sheet of paper. Instead of having to tape to a sheet of paper, I can cut 5-10 sheets of the art supply ricepaper down to letter paper size with scissors, and feed multiple sheets at at time. The printer will usually grab 2-4 sheets and print on just one, without bleed.
The downside is that because the paper is thicker there’s a bigger issue with shadows from the paper when you glass it in over color. You have to look hard to see the paper when you glass it in over a clear, white blank – especially if it’s poly, as opposed to a superwhite EPS – but the darker the color the more pronounced the paper shadow.
I looked at the art supply store for a thinner ricepaper, but the one I use was the thinnest they had. I’d give you the name but it only has Japanese calligraphy on the package.
Got the Sumi stoneburner and some of the other guys mentioned at Dick Blick. I haven’t run it thorugh the printer yet, but I made a sample with ballpoint and pencil. The paper is thicker than pro lams that I have seen, but it does work alright on white or light colors anyway. Thing is, I was simply impatient and had some unexpected free time. Aside from that, there is NO reason to NOT get the logo paper Greenlight sells. I know I would be more confident with that, especially over color.The Sumi does work, and it’s always somehow gratifying to have a hack option. Next episode: Rice paper…Regular or slow burning.
Got the Sumi stoneburner and some of the other guys mentioned at Dick Blick. I haven’t run it thorugh the printer yet, but I made a sample with ballpoint and pencil. The paper is thicker than pro lams that I have seen, but it does work alright on white or light colors anyway. Thing is, I was simply impatient and had some unexpected free time. Aside from that, there is NO reason to NOT get the logo paper Greenlight sells. I know I would be more confident with that, especially over color.The Sumi does work, and it’s always somehow gratifying to have a hack option. Next episode: Rice paper…Regular or slow burning.