Anybody ever heard of a logo done with a rubber stamp? You can have nice ones made up pretty cheap. The ink on the pad is usually india ink’. I was thinking about just stamping the sanded hot coat and glossing over it.
I do ink work with a rapidograph pens and the india ink never bleeds. I guess you could also stamp the logo on rice paper.
Just tossing ideas. Any input???/
When I was in second grade the teacher would stamp little animals on your homework if you did well. maybe I have a fixation od some sort. Only Ambrose would know.
Yep. Hobie started that way. From 1958, until 1963, I used a rubber stamp or no makers mark at all. The stamp was on the balsa boards. Most of my foam boards had no decal or name. In the San Diego area, at that time, my boards were easy to identify, because of their distinctive design and appearance. Al Nelson and David Chaney, both of La Jolla, used a rubber stamp to mark boards they made in the mid to late '50’s.
ive been pulling the thread for a little while, same as aspect, stamped into the foam, tinted resin. Ive been experimenting with wood reliefs for this. I bet if you got the ink pad you could just use tempura paints instead of ink, for the rubber stamp and laminate right over it. better than cutting out all those logos!
I just glassed a board for a guy last month that had a stamped logo on it. His wife made a potato stamp, and used plain old pad ink on it. PU board with RR epoxy. No issues. Came out nice and clear.
I’ve tried stamping rice paper with a normal ink pad. It bled a bit when glassing. I’ve also tried using a lino roller with acrylic paint but couldn’t get the paint on thick enough without being blotchy or thin enough to be goopy.
I think if you found the right ink pad, it should work. I like the simplicity of just stamping the blank. I carved my logo on a lino block.
I looked back at my local surfboard manufacturers from the 50’s and some used printed Aluminium stickers and I like it. They have basic colours but they have the added pleasure of being a unique label that requires a bit of care. Typically nowadays, Aluminium adhesive labels are used as ID and specification labels on commercial safety and construction equipment but I love the ability to have each one stamped with an indelible number and knowing that THAT small label IS the pedigree. No bother with inks / bleed / resin / sizing…
Its one label fits all, and that’s it.
You can have any logo colour and size you like, as long as it’s the only one we use !!!
Maybe a smaller, specialised logo is a way to encourage people to respect their board a bit more, give them a special touch that doesn’t scream “look at me”, it’s more of an artisans touch so people take the time to pause and look for more than one second to appreciate the shape and shaper.
And once the Aluminium foil sticker is lost, then part of the charm and individuality is lost too.
I wonder if the Chinese factories could put an honest count number on their pop- out surfboards and pretend they have have some sort of individuality …???
We did woodblock prints back in art school on rice paper, don’t recall the ink but it was thick black stuff we rolled onto the block, then rolled the rice paper carefully with a small rubber roller. Might look into doing something like that for my boards, up to now I have resisted having a regular logo, too commercial looking for my tastes. I like the handmade look.
Speedball Inks and Liquitex make acrylic inks. Both are archival light fast inks. Look For them in any really good art supply store. They can also be found on line At Blicks, Urtrech and other on line art supply stores.
If anyone was lucky enough to swing by Barry’s booth at the Boardroom show a few months back he has a pretty sweet little lazer etched, quarter sized (aluminum?) disc that had his logo on it that could be glassed into a board.
