[Amps] Labeling panels

[Wayne Rogers]

Vic:  Simple solution is to use decals.  Testors No. 9201 contains six sheets 5.5" x 8.5" that you can print on with an ink jet printer.  You also need Testor's Sealer/Bonder P/N 9200 spray, but I have found that you can also use Krylon clear spray.

Basically you print the text for your labels in Word or some other word processor, and then print directly onto the decal sheet.  Then you spray the sheet to seal/bond the type (ink jet ink is soluble in water). Once the sealer dries you cut out the decals and soak in water for 5 seconds, wait about ten seconds, and then apply to your surface.  I finish the job by spraying with clear Krylon to protect the decals.

Hope this helps, 

Wayne N1WR
Lusby, MD

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:00:19 -0700
From: Vic K2VCO <vic at rakefet.com>
Subject: [Amps] Labeling panels
To: Amps reflector <amps at contesting.com>
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What's a good way to label an unpainted aluminum panel? It has a 'satin finish' thanks to 
an orbital sander, which really has covered a multitude of sins.

I looked into custom engraved adhesive-backed plastic plates. There are a number of 
companies that will make them, and they would look great. But they are about $4 each, and 
I'd need about 12 of them, not counting the bandswitches (I admit to having separate grid 
and plate bandswitches) which would need 6 each!

One possibility is printing on 'transparency' stock with my laser printer. But I don't 
know how I would attach labels made out of this stuff.

Another is to print on transparent sticky labels. Has anybody done this?

I need a process that would work well on an already-built amplifier...I should have done 
this before assembly, but I didn't.

By the way, does anyone have a chart frame like the ones used in BC-375 tuning units or 
similar that they want to part with?
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Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA