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Model Forum / General / Models / June 2008Old dry transfer letters don't work
I have a collection of old Chartpak "rub on" letters and numbers of various sizes. Unfortunately, they are so old (20 years or more) they won't rub off anymore. A few of them still work with extreme pressure, but most are permently attached to the sheet. I tried using a little heat from a soldering iron without success. Any idea how to get the old letters to transfer to a painted surface, or should I just throw them in the trash? -Bill The carrier paper has bonded to the lettering, cut one away from the sheet an try soaking it in water. This should rehydrate the paper. Allow the paper to dry and try transferring it to a surface. If it works you can soak the whole sheet. I had a similar problem a while back and this worked for me. Take all of the sheets and decal stock to a color copier. Shoot some b/ w to make sure that they fit. Black items can be done ona a b/w copier. White won't copy on either unless you shoot them onto a sheet of white decal stock. When you get home carefully dust the finished product with Glosscote or something similar. I've done this with a score of ABT decals and have had great results. Tom > The carrier paper has bonded to the lettering, cut one away from the > sheet an try soaking it in water. This should rehydrate the paper. > Allow the paper to dry and try transferring it to a surface. If it > works you can soak the whole sheet. I had a similar problem a while > back and this worked for me. > The carrier paper has bonded to the lettering, cut one away from the > sheet an try soaking it in water. This should rehydrate the paper. > Allow the paper to dry and try transferring it to a surface. If it > works you can soak the whole sheet. I had a similar problem a while > back and this worked for me. Tried soaking in water overnight without success. Also tried boiling water with same result. I found a couple websites that sell these things, but they don't specify font variety or how many letters are included in the package. You just have to guess at what you get. I have GIF file of the logo and text I want to use, and converted it to JPG, and then resized it with PhotoShop to fit the surface area. I'm going to make a print tomorrow at Wal-Mart to see if the result is something I can just glue on that doesn't look too tacky. -Bill >> The carrier paper has bonded to the lettering, cut one away from the >> sheet an try soaking it in water. This should rehydrate the paper. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >-Bill call me captain obvious, but did you try to ask them how many? email or phone maybe? On May 30, 9:49 pm, some...@some.domain wrote: > In article <5ab99463-7a9d-4c73-90b1-656f22c89...@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, Bill Bowden <wrongaddr...@att.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > call me captain obvious, but did you try to ask them how many? > email or phone maybe? Ask who? I have the file I need, the only question is who can do the best job printing it. Most places I visit have broken printers and don't know what's going on. It's hard to find a good printing service that understands the problem. But I will keep looking. -Bill >On May 30, 9:49 pm, some...@some.domain wrote: >> In article [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >-Bill i think i was answering someone else's question becuase i can't find your post. tough day... |
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