ford/nh fan Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Hi all can anyone tell me how to produce decals of my pc please . cheers Daz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 You'll need some waterslide decal paper (theres loads on ebay) and make your printer is up to the job Then you'll need a graphics program, you will have to buy or "aquire" this, MS paint is not worth the hassle of trying it on there as it is hard to size things up. When you have a program, like Photoshop, corel, even vectorworks (to set up the lines) etc, you can either create a grid that represents the dimensions of the decal you want and then design to that, or just create rectangles of the right size, this insures that it ends up the right size for the tractor. If it is a curved decal, create a fine grid and use the Arc or polyline tool. The rest is pretty much the design, find the nearest font to the one you want, or draw the letters/numbers yourself, do a few practice prints to make sure the colours you are using are accurate as the screen does not show exactly how the printer, prints (unless you have got the colours set up with your screen/printer). Also make sure the printer has a high enough deffination to print the detail, you can spend hours on something, only for it to come out as a blob, so it is usually a good idea to simplify some decals and create a representation . The problem you are going to have, is if you have not used a graphics program before, a lot of this is not going to make sense, and you can't be taught the programs over the internet, so the best solution to learning them is to buy one and keep trying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford/nh fan Posted May 17, 2005 Author Share Posted May 17, 2005 HI IHP aleast i know where to start thank alot DAZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 on the same subject ,does anybody know what sort of spray lacker they use for the waterslide decals.i have some ready but not sure what to coat them in,someone said hairspray a little while back , but you can buy clear lackers for art stuff cheers sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 just started downloading(aquired) photoshop 7 thanks to 1mesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Just had a good idea,IHP why not set up your own decal shop we could download them off you (how much would you charge for a international harvester 885 decal set) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 IHP, whats a good printer to use?? ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 i have an epson r300 we just got , and it seems to work fine very crisp printing,also got access to a laser but it didn't like decal paper so going to see a printer friend across the road and see what they say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 i remember when the boss put acetates in the laser and they melted!!! ;D, he Couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel!!! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 If you know somebody with a high quality printer, or even better, someone who does signwriting, they may be interested in swapping pints for access to their hardware. Alternatively, if you can get the design part right yourself, a printshop with high res printers (Xerox DocuCopy or similiar) should do the printing for you for a price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 i thought if IHP could desighn them from origional photos scale them down even try them on his printer all he would have to do is either post them or even email them to the buyer he can print them him self if they have a good printer (are epson stylus C20 any good?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Hi all. I'd think any modern printer capable of photo printing would be fine, the other day I printed off writing 1.5mm high on waterslide on a Epson C46 and that was still readable (that was a suprise), so I think most should be o.k. I used automotive laquer to lock the ink to the print, but I did this purely because it comes in spray form, airbrushes apparently don't like it. As for a decal design service....sorry but I think I'll give that a miss, if there are angles involved and you don't have the tractor in front of you It'd be a nightmare (too busy at the mo anyway, if I do any decals for myself that would be useful to others, I'll post them up) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 i have found nail varnesh seems to work the best,anyone else found this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towse trading Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 WHAT ABOUT THE DECALS ;D ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 yeah and for your fingures , us janners are strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Thats ok IHP we all have other comitments but it a shame we dont have somebody who could create any decal for any make ibeit britains ertl scratchbuild in 1.32 you could also do harvesters and impliments i apoligize if someone has already thought of it but it would be good to have a britains-tractors.co.uk decal making service i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 [move][glow=red,2,300]COPYRIGHT[/glow][/move] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 i think we'd be on softer ground than glastonbury with that idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new holland driver Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 i would be a bit upset if i was them not the fact that my tent had bin floaded and you up to your your armpits ?inmud but the beer tent got struck by lighting and blowna way Thats better! F-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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