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Custom Headstock decals??

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kidgloves2

Mar 27, 2006
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Does anyone here know where I can get custom headstock logo decals? Similar to what Fender uses.

I'm not going into business, but I want to give my Warmoth guitars/basses some identity.

And can fender type decals be put over a gloss finish, or does it have to be under the the laquer?
 
#5
Waterslide paper is easy to use with your color copier. Just set up the image and you can create the decal. You can apply the decal on top of a gloss finish (don't rough the finish up or it will show as cloudy through the decal). Very early Fender decals were not coated over, but an uncoated decal is prone to damage. Nitrocellulose clear lacquer or acrylic lacquer can be applied over a decal to protect it. Don't apply urethane clear coat or it will eat the decal. Remember to remove tuners and mask the nut and fingerboard with masking tape. Spray a little clear coat at first (to just cover the decal's edges. Let it dry. Then coat repeatedly (generally 10 coats for a flush finish over the decal). Let it dry and rub out according to the instructions on reranch.com (Refinishing 101).

Even if you've never done anything like this before, it's not hard - provided you read the tutorial, plan each step and take things one at a time.
 
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bassman10096 said:
Waterslide paper is easy to use with your color copier. Just set up the image and you can create the decal. You can apply the decal on top of a gloss finish (don't rough the finish up or it will show as cloudy through the decal). Very early Fender decals were not coated over, but an uncoated decal is prone to damage. Nitrocellulose clear lacquer or acrylic lacquer can be applied over a decal to protect it. Don't apply urethane clear coat or it will eat the decal. Remember to remove tuners and mask the nut and fingerboard with masking tape. Spray a little clear coat at first (to just cover the decal's edges. Let it dry. Then coat repeatedly (generally 10 coats for a flush finish over the decal). Let it dry and rub out according to the instructions on reranch.com (Refinishing 101).

Even if you've never done anything like this before, it's not hard - provided you read the tutorial, plan each step and take things one at a time.
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Yea, that what I was looking for. Waterslide paper is an option. might there be a company that will print them for you? Basically better quality than a printer can do?

ibanezcollector, I don't want to put a "Fender" company decal. I want my own name/design. I just don't want to inlay it or paint it on. I want a decal. Like Fender uses. :smug:
 
#7
I'm also kind of curious if there is somewhere you can send out to get the decals made. Not so much that the print quality would be bad, but because my printer can't print in white.

Black decal on a black headstock wouldn't really work, would it?
 
#8
There's also an option of going to a signage company and getting them to cut vinyl in white. I've seen it done, just not as thin as a waterslide.


I've also seen people do a black outline around what they want to show up in white on the waterslide, then put white underneith, or put silver sharpie, etc under so the black outline covers excess.
 
#12
Do a search for SuperCal DECAL KIT. I bought mine at Invalid Link Removed for $27 shipped.

You print directly from your printer onto a decal sheets. You apply a fixing spray, which comes with the kit and then fix to your bass like any water slide decal. You can then spray lacquer over it to seal - or leave it natural. Either way it is a great way to be creative and personalize you bass for not a lot of money! You get plenty of decal sheets in the kit so you can re-do them as your mood changes.

Good luck!
 

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