Gentlemen,
I haven't been on in a long while since I haven't been shaping in... a long while.
That being said, my stock of logo paper (from SurfSource, wonderful stuff, thickish and easy to print, good definition) is finally at its end and I have a couple of projects in the works. They apparently don't carry it anymore and so I'm looking for suggestions.
Preferably thick enough to run through a printer without doing tape-ups. As transparent as possible after lamination. All the usuals on a wish listaAnyone onto sa
Anyone onto a source for good paper?
Many thanks!
Do you have an art stor nearby like Hobby Lobby or Michaels? If so, look for where they have Calligraphy supplies and you should find Sumi Rice Paper. A 100-sheet tablet was about $12 the last time I bought it.
Thanks!
I'll get into town and check out what I can find at an art store in the coming days. Any particular weight that you've had good results with?
...Jefrey with one "F" Jefrey; sorry Pixies song. In any case you can silkscreen directly on the board. If the logotype is just a letter or few letters or line; couple of colors... works pretty good in case you do not have the right paper.
You ask for paper weight; the reference is the rolled cig paper. That is impossible to find at 0.0015 of an inch but look for closer paper.
In the case of the paper not so transparent, cut the logotype (after screened of course) exactly besides the letter edges.
Pixies references are always welcome!
I'll be shopping this weekend - hopefully something will turn up locally. I hadn't thought of silkscreening but that's something to play with at some point...
Actually the logotypes on the paper are silkscreened.
Gothcha, Reverb.
McDing, I've gone this route in the past, thanks. The Surfsource sheets were great in that you could just run them in your ink jet like regular paper. If I can find something that does that I'll be stoked.
Glue Sticks, Caligraphy Pater, a sheet of "Photo" paper and an Ink Jet printer.
That which can be assorted without evidence was read in an illegal magazine.
The "Surf Supply" stores on line are not in the paper business. The paper I've bought from those places years ago by the sheet is exactly the same as what I've bought from the art store in 100 sheet tablets at a fraction of the cost. The on-line Surf Supply stores are either buying the same Sumi paper tablets and just cutting the binder off of the tablet to sell it as individual sheets or buying it as a 500-sheet ream and adding the markup.
The companies who are making the laminates professionally are not screan printing logos these days. You could but I don't know why you would given the technology available. They are likely using wide format plotters to print the logos on roll fed rice paper. (same paper once again just purchased on a roll from the paper supplier) The $25,000+ plotters they likely use have white ink which is something your home printer does not so they can print white as well when needed. If you don't need white there are much more affordable plotters that can do the job down as low as $2,000-$7,000. They can even run fiberglass through the plotters off of a roll on the higher end machines. Its possible the lam companies could just be subbing the lams out to a company like the one I work for that has the equipment and the know how. We run two $35,000 plotters in our office and several less costly machines for other work. You'd have to sell a lot of surfboard laminates to justify even one $35,000 machine like that so odds are they sub out the high end work that requires white and perhaps have one or two of the less expensive units in house for basic laminates.
Here is the paper as a 500-sheet ream.
https://www.dickblick.com/items/yasutomo-rice-paper-9-12-x-13-loose-shee...
The type of plotters the pros use:
https://epson.com/For-Work/Printers/Large-Format/c/w140?q=%3Aprice-asc%3...
Thanks for the thorough reply, it's appreciated.
In my case, a return to shaping means a couple of balsa boards here and there. Certainly nothing to justify any significant expense and if I do play with silkscreening it will be just to get the experience doing something new.
And thanks for the links - I'll get checking them out!
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