How to make white lettering?

[nelson]

You can actually get white laser/inkjet waterslide paper instead of the clear.

[spinoza]

Try mod podge and various graphics from magazines, newspapers, old books, etc. Add lacker if needed.

[guitar_199]

If anyone has used this product I hope that you will comment:   From the website it sounds as though you print using your inkjet printer then shake on the white embossing powder then dump off the excess powder.  Thats neat...as long as the powder sticks where it is supposed to.  Does the ink stay wet long enough?  This is a little outside my circle of experience....perhaps it stays wet because you are printing to decal paper instead of regular paper... but I've never noticed ink still being wet when it comes ont on mine....

[John Lyons]

I think it does depend on the papar you use. With decal paper it has a shiney finish to it so the ink should stay wet longer.
I would think that using the lazer decal stock and using the powder would work. (have not tried it though)
They make sets with the "right"decal  paper and the embossing powder I believe...

John

[Mark Hammer]

Here's another thing to consider.  When you use glossy photo-paper for toner-transfer, the white emulsion on the photo paper is what you see after you finish your ironing onto the copper board.  I'm wondering if it might be possible to use the white emulsion coating as if it were rub-on lettering.

In other words, print your legeneding...backwards of course....on glossy laser photo paper.  Iron the photo paper on the chassis.  Apply multiple light coats of clear laquer.

My two concerns here are whether the heat required to transfer the toner/emulsion layers will wreak havoc with the paint (although high heat paint like engine paint, properly cured, may get you safely past that), and whether the glossy emulsion will instantly dissolve the moment lacquer hits it.

[The Tone God]

One method used in paint shops is to print the text on to a paper sticky label which for our purposes can be standard cheap office paper labels. You then adhere the label to the surface and cut out the printed letters with a detailing knife revealing the box surface where the text is to be with the rest of the label serving as a mask. Spray paint away then wait for the paint to be dry enough to removed the label.

Andrew

[Barcode80]

best way to get white lettering (not the easiest, but the most durable) short of screenprint is to etch the enclosure with white as your mask paint instead of black, then sand. this leaves white lettering on unpainted metal. then apply some blue painter's tape over the lettering, press in hard. this leaves an outline of the lettering pressed into the tape. then use a small hobby knife to cut the masking tape according to the shape you see. pull up the tape and leave the pieces of tape you cut out over the lettering. then pain with the other color. this really only works for larger lettering though, like perhaps the pedal name in the middle. I used to do this when doing custom paint on the letters on engine blocks with high temp enamel. works well for sizeable print.