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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on December 12, 2010 at 4:18pm

Try that and spray on Deft clear wood finish.

 

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on December 12, 2010 at 4:50pm

Do you mean water based clear wood finish, or lacquer? I see they make both.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Reaney on December 12, 2010 at 6:05pm

I have used water-slide decals with good results. Easy to make and apply and you can find almost any pattern of clip art you can imagine out there on the web.

Mark

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Permalink Reply by David L. on December 13, 2010 at 12:39am

I have tried temporary tattoos and found them a pain to get to come off the paper cleanly and stay in the place you want.  Also if you put them on a dark background it can be hard to see them.

I have since switched to waterslide decals - far superior and they come in 2 main types - one for dark backgrounds and one for light backgrounds.  If you look on ebay you can buy ready made ones off ebay quite cheaply http://stores.ebay.com/Just-Pinups-and-a-little-bit-more http://stores.ebay.com/HECTIC-DECALS.  Another option is to buy the waterslide paper (ebay is good for this also) and print your own design off your computer.  Again you can get it for light or dark backgrounds.  The best waterslide decal paper is from Lazertran http://www.lazertran.com/ (make sure you buy inkjet if that is what your printer is - the first time a small shop sold me some it was for a laser printer).  If you buy the cheaper stuff off ebay it works well also but you have to spray it with laquer first to stop the ink running when you put it in water to slide the decal off.

Here are a few the local school kids did (aged 10 to 11)

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on December 13, 2010 at 3:49am

Hey thanks for all the tips!

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Permalink Reply by joe cerroni on December 13, 2010 at 9:10am

Goldenrod Spider temp tat on the third line of my favert CBG "Goldenrod" It's held up through almost three years "of fretless slide that is" Gotta love the temp tatoos.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Reaney on December 13, 2010 at 10:55am

Oh, Yeah.

And another thing... Coat any bare wood with a couple coats of varnish or laquer before appling decals.  They don'tlike to stick to rough surfaces.

 

M

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