Custom Logos! - Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

RE: Custom Logos!

Jonathan Hodgson — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:32:53 +0000

@Tej, I thought about laser cutting a template for paint, but the problem with that is you need a design with no holes in it, but it might be a good solution if your design works in that respect.

I'm looking at hot transfer paper. You have to print it with a laser printer, but we have one at the hackspace. You're also supposed to use a heat press, but some people seem to do ok with a normal iron and I've looked and I think I could make a small headstock sized heatpress quite affordably (might be overkill for a single guitar, but maybe I can think of other projects to use it for)

https://www.forever-ots.com/product/multi-trans-metallic/

RE: Custom Logos!

Tej — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 05:13:45 +0000

doing a two wood headstock say rosewood

@rocknroller the headstock I’ve made is with two woods, neck is mahogany and the headstock is laminated both sides with rosewood. Or did you mean something else?

RE: Custom Logos!

Tej — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 05:11:39 +0000

People seem to have quite a bit of success with DIY transfers on YouTube.

I’ll have a look, maybe there are different brands I could try. Home crafted dry rub didn’t work well as it’s ultimately a big sticker. In the past, water slide ones have reacted badly with the finish coats.

@jonhodgson inlaying would be nice but don’t have the equipment to do that well by hand or access to a cnc. I’ve been looking at screen printing though and it seems you can get stuff to make the masks that is photo sensitive so I would still be able to print the design on the computer and let chemistry do the rest. I’ll post about it off that seems viable.

Other suggestion I had was a template and spray paint but the problem here is making the template accurate when you have to cut it with a craft knife just isn’t realistic for some of the design I want.

RE: Custom Logos!

Jonathan Hodgson — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 23:59:37 +0000

It is a bit much for a one off.

People seem to have quite a bit of success with DIY transfers on YouTube.

I also wonder about screenprinting something.

But I've just remembered that there is a little CNC sitting in our hackspace which I don't think has been fired up since it was brought in because noone's had a use for it.. but now I'm wondering if it would work for inlays. I have some very pretty gold coloured mother of pearl offcuts.

I'll have to look into it.

RE: Custom Logos!

Rocknroller912 — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 23:54:48 +0000

@tej

Ive thought about doing things a different way, like doing a two wood headstock say rosewood and ebony instead of a plain one colour. Tried it once it worked ok.

RE: Custom Logos!

Tej — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 21:42:42 +0000

…turns out I calculated the price wrong, A5 sheet in two colours was quoted to me at just under 170, now I really can’t justify that. Think I’ll just buy a pen and learn to write neatly 🤔

RE: Custom Logos!

Tej — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 17:07:20 +0000

Has anyone had success with DIY transfers, pricing up an A4 2 colour transfer sheet from approved is coming in at just under 100 which I just cant justify the price of?

RE: Custom Logos!

Tej — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 20:18:54 +0000

For anyone who’s contemplating using these people they happily sent me some samples to use to test out finishes on. The samples went on really well too! I’ve a couple of other avenues to try with this after having nothing but failure with homemade water slide decals before I end up having to commit to footing the bill for a sheet of these!!!

RE: Custom Logos!

tv1 — Mon, 10 May 2021 20:12:36 +0000

I had no idea it was such a manual process or that there were so many stages.

But it did only take 2minutes ...

RE: Custom Logos!

Russ — Tue, 04 May 2021 20:32:26 +0000

@markbailey.

Thanks for this Mark. I was just thinking about this very thing this afternoon.

Cheers,

Russ

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