[R-390] Silkscreening a back panel

[mikea]

On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 09:50:36PM -0500, N4BUQ at aol.com wrote:
> Has anyone on the list ever tried restoring a back panel's lettering?  I have 
> one that I'd like to scrub clean, have it alodined, and then the lettering 
> redone.  It has some corrosive streaks and spots that would look so much better 
> if refinished.  I hate to lose the lettering, but I don't know how to 
> reproduce it.  Anyone have a "do-it-yourself" silksreening kit?

> By the way, I managed to straighten the back panel I have that was dented so 
> badly.  Just some strategically placed wooden blocks, a protective sheet, and 
> a regular hammer did wonders for it.  Whatever dented left two small marks 
> that won't come out, but it's hard to tell it was ever damaged.  Now if I could 
> get the other panel looking good too...

You can get silkscreening kits in various sizes from your local       
graphic arts supplier. Speedball makes, or used to make, a nice one.  
Also, you most likely can get a local silk-screener to make you up    
a framed screen; all you need to do then is get the image stencil     
into the screen, which is pretty much the same process as for making  
photo-etched PCBs.                                                    

It's a *lot* of trouble to go to for a one-off, though.

-- 
Mike Andrews
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin