Recommend someone to do a custom waterslide decal

kelpbeds

After a custom made waterslide decal for a headstock. Tried a few places without success. Anyone recommend someone please? Cheers

poopot

Rothko and frost

davros

I just ordered from guitardecals.co.uk, will let you know how they turn out

Nitefly

If you have a PC and printer, you can buy the paper and do your own:

https://www.craftovator.co.uk/waterslide-decal-paper/clear-laser-waterslide-decal-paper/?sku=WDP03&gclid=CjwKCAjwnK36BRBVEiwAsMT8WINOJ5W-8yamNb35UFxbR-jhdofcGAQV1YOa-bSULjQ7uG7FyMK0tBoCwKEQAvD_BwE

kelpbeds

Nice one thanks chaps - good info

stickyfiddle

Yep - Rothko & Frost. I've had a few of theirs over the years and always really good. I just put one on my Strat  

paulnb57

Uncle Nerkys Decals on Facebook, he will design and print pretty much anything...takes awhile as he is in Canada

mikem8634

Another vote for Rothko and Frost. Very thin decals which helps when trying to bed the edges under lacquer.

Out of interest, has anyone ever tried a full (or near it) headstock decal? One that covers the whole front face of the headstock?

Is it do-able?

PhilKing

Glen at www.plankspankerguitardecals.com has made me several custom ones.

paulnb57

mikem8634 said

Out of interest, has anyone ever tried a full (or near it) headstock decal? One that covers the whole front face of the headstock?

Is it do-able?

Yes! 
I did the whole front of a Strat body once, made my own decal, 2 A4 sheets trimmed to fit, long gone....

mikem8634

paulnb57 said:

mikem8634 said

Out of interest, has anyone ever tried a full (or near it) headstock decal? One that covers the whole front face of the headstock?

Is it do-able?

Yes! 
I did the whole front of a Strat body once, made my own decal, 2 A4 sheets trimmed to fit, long gone....

Nice. Good to know. I've been thinking about trying it for a while. Thanks Paul.

phil_b

https://www.pyramidmodels.com/shop/section.php/2/1/decals_for_all_types_of_model_aircraft

These guys make decals and vinyl stickers for modellers and can produce anything you want

paulnb57

mikem8634 said:

paulnb57 said:

mikem8634 said

Out of interest, has anyone ever tried a full (or near it) headstock decal? One that covers the whole front face of the headstock?

Is it do-able?

Yes! 
I did the whole front of a Strat body once, made my own decal, 2 A4 sheets trimmed to fit, long gone....

Nice. Good to know. I've been thinking about trying it for a while. Thanks Paul.

This was it Mike, took me forever to find a photo of the abomination.....

mikem8634

paulnb57 said:

mikem8634 said:

paulnb57 said:

mikem8634 said

Out of interest, has anyone ever tried a full (or near it) headstock decal? One that covers the whole front face of the headstock?

Is it do-able?

Yes! 
I did the whole front of a Strat body once, made my own decal, 2 A4 sheets trimmed to fit, long gone....

Nice. Good to know. I've been thinking about trying it for a while. Thanks Paul.

This was it Mike, took me forever to find a photo of the abomination.....

I feel we may be oddly kindred souls. Love that.

If you can remember, did you have any issues with the edges of the decal at the edges of the headstock?

I am considering putting mine on a black headstock and making the decal black at its outermost edges. The idea is to then make the decal a few mm's smaller than the headstock all the way around so I can bury the edge under the lacquer on the face of the headstock, rather than at, or over, the edge.

Hope that makes sense.

Sarge

I did a full pointy washburn headstock with white logo, printed on white decal paper with black ink covering the main face, the logo un-inked.
Cut to the edges and acrylic clear spray over the top.
Got caught out with a crease or two but otherwise its easy enough. 
Got a pic somewhere... 

Sarge

+1 for rothko and frost, I had a few metallic Westone logos done with them, really high quality stuff and incredibly thin so easy to hide the edges.
They also keep your info on a database so reorders are easy. 
They'll do a full A4 sheet with repeat prints for not a whole lot more monies. 

mikem8634

Sarge said:

I did a full pointy washburn headstock with white logo, printed on white decal paper with black ink covering the main face, the logo un-inked.
Cut to the edges and acrylic clear spray over the top.
Got caught out with a crease or two but otherwise its easy enough. 
Got a pic somewhere... 

So you can go right to the edges without issue then. Good to know.