Waterslide Decals, Part II: Decaling Your Effect Pedal

[duhvoodooman***]

Thought I'd tack a bit on to this sticky. Tunghaichuan recently bought a BYOC Triboost pedal (a very cool kit, BTW--see THIS thread) and asked me if I would handle the painting & decaling for him. In return, he was nice enough to agree to send me some preamp tubes from his stockpile for my services. How could I refuse???

Anyway, he specified the color scheme, font, and basic design idea. He's opted for a nice clean, simple layout that I think is quite elegant. So I'll post some "progress pics" as I proceed on this. The pedal enclosure should arrive shortly, but since I already built one of these of my own, I already had the pedal finishing template laid out. So after a few minutes of graphics work, here is the mockup of what the finished pedal will look like, along with a preliminary decal graphic. This will need to be printed to scale and the layout confirmed against the actual enclosure (variations in drilling can screw up the layout in a hurry!), but this gives me a leg up on the work before the box arrives. Here are the two graphics:

[duhvoodooman***]

First step in the process--after "freshening" the oxidized aluminum surface with Scotch-Brite abrasive pad and wiping well with paint thinner to remove residual crud, grease and oils, I primed and painted the enclosure. The photo below shows the main body of the enclosure seconds after it was sprayed with yellow Krylon enamel, along with the back cover of the enclosure with the flat brown primer. They're both yellow now (brighter/darker than the photo makes the color appear), and will get two more coats this afternoon....

[tunghaichuan***]

Looks awesome!

I guess I better start populating and soldering the parts on the PCB.

tung

First step in the process--after "freshening" the oxidized aluminum surface with Scotch-Brite abrasive pad and wiping well with paint thinner to remove residual crud, grease and oils, I primed and painted the enclosure. The photo below shows the main body of the enclosure seconds after it was sprayed with yellow Krylon enamel, along with the back cover of the enclosure with the flat brown primer. They're both yellow now (brighter/darker than the photo makes the color appear), and will get two more coats this afternoon....