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Mack_JB · 12-31-2018, 08:15 AM

I tried this long ago (around the late 80s) for lettering model railroad stuff, and even the nicest quality rubber stamp you could get left me wanting. You really have to experiment with the paint (o ink) to thinner ratio to get coverage without 'splooshing' the ink or paint all over -- but for a simple logo (PE helmet, NAC hourglass) you might be able to get good results.

That said, 'tampo' decorations have been used forever in professional manufacture of toys, but that requires much better application machinery. ISTR "Micro-Mark" had a sort of tampo kit at one time.

12-31-2018, 08:15 AM	#15
Mack_JB Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: St. Louis, Missouri	Re: Waterslide transfer question I tried this long ago (around the late 80s) for lettering model railroad stuff, and even the nicest quality rubber stamp you could get left me wanting. You really have to experiment with the paint (o ink) to thinner ratio to get coverage without 'splooshing' the ink or paint all over -- but for a simple logo (PE helmet, NAC hourglass) you might be able to get good results. That said, 'tampo' decorations have been used forever in professional manufacture of toys, but that requires much better application machinery. ISTR "Micro-Mark" had a sort of tampo kit at one time.