Photo's on a Cigar

[mitchm]

Tried to paste VERY SMALL photo's, printed on a ink jet, onto the turned barrels of a Cigar kit. Finished with 15 coats of Modge Podge then 10 coats of CA but did not end up as I would have liked. :frown:

Got to give this another go! Comments welcome.

 

[jleiwig]

I think it looks good. The photos seem clear from here!

 

[NewLondon88]

Seems clear, but a little dark .. did you paint the tubes at all?
Some papers will let the color of the tubes bleed through once they
are wet with resin. White usually stops this, but they still darken
a little bit once you put resin on them. There are also some computer
labels that are meant to block color from going through. I think they
are heavier labels .. more opaque. The Avery TrueBlock labels are
supposed to help with this.

Nice job!

 

[hilltopper46]

Looks good from here!

 

[bkersten]

Here's something I use on all my castings whether they are cloth/labels/snake skins. After painting the tube and attaching whatever, I coat them w/2-4 coats of this and have not had a bleed through since. There's been no reduction of color on any of my casts.

http://store.scottscustomrods.com/chromasealcolorpreserver.aspx

 

[mitchm]

.. did you paint the tubes at all?

After painting the tube and attaching whatever, I coat them w/2-4 coats of this and have not had a bleed through since.

Tubes can't show through as the photo's are pasted onto the turned wood barrels.

I think less coats of Modge Podge with thin CA on top may do the trick.

 

[NewLondon88]

Tubes can't show through as the photo's are pasted onto the turned wood barrels.

Ah.. gotcha.

I gotta stop reading before the second cup of coffee..

 

[bitshird]

Neat looking pen Mitch, I think it looks pretty good,

 

[PenTurnerfromMaine]

I like it.