Making Placards

I remember those, IIRC, the letters and numbers were always black, they
came on 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheets, and they were available in a number of fonts
and point sizes. They worked faily well when applied to aluminum or
paper--within the rather crude limits of aligning them visually--but I never
tried them on paper. They were available (and probably still are) from
office supply, drafting supply, and art supply stores.

Obviously the result will be a legal placard, and better looking than Dymo,
but not nearly as nice as an engraved placard.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: For far less effort and very
little more money, your firendly local engraver will make you placards which
Cessna, Beech, and Boeing would be proud to use. That's if you don't make
any mistakes and don't creat any scrap--which is a big "if"!

Peter

"RPE" wrote in message
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You may try a electronics specialty store. I forget the name of the
product but about thirty years ago I marked panel with a product that
uses a process similar to ones described here earlier but the letters
come on sheet of wax paper ready to rub onto the surface. A form of
"Decoposh" which I believe was part of the product name such as
Decoletter or Decoseal or something. I'll bet the RST guy knows about
this stuff. I think with the advent of the Brother label makers these
letters have become extinct perhaps.


"Charlie" wrote in message
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Hi, I would like to make professional looking placards for the
switches and circuit breakes in my homebuilt. I have searched the 3M
web pages for a product I heard they have, but have not been able to
locate it. Does anyone have any ideas for making the placards and a
source for the materials?

Charlie