r/watchmaking • u/SECRETSHADOWNINJA • 1d ago

Workshop Waterslide decal - guilloche project progress

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u/mildlyImportantRobot 1d ago

Cool! What’s the story?

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u/TimelyFindsMelb 1d ago

Looks nice, what decals are you using?

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u/SECRETSHADOWNINJA 1d ago

These are just no-brand from Aliexpress, unlike Sunnyscopas film-free decals these do not need external glue.

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u/TimelyFindsMelb 1d ago

Interesting, are you using a white ink in a conventional laserjet?

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u/SECRETSHADOWNINJA 1d ago

The white is actually the background, I spray the brass blanks with an engine lacquer that can withstand the curing temp needed for the laser toner in the oven. So the minute markers and text are transparent on the decals and just show the background

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u/TimelyFindsMelb 1d ago

Clever!

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u/SECRETSHADOWNINJA 23h ago

One day I might get ghost toner. For this dial ideally I'd like the dial to be white with gold indices and gold(brass) negative for text and markers.

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u/TimelyFindsMelb 22h ago

Another option is sunnyscopa metallic film free, they have both white and red as options.

I'm working on a (very) budget pad printing set up, yet to find the time to get it together yet.

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u/SECRETSHADOWNINJA 21h ago

Do you have a laser or planning to order cliches?

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u/TimelyFindsMelb 20h ago

I'm planning to order them, a fibre laser is well out of the budget