[Verdoro 68]

Originally Posted by Shiny

Thanks!

By pre-sensitized I meant light-sensitive. Basically, you buy a screen that is pre-coated with a photosensitive emulsion, correct? This vs coating the screen itself, then "sensitizing" to activate the photo-chemistry.

And I can appreciate the effect of mesh size. Some of my wonder years were spent in a lab making prototype microelectronics. We screen-printed "hybrid" circuits so I've got some of that in my two remaining youthful memory cells. We also did a lot with liquid and dry-film resists. It was interesting, just like what you are sharing!

Ah, yeah - we're talking about the same thing. I tried a few pre-coated screens but the mesh wasn't right. It's more labor intensive, but so far coating my own screens seems to work best. My entire experience with silkscreening was a few week in Industrial Arts class in High School.

Originally Posted by Shiny

Here's the last time I thought about the gauge graphics. I have a dash tach I may play with if I run out of elder interests... your success might motivate me!

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Mike

Yeah - gauges are an interesting one! I was looking into dry transfers as a solution for these too. Expensive!

Speaking of, I put in for an order of waterslides for '67 and '68 coolant decals, '68 standard and Ram Air emissions, and '64-'65 fan guard decals. At this rate, I should probably invest in my own ALPS printer.

I put together a sample panel to try out a few different font assemblies and finalize sizing. #1 is what I put on my air cleaner in my test the other day, but the fonts looked a little too bold.

After some closer inspection of pics of originals, I think #4 and #5 are the most accurate but would love to hear from folks. I did this in one pull across the screen, but I'm finding the fine mesh is pretty forgiving and I could have done a couple passes to thicken up the print, especially if you want to replicate the sloppiness of the factory application.