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CP Overlay art Question -- buttons ruining picture!?
SNAAAKE:
well dude,this kind of thing is NOT gonna happen if you use artwork..like any kind of paper..i am pretty sure NOTHING like this atleast..
I know paint sticks because my first artwork joystick was like this..kinkos printed the artwork wrong size so i had to paint the border and i know how it goes..just make sure you prints it right size and everything will be fine :).
So post a picture when you are done with the panel..cant wait to see the artwork(got the .JPG handy btw?)
1UP:
Another problem with painting -- paint takes time to completely cure. The can will usually specify curing time in hours, but it can take days or weeks before it's really "tack-free".
Vinyl also likes to cling to things, it's the "color-forms" effect. (Remember Color-Forms? :) ) Window clings are made of the same stuff, making them magically stick to any smooth, glossy surface without adhesive. I would suggest that when you have artwork printed, use their regular hi-res paper rather than vinyl if you're planning on covering it with Lexan.
Carsten Carlos:
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Nope - I have the same effect with glossy paper & lexan. Though it doesn't look that much disturbing as it did on yor painted controlpanel.
I can live with it for now, so I didn't made further investigations how to solve this.
The problem should only occure with glossypaper, but I haven't tried out yet how normal thick paper would look under the lexan. Laminating might help, but I wanted to have my artwork without edges from the lamination - at least the laminate I tried won't hold to long if I don't let it overlap the edges at least 1/8".
Elkor:
print it on matte paper....
since the lexan covers it anyway and you won't have this problem...
Luxury:
i just finished up my cp and i have the same problem. i have lexan on top of laminated high-gloss paper. so it does happen to laminated paper as well. i guess vinyl is the only way to go then?