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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Airgun Smithing » Decals    View previous topic :: View next topic  Decals   Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:56 am Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA A friend at work recently gave me a Daisy Model 25 BB gun. This gun was made from 1913 to 1978 (and resurrected recently). Mine is from 1974, towards the end of the first run. It's pretty beat up, and it is missing the shot tube. A quick tour around the internet tells me it's worth about $5.00 in this condition, so not a collector gun. I have a Model 99, and the shot tubes are the same. What I want to do is fix it up and repaint it to have an iconic gun that looks decent and shoots. If it were an older wooden stock, engraved steel, made-in-Michigan gun I would leave it alone, but that's not the case. Repainting is simple, but I had to think a while about that hunting scene on both sides of the "receiver." I don't have silk screen equipment, and cutting a stencil would be insanely complicated: I found a clean image of the scene on the internet, and used Microsoft "Picture It!" to scale it and make a mirror image black/white high contrast replica. My wife found some thin-film printable transfer sheets: On a paper printout the computer depends on the white paper to make a silver/grey color. Here I'm printing on a clear film with the black gun behind it, and black ink on black paint wouldn't do me any good. My solution was to cut a mask from a plain paper printout and spray over the ink with a metallic paint. I just spritzed the paint on (to keep the ink from running), spraying perpendicularly from above: From that point you just follow the instructions. The adhesive is like double-faced tape in sheet form, burnished on to the film with your fingernail: After trimming, you remove the backing and stick the design to the background surface. Burnishing it again in place caused a protective top layer to separate, and you're done: I wouldn't say the plastic film is going to be completely durable, but then I won't be shooting it every day, either. So now I have a Daisy Model 25 ice cream bucket, but I know the technique will work when I repaint the gun. This would work for making labels, or even to put a picture of your girlfriend on your gun. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:09 am Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA It works pretty well: _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:42 am JustMatt Member Joined: 30 Mar 2010 Posts: 45 Location: US Looks beautiful. Nice and easy technique too. Could you put some sort of clear coat over it to make it more durable? I don't think my wife would feel comfortable with having her picture on a gun of mine though...   Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:15 pm Crosman140 Senior Member Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 663 Location: USA Amazing! What a great idea. You did a great job restoring that beautiful gun. Thanks for sharing. _________________ My Critter Gitters .22 Crosman 140 (1955) .177 Crosman G1 (2009) .177 Crosman 1377 (2009) .177 Daisy 880 (2019) BB Daisy Red Ryder (2012) BB Daisy Buck (2019) BB Crosman 1600 (1980) BB Marksman 1010 (1979)   Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:37 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Quote: Could you put some sort of clear coat over it to make it more durable? I plan to add some clear contact paper. My test shows it to be a little hazier than the decal, but it still looks O.K. The decal film is pretty thin. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:59 pm donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area Why not a clear lacquer coat?   Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:09 pm Crosman140 Senior Member Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 663 Location: USA donec wrote: Why not a clear lacquer coat? Just a thought, but a clear coat could have a negative reaction with his plastic applique causing it to wrinkle and curl. _________________ My Critter Gitters .22 Crosman 140 (1955) .177 Crosman G1 (2009) .177 Crosman 1377 (2009) .177 Daisy 880 (2019) BB Daisy Red Ryder (2012) BB Daisy Buck (2019) BB Crosman 1600 (1980) BB Marksman 1010 (1979)   Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:53 am donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area Crosman140 wrote: donec wrote: Why not a clear lacquer coat? Just a thought, but a clear coat could have a negative reaction with his plastic applique causing it to wrinkle and curl. It might so maybe test on like the ice cream bucket might be in order. Personally I think building it up with light coats would work.   Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:02 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Quote: clear coat could have a negative reaction with his plastic applique causing it to wrinkle and curl. That was my thought also. Plus the adhesion problems of any coating to plastic. The contact paper didn't turn out half bad - it's a compromise between looks and durability: _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:08 pm Crosman140 Senior Member Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 663 Location: USA I looks good to me in the picture. _________________ My Critter Gitters .22 Crosman 140 (1955) .177 Crosman G1 (2009) .177 Crosman 1377 (2009) .177 Daisy 880 (2019) BB Daisy Red Ryder (2012) BB Daisy Buck (2019) BB Crosman 1600 (1980) BB Marksman 1010 (1979)   Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:46 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Quote: It might so maybe test on like the ice cream bucket might be in order. Personally I think building it up with light coats would work. I shot the bucket just now with a little spray satin polyurethane. No wrinkling, but it lifted the edges. Looks like the spray vehicle (solvent) reacted with the adhesive. There are other clear coatings that might work (lacquer, acrylic, automotive clear coat, etc.), but for now I'll "stick" with the contact paper. Thanks for the suggestion, donec - it was definitely worth a try. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego! 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