Hohner "The Jack" Restoration

[Mediocre Polymath]

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Cool. White decals are so hard to source.

Yeah, I figure I can post them out in the unlikely event that another BC'er is working on a similar project.

[Geek99]

@Mediocre Polymath I think white might work better - can you do a “dry” side by side photo of black and white ? 

Edited Sunday at 09:45 by Geek99

[Stub Mandrel]

10 hours ago, Geek99 said:

@Mediocre Polymath I think white might work better - can you do a “dry” side by dude photo of black and white ? 

 

I can do coloured or black decals,  on transparent or white backgrounds, but not white on clear.

 

 

[Mediocre Polymath]

Decal applied. Not perfectly 100% straight, but certainly much closer than the one that was on there originally.

[Mediocre Polymath]

I'm currently brushing on many many coats of water-based polyurethane lacquer. I had two-thirds of a tin of Mann's Extra Tough that I needed to use up, and I don't like using spray cans more than I have to. This also has the advantage of being innocuous enough in terms of smells that I can use it indoors when it rains.

Once I've gotten a good thick layer on, I'll sand it down to a smooth finish. It sounds like an odd way of doing things, but it's worked for me on the last seven or eight instruments I've made.