08-20-2010, 08:10 PM
P5se Camelback Wrote:Hey, Ralph! Get a roller from the art/crafts store called a "brayer" and some white silkscreen ink. (also get some turps ... I think I remember that's what you use to clean up ... better check on that first -- my memory of a process that I used and knew well 35+ years ago is not always reliable any more.) Squeeze a small amount of silk screen ink out on a piece of glass and, using the brayer, spread some of it out in a thin sheet. Now, using what is on the brayer, spread some on your rubber stamp and apply that to a test surface ... how does that look to you. As long as you didn't apply it too thick to the rubber stamp, it should look pretty good ... that is the "pad printing process" that is used in industry for applying graphics to product. It works in industry and it should work just as well for model railroaders! (I just wish I could remember the liquid that we used to clean things up ... I'm pretty sure it was turpentine ... or wait ... no ... maybe it was mineral spirits ... yeah, the more I think about it I think it is mineral spirits.)
Another good idea for the stamping process!
I've found lots of things at the crafts store like some of those mentioned above. I've also found that the wood crafts aisle might have some small items like pegs that look a bit like exhaust pipes or roof vents.
Ralph