Ed Edwards
07-16-2015, 4:41 AM
I need some help. I'm building a small table and chair set set for our 15 month old Grand Son.
I was thinking about putting the alphabet and a set of numbers around the perimeter of the top. I have found vinyl stencils, either a matte finish for interior use, or ones with a more aggressive adhesive that are glossy for exterior use.
I originally thought about a decal, the kind one used to put on model air planes, or the type you used to see on the inside of car windows. The ones that described what states the car had been to. IIRC these were wet in water, and then were slid onto the glass.
The table is made of hard maple and I intended finish it with lacquer, put on the decals, and then one or two more coats of finish on top. I don't know what effect this will have on the vinyl and the thickness of the decal/stencil may telegraph through the finish and probably crack if he would write or color on that area of the top.
And no, I don't have the funds to have it professionally lettered.
Any help or a different thought would be appreciated,
Ed
I was thinking about putting the alphabet and a set of numbers around the perimeter of the top. I have found vinyl stencils, either a matte finish for interior use, or ones with a more aggressive adhesive that are glossy for exterior use.
I originally thought about a decal, the kind one used to put on model air planes, or the type you used to see on the inside of car windows. The ones that described what states the car had been to. IIRC these were wet in water, and then were slid onto the glass.
The table is made of hard maple and I intended finish it with lacquer, put on the decals, and then one or two more coats of finish on top. I don't know what effect this will have on the vinyl and the thickness of the decal/stencil may telegraph through the finish and probably crack if he would write or color on that area of the top.
And no, I don't have the funds to have it professionally lettered.
Any help or a different thought would be appreciated,
Ed