I’m making a box for a friend and she wants a logo on the lid of the box. My sister-in-law happens to have a vinyl decal machine and made me the logo today while my family and I were there for a visit.
My thought was to “seal” the wood with an initial coat of arm-r-seal or polycrylic (I’m not committed to one or the other for this project and will use whatever comes more recommended), place the decal on the lid, and apply several more coats of the finish to “bury” the vinyl graphic in the finish.
I could really only find one video on using vinyl graphics on wood and the person in the video said no finish over the vinyl was necessary. My worry is that, even though the box will be indoors, that at some point the vinyl might start to lift. It seems a more common approach is to use the vinyl as a stencil for paint as opposed to applying a permanent vinyl sticker but I’m not sure when the next time I’ll see my sister in law so I am kind of inclined to give this a go.
Anyone have any experience with this?