anybody have good suggestions for making a stencil. I am helping my brother in law out with his Whirlwind and he has the older speakers with the Williams W that need to get repainted. I was able to scan and cut the W out but regular computer paper would never work for making a stencil. What do some of you guys use
Quoted from dr_nybble:If you have access to a vinyl cutter use that with vinyl paint mask.
Otherwise oilboard is a good choice; even a cereal box can work.
Laser cut MDF also works, use ponoko.com etc.
Somebody also suggestion getting a screen made up and screen printing them onto the speaker panel too
You can buy 0.10” polycarbonate (lexan) and cut your own stencils.
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https://www.grafixarts.com/products/frisket-film/
Like LTG mentioned, available at most art/hobby stores as well as on line.
Quoted from nsduprr:https://www.grafixarts.com/products/frisket-film/
Like LTG mentioned, available at most art/hobby stores as well as on line.
Yessss this is the stuff I was looking for didn’t know the name of it. Went to michaels and asked for stencil material the girl looked at me like I was nuts. Just ordered this stuff off Amazon
Quoted from dr_nybble:Not sure how frisket will work in this case. I believe the typical use is to place frisket over existing artwork and cut out the frisket with an xacto knife or razor blade.
Isn’t the frisket able to be peeled off and moved
Quoted from mmr61184:Isn’t the frisket able to be peeled off and moved
Yes. For your application, repainting the "W" on the speaker panels, I think frisket is just fine for that. The people saying to use different types of hardboard or other kinds of thick material might think you were doing cabinet art. Using the hardboard or other thick materials is good for that because you get that super slight overspray look that is a factory correct finish. But that only really applies to cabs that were painted that way from the factory(i.e. almost all EM's and most pins up into the start of the SS era). B/W started screen printing cabs before WW was made so that's why companies just make replacement decals for them these days.
If you've already redrawn the artwork and can print it out in black(for the high contrast), you can use that to cut out your frisket stencil, then apply it to the grill. If the grills are removable, I'd remove them to make it easier to work on and not have to worry about overspray.
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