How do companies print white on dark enclosures?

[ThePanda]

What are they using? Can I do it at home?

Like these from JHS:

 

[temol]

It's quite simple... white ink. For both, screen printing and UV print.
And yes, you can do it at home. But it's rather not cost effective for a single pedal. Especially UV print (printer is expensive).

 

[ThePanda]

It's quite simple... white ink. For both, screen printing and UV print.
And yes, you can do it at home. But it's rather not cost effective for a single pedal. Especially UV print (printer is expensive).

How does the screen printing work for enclosures?

 

[fontoponto]

It's not worth the hassle if you neeed it once.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pedals+screenprint

Buy white sticker sheets or white decals, easy and fast or order UV printed enclosures at Tayda.

 

[temol]

Below is another example - graphics and letters cut on a plotter in self-adhesive foil + white spray. I made two enclosures this way and I definitely prefer UV printing. Mainly because of durability.

 

[lrgaraujo]

If you're an artistic person or if you don't mind the rougher look, you can do some nice linocut prints, too.

 

[temol]

Linocut or the ordinary rubber stamps... There are plenty of companies that cut stamps with laser. Such services are usually cheap. And there is no problem with small details. There is white ink for plastic/glass/metal (StazOn Opaque White).

Here's black ink + rubber stamps.

 

[flsilva]

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