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Another I’ve had half-finished rolling around in a moving box. Finally getting this stuff together.
Used green-blue colorshift paint because I found a little can in my stash and I’m trying to clear things out. I think this is a good mix of stuff to cover it without getting too busy to show it off without getting overly garish.
Set it up like the Nostalgitone layout because I have 125b enclosures, it’s nice to standardize, and I couldn’t quite fit it neatly into a 1590b quite how I wanted.
I am growing attached to the 125b. The little extra height to fit the jacks in is wonderful.Love the sound of this, too. From subtle to lush to big open spacey.
I now officially have no reason to use anything but the clean setting on my amp, and it can make my 15-watt amp in a 600ft apartment sound like a 4×12 in a cathedral.
I might adjust the settings, but I’m questioning my choice of including a way to turn it off.Thanks for a great PCB, Barry!
And thanks, Steve. I did find on this one that either my timing is off on my technique of baking my decals or they don’t like it on gloss.
On the good side, they adhered better to the gloss paint than they do flat or satin. On the negative–either because they hadn’t dried completely or they adhered too well initially–the slight shrinkage had a definite focal point in the middle (I could trace a line across the drilled holes) and it caused uneven shrinkage and bad wrinkles.
So noted that for later and stripped it down. This is the second go, without baking post-decal.I dare say they’re getting better as I go.
I’ve never baked a decal on any of my builds. I just wait 48 hours and then clear coat it with (rattle can) lacquer. I have found out that if I don’t wait the 48 hours, sometimes, not always though, the decal will wrinkle up. And then the enclosure has to be stripped and the process started all over.
I haven’t had quite that problem, but then again I usually have to wait a good while anyway because of work hours.
I also assume it might be different between decal brands and techniques. Mine are inkjet, and I give them two or three coats of clear and dry them before I even cut them out to apply.
They also seem to have reacted different on gloss versus satin, so…
Not a huge deal, just annoying to strip down and start from scratch.I also don’t bake the clear. I give it longer to dry and might pop it into the dehydrator if it’s taking a while, but it tends to dry better than paint, Florida weather being what it is.
Baking the decals does shrink them a little (usually about 2mm total with my brand and technique) so I’m afraid what would happen if I tried baking the clearcoat with them under it.
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