Re: poor man's decal

On 4/3/2025 1:07 PM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

I am planning on just using punches to knock out any holes (in the
laminate and/or printed sheet) BEFORE mating to the panel.  Any
holes (though the entire decal) would also serve to orient the
decal to the panel; less chance of it coming into adhering contact
in the wrong place...

 If you have pre-punched the sheet. alignment is simple: put pegs through
the holes in the sheets and use them to align with those the panel.  The

Yes, my reference to a "form", up-thread.  Even without perforations,
one can use a form to justify the *edges* of the label relative to the
edges of the panel.  Similar to affixing a label to optical disc media.
I.e., anything other than trying to do it "free-hand".

'alignment tool' could be a piece of wood with plastic-sleeved nails in
strategic locations.

Or, for labels that vary but conform to an underlying pattern, wooden
dowels pushed into a perforated board.

Drop the adhesive-coated sheet over it, then offer
it up to the panel.

Rather, the panel ONTO it (as the panel is less likely to change
any of its physical characteristics than a flexible label might!