Marks for a knob?

[FosterF]

As anyone ever painted on marks for a knob? I plan on painting the pedal then doing marks. Should I do it before or after the gloss and should I mark it off and use the spray of use a brush?
And what type of gloss would be best for a pedal? (I'm using automotive paint)

[davmac]

I use water slide decal paper. Design it on Inkscape. Print it off. Apply after the paint and before the lacquer.

[Jeff B.]

You should do it before the gloss. For finer neater graduations lines us a needle, toothpick etc instead of a brush. Most pots have 270 degress of rotation.

[FosterF]

Originally Posted by davmac

I use water slide decal paper. Design it on Inkscape. Print it off. Apply after the paint and before the lacquer.

I've never heard of this but it sounds pretty awesome. Would I need any special printer or software?

[Jeff B.]

Originally Posted by FosterF

I've never heard of this but it sounds pretty awesome. Would I need any special printer or software?

No special printer needed. Just buy the correct type of paper for your printer. It's availabe for ink-jet and laser and comes in transparent or white background.
You can get adhesive vinyl (like bumper stickers) paper that prints the same way. I buy all my paper from here. It's usually the cheapest place, has the largest selection and has very fast shipping.

[JBennett]

You should use a lazer jet printer for the sharpest black decal.
I buy decal paper from decalpaper.com
Good stuff.

[davmac]

And no special software needed either. I personally would use a vector drawing program for this job. Inkscape is my pick of the crop and is free too, but MS Word, Paint, Photoshop, Gimp, Visio, etc could all do the job.

[skipjackrc4]

AutoCAD is great for this also, if you have access to it.

[davmac]

Originally Posted by skipjackrc4

AutoCAD is great for this also, if you have access to it.

Good thinking. And there's the free online version of AutoCAD too. https://www.autocadws.com/

[skipjackrc4]

Originally Posted by davmac

Good thinking. And there's the free online version of AutoCAD too. https://www.autocadws.com/

Hmm. That's pretty neat. Doesn't have anywhere remotely close to the features of the real AutoCAD, but doesn't cost $3000 either. It looks like it would definitely do the trick here.