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Re: Looking for decals

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Originally Posted by M. Krass View Post
We're planning on going along the route Billfred suggests and plotting full-color side panels for our robot that will sit inside 1/16" polycarbonate sheet.

Does anyone have any suggestions for reliable ways of mounting the plotted sheets to the inside of the polycarbonate? I guess we're looking for some sort of spray adhesive that dries clear. Any recommendations on that front?

We'd like to be able to remove the panels without fear of damaging the plotted sheets.
Madison,

I'm stewing on the same matter, and I can think of a few options.

Perhaps the easiest way I can think of is to get a second strip of polycarbonate running along the top and bottom of each panel and make your printed panels a smidge larger on those sides. Fold over, attach with glue, join the two (or more) pieces of polycarbonate in some visually-pleasing manner, and you're done.

For the weight-paranoid, I imagine you could try similar tricks by just folding the paper over the polycarbonate and attaching. You'd still have a bit of paper vulnerable, and you'd have to figure out a way to keep the folded part from being ugly, but otherwise it could work.
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