Decals for restoration

[gramophone-georg]

Thanks for all of the support and kind comments from many forum members. I began making decals for phonograph restoration as a matter of necessity. What I needed simply didn't exist, or what was available was not acceptable to me. I did a good bit of research and came up with a method to create my own. I never intended to offer these for sale. It was simply to be for my own use. However, people saw what I had come up with and encouraged me to make more variety and to start selling them.

I do this as a hobbiest, It is not a lucrative financial endeavor . I enjoy the creative aspects as well as beings able to support this great hobby. The printers are expensive, and prone to problems. They are no longer made and can only be repaired in Japan by one company. It is very time intensive to create a decal. It is not just printing a bitmap image on decal paper... Most require extensive work in Photoshop as we'll as vector graphics for backgrounds and highlights. There are multiple layers created for each decal. Typically several hours invested in each one.

With regards to Edwardo's decals, I cannot speak to his quality as I have not inspected any of his in person. I imagine they are well made. They look to be on line. If you prefer his product, then obviously that is what you should,use. I am happy quality products are available to the collecting community regardless of the source. They are such an improvement over what was available when I began collecting.

For the forseeable future I will continue to offer my services to those who wish to use them. My website is http://www.phonodecal.com. I will also be happy to do custom decals as a one off if needed. My website will be updated in the near future with several additional decal I have completed.

Gregg Cline

Gregg, I hear you there! Thanks to you and people like you... not only do we have very well done products, we have options too! Very pleased with all of the decals I have gotten from both you and Eduardo. I'll be getting more for sure!