Custom ceramic plaques for seat cards?

TheDuke · #1 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 10:32 AM

I was reading this thread:

http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/home-g...eat-cards.html

And I thought to myself - how cool would it be to have a ceramic plaque for seat cards? I don't really host many tournaments myself but I still would be compelled to buy some if they were available.

But there would be a few hurdles to overcome:

1) Do any of the vendors even allow for 2 sided printing?

I have not seen any of the sites mention this as an option.

2) Since each plaque would essentially be a different design (table 1 seat 1, table 1 seat 2, etc) it wouldn't really be feasible for an individual to place an order because of the minimum numbers per design that vendors require. eg. HPC requires a min of 12 per design, Mr Chip requires 25 per design, etc.

In order to get enough for 2 tables of 10 an individual would have to order at least 240 from HPC - ending up with 220 extras. Having extras is always nice but 11 extras of each is a little overkill. Which could be solved if you could find 11 other people who could agree on a design. (This is assuming that 2 sided printing is even possible)

3) Cost - probably around $10 a pop.

Scoutens · #2 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 02:39 PM

What do you mean by two sided printing? A different design on each side?

whippoker · #3 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 03:35 PM

If you can't find an affordable way to get ceramics but still want some type of plaque, you can do it yourself if you have a good desktop printer. Buy some waterslide decal paper (the type model makers use) and print them yourself. Then you'd need some acrylic/plexiglass and cut to size, round/sand corners.

The waterslide paper is clear, so you need to apply it to white material if you have white in your design. I had no waterslide experience prior to buying it a few weeks ago and it was very easy to use.

I did the same process for my latest branch of Dealer buttons. I used half inch clear acrylic, laser cut the circle, applied reflective white vinyl on the clear and then put the waterslide decal on top. I finished it with reflective red vinyl around the rolling edge. I used to laser engrave my buttons, but after seeing all the cool color ones on this forum, I decided I needed to step it up.

If you decide to go this route and need more info, let me know.

Ron