From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Tue Mar 16 19:02:58 1999 Return-Path: Received: from sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil (sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.84.38]) by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1-mod) with SMTP id TAA04595 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 19:02:58 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 08:59:41 +0000 (GMT) From: the terminal sloth To: Cube-Lovers Subject: Re: MULTI COLORED PLASTIC SURFACES In-Reply-To: <006c01be6c55$1fdab740$ca685dcb@uwe> Message-Id: On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Uwe Meffert wrote: > ... > It is not to difficult to make cubes or other puzzles without stickers and to > spray paint the surfaces, the price is about the same. I once made a > Pyraminx test run using this method. As David Singmaster mentioned the > plastic surface under the sticker has some flow lines which are unavoidable > and the sticker serves in part to hide these imperfections. Why can't you take a modelling knife or a file and remove these lines? And use a bit more paint where necessary (easier with acrylic than with spray paints). Obviously this isn't practical for large-scale manufacture. > I hope that this clears up your discussion on why Manufacturers use > stickers. Alex -- Alexander Lewis Jones - the terminal sloth sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits