Logos back on a Console

[nickus9]

Hello,

I have been asking a ton of questions on this forum and everyone has been very helpful. I am at the point now where i just need to get the logos of my NES / SNES back on.

I was looking around and it seems like the easiest way is silk screen yet the only ink that would probably work is Nazdar 9700 series or 53000 series. These both for for around $50 or more for much more ink than i would actually need.

Has anyone found an easier / less expensive method to get the logos back on a console? I could make a paint mask but i believe some letters would have trouble like any P's R's or O's (unless there is a trick to cutting those out).

One person from an arts and craft store had also mentioned cutting our the letters onto a adhesive vinyl then putting them on and clear coating it.

Your thoughts?

[jinxmitchell]

maybe decals?

[Hobie-wan]

Find a local place that makes vinyl signs and stickers. If they have a die cut machine, they can probably make replacements if it isn't too small. Heck the local flea market here has a sticker place in a permanent booth and I'm pretty sure I saw mention of doing customs.

[Anapan]

Most sticker/logo/sign places have a CNC machine (computer controlled exacto-knife) that they use to cut the outlines of the vinyl stickers they make. If you bring them a vector logo they can have the machine make a reverse cutout of that (a stick-on stencil) which you can use to spray the logo on the the machine using the same paint you painted it with thereby keeping the same durability your original paintjob has as it'll all be the same chemical.
If you can't find already made-up vectors, I've got some experience in raster-vector conversion. I've brought many logos I vectorized to printing places to cut/print/engrave/laser-etch and all went well every time (I export the same vector in 3 or 4 standard formats so their machine will accept it without them messing around).