I'm painting some pretty simple patterns (stripes & bars) on 2x6 planks,
but I'm doing a lot of them (planks, that is), and the masking tape/paint
brush routine is a real bootleneck.

Late last night (actually, about 2 am this morning), while waiting for
paint to dry, in an altered state-of-conciousness (sleep deprivation),
I found myself wishing I had a giant inkjet printer to speed things up.

Seems Simple Enough! - Right? I can' be the first person who ever had
this idea. But Google hasn't turned up anything enlightening - maybe
I'm not using the right keywords.

So - Anyone here ever heard of an inkjet technology (or something similar)
suitable for applying latex paint to wood?

TIA
Charlie Mulks

"Charles Mulks" wrote in message
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Seems Simple Enough! - Right? I can' be the first person who ever had
this idea. But Google hasn't turned up anything enlightening - maybe
I'm not using the right keywords.

So - Anyone here ever heard of an inkjet technology (or something similar)
suitable for applying latex paint to wood?


I doubt inkjet technology would work with latex paint.
That said, wood veneer has been available for some time that is intended to
be run through an inkjet printer.

On 22-Jun-2006, "Charles Mulks" wrote:

So - Anyone here ever heard of an inkjet technology (or something similar)
suitable for applying latex paint to wood?

Common technology for quite a few years in sign painting. A friend did some
software development for such a system years ago. Not inkjet, really (i.e. it
doesn't use rapid heating to cause the ink to explosively boil onto the surface)
but more-or-less conventional spray nozzles.

Mike

Charles Mulks wrote:
I'm painting some pretty simple patterns (stripes & bars) on 2x6 planks,
but I'm doing a lot of them (planks, that is), and the masking tape/paint
brush routine is a real bootleneck.

Late last night (actually, about 2 am this morning), while waiting for
paint to dry, in an altered state-of-conciousness (sleep deprivation),
I found myself wishing I had a giant inkjet printer to speed things up.

Seems Simple Enough! - Right? I can' be the first person who ever had
this idea. But Google hasn't turned up anything enlightening - maybe
I'm not using the right keywords.

So - Anyone here ever heard of an inkjet technology (or something similar)
suitable for applying latex paint to wood?

TIA
Charlie Mulks



An inkjet is a tiny spray gun.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

A day without radiation is a day
without sunshine.





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Gee Whiz - That sounds like you only need a stencil to lay on the board
then paint, or better yet spray paint. Move to the next board etc.

Make the stencil out of plastic of some kind and it could last almost
forever. Easy to line up to one edge.

Jack


Charles Mulks wrote:
I'm painting some pretty simple patterns (stripes & bars) on 2x6 planks,
but I'm doing a lot of them (planks, that is), and the masking tape/paint
brush routine is a real bootleneck.

Late last night (actually, about 2 am this morning), while waiting for
paint to dry, in an altered state-of-conciousness (sleep deprivation),
I found myself wishing I had a giant inkjet printer to speed things up.

Seems Simple Enough! - Right? I can' be the first person who ever had
this idea. But Google hasn't turned up anything enlightening - maybe
I'm not using the right keywords.

So - Anyone here ever heard of an inkjet technology (or something similar)
suitable for applying latex paint to wood?

TIA
Charlie Mulks

Charles Mulks wrote:
I'm painting some pretty simple patterns (stripes & bars) on 2x6
planks,
but I'm doing a lot of them (planks, that is), and the masking
tape/paint
brush routine is a real bootleneck.

AB Dick licensed the ink jet technology years ago for high speed
printing of labels, bar codes, etc.

Uses very specialized inks, not paint.

Lew

Charles Mulks wrote:

So - Anyone here ever heard of an inkjet technology (or something similar)
suitable for applying latex paint to wood?

Nope. But I have seen a robot that paints with spray cans...

http://www.hektor.ch/Videos/Amok.mov/

Chris

"zap" wrote in message
ink.net...
Gee Whiz - That sounds like you only need a stencil to lay on the board
then paint, or better yet spray paint. Move to the next board etc.

Make the stencil out of plastic of some kind and it could last almost
forever. Easy to line up to one edge.


Precisely. A sheet of mylar, an xacto knife, a little patience (well -
there goes that idea...), and presto!

--

-Mike-

In article , Charles Mulks wrote:

I'm painting some pretty simple patterns (stripes & bars) on 2x6 planks,
but I'm doing a lot of them (planks, that is), and the masking tape/paint
brush routine is a real bootleneck.

Late last night (actually, about 2 am this morning), while waiting for
paint to dry, in an altered state-of-conciousness (sleep deprivation),
I found myself wishing I had a giant inkjet printer to speed things up.

Seems Simple Enough! - Right? I can' be the first person who ever had
this idea. But Google hasn't turned up anything enlightening - maybe
I'm not using the right keywords.

So - Anyone here ever heard of an inkjet technology (or something similar)
suitable for applying latex paint to wood?


WRONG APPROACH to fixing your problem.

Think 'stencil', and spray-paint.

Charles Mulks (in ) said:

| So - Anyone here ever heard of an inkjet technology (or something
| similar) suitable for applying latex paint to wood?

At one time the Mead Corp in Dayton, Ohio was doing development of a
printing machine with hundreds of spray apertures that might be
capable of doing what you described. If they actually took that
product to market, I'd guess that you'd need to reduce - and tightly
control - paint viscosity; and I'd guess that the product would be
fairly pricey.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

So - Anyone here ever heard of an inkjet technology (or something similar)
suitable for applying latex paint to wood?

I keep having a problem getting the paper feeder to accept 'planks"

Have you looked into silkscreen printing? It is a very inexpensive way to
print simple to complex designs on a variety of surfaces. It is perfect
for repeating patterns. The inks used are very thick, similar to latex
paint, which I believe can be used for that purpose. If you have the
screens prepared for you by a shop, the equipment needed to print is very
modest: a wooden frame on which the screen is stretched, an old table on
which you affix the frame with a pair of hinges, a flat squeegee and a
place to clean the screen with water. Different patterns use different
screens; if they are small, you may want to mount more than one on the
table to expedite production.

Sometimes, old technology is better...

Hope this helps... Andre

Mike Marlow wrote:
"zap" wrote in message
ink.net...
Gee Whiz - That sounds like you only need a stencil to lay on the board
then paint, or better yet spray paint. Move to the next board etc.

Make the stencil out of plastic of some kind and it could last almost
forever. Easy to line up to one edge.


Precisely. A sheet of mylar, an xacto knife, a little patience (well -
there goes that idea...), and presto!

--

-Mike-



Get your stencil made at a vinyl graphics place. They have a printer
that cuts the vinyl. Costs a bit for the first one but worth it if
you're doing a lot.

Eric