The other day I needed to find some of the infamous rice paper so I could put "Handcrafted by Dale Frolander" onto the coaming before I fiberglassed it. I couldn't find rice paper anywhere. Most people at the craft and office stores just looked at me with a blank stare.

I thought about trying some of that tissue paper that is stuffed into bags with presents. I bought some, took it home, and taped it to a piece of paper along the leading edge. Then I stuck it into my inkjet (HP) and printed on it.

I took a scrap piece of walnut (since that's the wood I'd be using), put some epoxy on it, put the tissue on it, then some fiberglass cloth and then I wet it out with more epoxy. I did it in that order so I wouldn't rub across the print. The print turned out great. It didn't run at all, and I can only see the tissue paper if I really study it (faint difference in color that I can "see" only because I know where it is).

By the way, I made some tick marks inside for the station locations to help line up things like rudder pedals and stuff. I made them with an ink pen and the ink did run slightly from the epoxy.

Dale