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I have in the past made decals using what was regarded as an old method back in the 70s - painting in enamel on brown paper, finish with 6-8 coats of varnish, soak the paper off in water (may take a day or two!) and attach using more varnish as size. Invariably these broke up at some stage while being handled. I suspect there is now a computer / printer based method that works every time...
Never heard of that (probably for a reason(!))
fizzy.bleach-
The closest I can find is:
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/transfer-making-restoration.html
Remember this was pre-internet and information was often read (or mis-read) from a book: transfer paper probably works as though it was designed for the job, unlike brown paper...
MrE
I've looked at buying a head tube badge - not sure I'd be comfortable putting an 'Ernie Clements' badge on something that clearly isn't, especially if I want to sell it further down the line.
More likely I'll make a badge in a similar style with 'bitsa' on it - an indoor project for the winter evenings.
I have in the past made decals using what was regarded as an old method back in the 70s - painting in enamel on brown paper, finish with 6-8 coats of varnish, soak the paper off in water (may take a day or two!) and attach using more varnish as size. Invariably these broke up at some stage while being handled. I suspect there is now a computer / printer based method that works every time...