Hardwood Single Speed

I've stalled recently. It's all glued up, sanded and sanded again. Looks bloody great so I'm really happy. All it needs is varnishing. I want to put a logo on the down tube and have spent ages trying different techniques which have all failed. So far I've tried printing onto spring roll rice paper and laying onto epoxy. That went completely clear with the black texy showing through nicely but was too thick and didn't wrap around a curve very easily. I tried thinner rice paper which didn't go clear and i tried thin white tissue paper which nearly went clear but not quite. I also tried iron on transfer paper which went on to the wood nicely but then the epoxy sealing layer didn't go through the clear bits of the iron on patch so the wood came out lighter under the logo and looked shit. It was also really hard to iron on a curved surface without ruining the logo.

My next test is going to be: Seal the wood with epoxy, apply the printed logo on waterslide decal paper and seal over the top. I'm hoping this will work as i spent a week trying to get hold of the bloody rice paper.... and that was the worst of the lot!

Any more suggestions for getting a text logo onto a curved wooden surface that will then be sealed with epoxy and varnish? I could stencil and paint it but I thought printing would give me a crisper outline.

Is the downtube too shaped for a custom sized rubber stamp?

Personally I struggle to think of a downtube graphics style that would look good. There is already so much of interest to look at.

I love the 'Prototype' (or BMW as you say) style roundel on the chainstay. I'd be tempted to leave just that on the bike and incorporate that into the off-bike branding. You could also get small roundels stickers of that style printed onto the wheel rims (oposite the valve), or seatpost.