WOW! Nice job.

> I was trying to figure out how to put an image on my hatch cover a month
> or so ago. I wish this thread had started before I built the hatch! The
> ideas shared here are intriguing, and probably a lot easier than my
> method.

> I printed the image on paper using my printer, taped it together (larger
> than 8 1/2" x 11"); and traced it on the wood with graphite
> paper. I then woodburned the outline of the image and colored it with oil
> pastel crayons. I posted a question here about how to seal the image since
> the oil pastel crayon was causing the epoxy to bead up.

> After trying some of the suggestions on a scrap piece of wood, I found
> that glassing over the image was the best solution. That was several weeks
> ago, an it appears to have worked. There is no sign of the epoxy not
> taking even after filling the weave and flexing the hatch. I have attached
> a picture. A few other pictures are posted on my web page (see the link
> below). If you look closely you can see the wood grain through the color.
> I apologize in advance for the poor images.

> It would have been much easier to print the image directly on the glass
> and just apply it as some are suggesting here. I print color
> transparencies at work on a lazer printer, but I do not have the nerve to
> run a sheet of fiberglass through it!

> Don