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An example of a vintage water slide decal on its white backing paper. Water slide decals (or water transfer decals) are decals which rely on dextrose residue from the decal paper to bond the decal to a surface. A water-based adhesive layer can be added to the decal to create a stronger bond or may be placed between layers of lacquer to create a ...
Water slide at Toledo Beach, Michigan, 1911 Boy riding a water tube slide at The Colony Park in The Colony, Texas. A water slide (also referred to as a flume, water chute, or hydroslide) is a type of slide designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use at swimming pools or water parks. Water slides differ in their riding method and ...
Bburago kits were notorious for featuring waterslide decals which never adhered properly to the models, making well-built examples of the kits rare. Conversely, the decals on factory-built products were of the stuck-on the body of the models, rather than the tampo printing used by the likes of the contemporary Maisto.
Temporary stickers are used today to indicate whether someone is free of certain health symptoms, been vaccinated, or otherwise cleared some security protocol. Stickers are also used as a form of guerilla marketing, as well as serving as a ubiquitous form of visual and physical vandalism. Stickers are also printed for use as temporary tattoos.
The first known existence of a looping water slide was at Action Park in Vernon, USA, in the mid-1980s. Their water slide featured a vertical loop but was repeatedly closed due to safety concerns. [41] [42] [43] More recently, ProSlide developed the SuperLOOP which features a fast, downward spiralling helix after a trapdoor release. [44]
Parts come molded in a variety of colors, white being the most common in the 1960s and 1970s. Some parts are chrome plated to simulate real bumpers, grilles, wheels, and other pieces that might be chrome on the actual vehicle. Tires are most commonly molded in rubber. Water 'slide-on' decals are usually included along with an instruction brochure.
Some of the park installations were sold off in 2009. The Big Bopper and Thunder Road water slides were sold and dismantled and shipped to Cultus Lake Water Park in British Columbia Canada, where they were painted light blue and renamed "Colossal Canyon" and "Zero-60" and installed. Repeatedly vandalized, the park fell into ruins.
A receipt printed on thermal paper. A heat source near the paper will color the paper. Paper roll for thermal fax machine. Thermal paper (often supplied in roll form, and sometimes referred to as an audit roll) is a special fine paper that is coated with a material formulated to change color locally when exposed to heat.