How to Print Custom Ping Pong Balls
You can brighten up your ping-pong playing experience by creating custom-made balls. You could invest in a machine to emboss your balls, but that's expensive if you're not planning to sell them. If you have the time and a little creativity, you can spruce up your ping-pong balls relatively inexpensively.
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Things You'll Need
- Fine tipped permanent marker pens
- Acrylic paint
- Fine tipped paint brush
- Paper
- Cloth
- Eraser
- Craft knife
- Permanent ink
Instructions
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Stamp
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Draw a design onto an eraser that will fit onto the surface or your balls. It's best to keep the design as simple as possible using well-defined shapes or simple block text.
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Cut around your design carefully with a craft knife and remove the excess rubber around it.
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Dip your design into some ink and test stamp on a piece of paper to remove excess ink.
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Place one end of your stamp onto the surface of a ping-pong ball and roll it slowly across so the design is transferred evenly.
Put the balls aside to dry.
Marker Pen and Paint
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Sketch out a rough plan of the design you want to draw onto your ping-pong balls on paper. It's important to use marker pens with a fine tip as you have a relatively small amount of space to work with on the surface of the balls. Experiment with a few different ideas before settling on your final design. You might want to cover the balls with an intricate pattern or just stick with a logo or block of text. You can also use acrylic paint with a fine brush.
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Wipe over your balls with the cloth to make sure they are free of dirt and debris and dry.
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Draw your design onto the balls.
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Put the finished balls to one side to dry. The pen's packaging will indicate a recommended drying time.
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Tips & Warnings
Several online sites offer services that allow you to design custom ping-pong balls (See References).
References
- Photo Credit jeu de ping-pong image by Francis Lempérière from Fotolia.com
