A wax decal production and application system is disclosed involving a wax sheet, an indentation roller, a method of cutting the wax sheet, and a roller to apply the sheet to a surface. A thin wax sheet is extruded through drums that pattern it with indentations. A design is cut into the sheet and the extraneous material is removed. The wax decal is placed upon a surface. With the use of a roller, the indentations are crushed, collapsing onto and sticking to the surface.

An optically variable device may be manufactured by aligning magnetic flakes on a surface of an adhesive layer by applying the flakes onto the adhesive layer surface in presence of a magnetic field, and curing the adhesive layer having magnetic flakes adhered to the adhesive layer. When cured, the adhesive layer holds the magnetic flakes oriented, enabling subsequent encapsulation of the oriented magnetic flakes in a coating layer on the adhesive layer, without a substantial loss of orientation of the magnetic flakes.