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Putting on boat name lettering.
Well folks, I recieved my boat name lettering order
the other day and have already stuck the name on the starboard side of my fine vessel. It looks fantastic! It was not an easy thing to do and get right. The lettering is over six inches tall and totaled 52 inches in length. I ordered the trebuchet bold italic as was your choice in the poll conducted last week. However, due to practical reasons I decided to place the name in the center of the hull centered below the two large cabin windows. Taking some advice to spruce things up a little I ordered dark blue lettering with light blue drop shadowing. It looks real sharp with the dark blue matching the existing blue and the light blue about the shade of the bottom paint. I decided to put the name in the center of the boat because of straps used for hauling not being able to mar it and also dinghies coming alongside the quarter where one enters the cockpit doing a job on the lettering with their gunwhales. You'll be impressed when you see the picture I'll post soon. The secret to getting the lettering on right is taping the whole works in the right place with masking tape along the top. Then one must lift the the assembly and peel off the paper that covers the stickum while taping it up so it stays up till all the paper is off the sticky side of the letters. Then, using a diluted Windex solution in a spray bottle one must wet both the clean hull and the sticky side of the letters. Then one lowers the flap down against the hull and using a squeegee adheres the letters from the center outward to squeeze out the liquid. Then one must wait a half hour so so for them to stick well and then peel off the outer layer of paper to expose the letters in all their glory taking care to not peel them off the hull in the process. Well, I managed to to a good job of the starboard side with no screw-ups but it got too windy to do the port side so that's going to wait till Monday when the winds are supposed to die down quite a bit prior to the next cold frontal passage the middle of the week. When I get it done I'll post a couple pictures on my award winning web site. S.Simon |
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Putting on boat name lettering.
Well folks, I recieved my boat name lettering order
the other day and have already stuck the name on the starboard side of my fine vessel. It looks fantastic! It was not an easy thing to do and get right. Cuz it doesn't stick to blisters? RB |
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Putting on boat name lettering.
Capt Neal wrote...
Well, I managed to to a good job of the starboard side with no screw-ups but it got too windy to go sailing, so I hid below. |
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Putting on boat name lettering.
You could also use a grease pencil, charcoal pencil or such and draw a grid,
this simplifies if you are not going square to the boat to maintain a similar spacing and pattern. I think it makes it a bit easier anyhow "Simple Simon" wrote in message ... Well folks, I recieved my boat name lettering order the other day and have already stuck the name on the starboard side of my fine vessel. It looks fantastic! It was not an easy thing to do and get right. The lettering is over six inches tall and totaled 52 inches in length. I ordered the trebuchet bold italic as was your choice in the poll conducted last week. However, due to practical reasons I decided to place the name in the center of the hull centered below the two large cabin windows. Taking some advice to spruce things up a little I ordered dark blue lettering with light blue drop shadowing. It looks real sharp with the dark blue matching the existing blue and the light blue about the shade of the bottom paint. I decided to put the name in the center of the boat because of straps used for hauling not being able to mar it and also dinghies coming alongside the quarter where one enters the cockpit doing a job on the lettering with their gunwhales. You'll be impressed when you see the picture I'll post soon. The secret to getting the lettering on right is taping the whole works in the right place with masking tape along the top. Then one must lift the the assembly and peel off the paper that covers the stickum while taping it up so it stays up till all the paper is off the sticky side of the letters. Then, using a diluted Windex solution in a spray bottle one must wet both the clean hull and the sticky side of the letters. Then one lowers the flap down against the hull and using a squeegee adheres the letters from the center outward to squeeze out the liquid. Then one must wait a half hour so so for them to stick well and then peel off the outer layer of paper to expose the letters in all their glory taking care to not peel them off the hull in the process. Well, I managed to to a good job of the starboard side with no screw-ups but it got too windy to do the port side so that's going to wait till Monday when the winds are supposed to die down quite a bit prior to the next cold frontal passage the middle of the week. When I get it done I'll post a couple pictures on my award winning web site. S.Simon |
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Putting on boat name lettering.
Luckily these names are all stuck together in one big package so all one needs to do is make sure it is lined up the way one wants it. On the negative side if one screws up then you've just tossed away eighty bucks so you must try again with a new set. S.Simon "The Carrolls" wrote in message news You could also use a grease pencil, charcoal pencil or such and draw a grid, this simplifies if you are not going square to the boat to maintain a similar spacing and pattern. I think it makes it a bit easier anyhow "Simple Simon" wrote in message ... Well folks, I recieved my boat name lettering order the other day and have already stuck the name on the starboard side of my fine vessel. It looks fantastic! It was not an easy thing to do and get right. The lettering is over six inches tall and totaled 52 inches in length. I ordered the trebuchet bold italic as was your choice in the poll conducted last week. However, due to practical reasons I decided to place the name in the center of the hull centered below the two large cabin windows. Taking some advice to spruce things up a little I ordered dark blue lettering with light blue drop shadowing. It looks real sharp with the dark blue matching the existing blue and the light blue about the shade of the bottom paint. I decided to put the name in the center of the boat because of straps used for hauling not being able to mar it and also dinghies coming alongside the quarter where one enters the cockpit doing a job on the lettering with their gunwhales. You'll be impressed when you see the picture I'll post soon. The secret to getting the lettering on right is taping the whole works in the right place with masking tape along the top. Then one must lift the the assembly and peel off the paper that covers the stickum while taping it up so it stays up till all the paper is off the sticky side of the letters. Then, using a diluted Windex solution in a spray bottle one must wet both the clean hull and the sticky side of the letters. Then one lowers the flap down against the hull and using a squeegee adheres the letters from the center outward to squeeze out the liquid. Then one must wait a half hour so so for them to stick well and then peel off the outer layer of paper to expose the letters in all their glory taking care to not peel them off the hull in the process. Well, I managed to to a good job of the starboard side with no screw-ups but it got too windy to do the port side so that's going to wait till Monday when the winds are supposed to die down quite a bit prior to the next cold frontal passage the middle of the week. When I get it done I'll post a couple pictures on my award winning web site. S.Simon |
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