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is there a specific vinyl for applying to boats?
There is a marina nearby and Im thinking of targeting them for some vinyl work. Just so I can prepare a little is there a specific vinyl for boats? Anyone got any experience of fitting to boats, if so is there anything I need to consider before talking to these people?
splish splash.
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yeh, tell them to get it out the water first 😆
use oracal 751 mate.. ive used it on several boats and never had a problem.
any cast will do the trick though. depends i guess if the design is sitting in the water most of the time..
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They don’t need to be out of the water but it does help!
Striping is a real pig, but give it a go!
Boat names are a great little earner.
You might want to offer a deal for the whole lot i.e 2 X Bow boat names, 1 x transom, 1 home port and SSR no.remember these people who have boats have money so don’t sell yourself short!
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LOL so how would you go about applying to a boat while its in the water?
nice wavey lines ~~~~~ 😀
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Well as long as your not doing a water line stripe, you should be ok – it’s just a case of hanging over the side 😆
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All the comments above are on the button, I like to add, when Im pitching it to the Marina, that your vinyl is “Tested at Mid Tide, for 1 year, with no effect and conforms to BS 5609:1986”.
Its a great little line thats on most Cast / Polymeric / Monomeric vinyl swatches, and the sea dogs love it 🙂
Steve Arnold
Sign & Print Graphix
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Rob are you saying that you should use cast vinyl for boats?
I have used 751 before but the spec on Mactac 9800 shows that it is ok too, so I was going to use that.
Still waiting to find out if anyone has heard of vinyl for the rubber(?) buoys, I was told it was called Solfab(?)
Can anyone shed some light on the matter
Cheers
Dave
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I seem to recall 3M have the most to do with Marine, they may have a vinyl, or maybe that stuff that fuses to plastics, used to use it on Curtain Siders.
(or a paint mask and spray ?)
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I can lend you some snorkling gear Liam. I’d recommend not trying to apply the vinyl dry, you could be under there all day 😉 😆 😆 😉
Cheers, Dewi
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Im practising holding my breath, but the snorkling stuff would be better. I might wait till the winter when the lake has frozen over, slip slide about. Im sure thats a safer option as my swimming isnt too hot. (drown)
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i used a cast vinyl from spandex, 900 series, if i can remember rightly. It was terrific stuff, used it for 100 speed boats!! 😆 must of worked had no complaints so far!! 🙄
nik
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