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- Mark Christensen
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Looking for Good Vinyl Cutter
I'm looking for a good deal on getting my boat name made in vinyl. Anybody have a good contact?
Mark
Mark
1961 24' Chris Craft Sportsman - CUA-24-0007C
1940's Homebuilt 14' Racing Hydroplane
1940's Homebuilt 14' Racing Hydroplane
- Bill Basler
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Mark, there's thousands of these companies out there. What is your threshold "good deal" price? Are you applying yourself?
Things to watch out for is to make sure your sign guy uses the highest grade vinyls. 3M, for example, has high, medium, and low cost vinyls, all with different fade ratings, adhesive quality, and so on. Also, you will need to find a shop that has large enough material and a cutter to handle wider vinyl. There are a ton of sign shops with 18" cutters. You get what you pay for, of course, but, you'll want to make sure your graphic, when scaled to desired size will cut in one pass of vinyl without a horizontal seam running through it.
Things to watch out for is to make sure your sign guy uses the highest grade vinyls. 3M, for example, has high, medium, and low cost vinyls, all with different fade ratings, adhesive quality, and so on. Also, you will need to find a shop that has large enough material and a cutter to handle wider vinyl. There are a ton of sign shops with 18" cutters. You get what you pay for, of course, but, you'll want to make sure your graphic, when scaled to desired size will cut in one pass of vinyl without a horizontal seam running through it.
Bill Basler
with shops all over the country, they do a nice job. here is one they did for me.
http://www.fastsigns.com/
http://www.fastsigns.com/
Tom King
http://www.ccmanuals.com
http://www.ccmanuals.com
I just had the name done for my boat in 3M vinyl with an outline and a drop shadow for $17.00.
Craig
Craig
1957 18' SeaSkiff #SK 18675 "Knot Sure!"
1958 18' SeaSkiff #SK18722 "Wreckreation"
Past projects: 1972 19' Lancer with 307 Volvo drive-Great Blue, 1968 23' Lancer Offshore with 283 Volvo drive-Narwahl
1988 FourWinns 245 Vista - Blue Ayes.
It's good to have wood!
1958 18' SeaSkiff #SK18722 "Wreckreation"
Past projects: 1972 19' Lancer with 307 Volvo drive-Great Blue, 1968 23' Lancer Offshore with 283 Volvo drive-Narwahl
1988 FourWinns 245 Vista - Blue Ayes.
It's good to have wood!
Did you try Kinkos?
Jim Staib
www.finewoodboats.com
1947 Penn Yan 12' Cartopper WXH474611
1950 Chris-Craft 22' Sportsman U-22-1532
1957 Chris-Craft 26' Sea Skiff SK-26-515
1968 Century 17' Resorter FG-68-174
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1947 Penn Yan 12' Cartopper WXH474611
1950 Chris-Craft 22' Sportsman U-22-1532
1957 Chris-Craft 26' Sea Skiff SK-26-515
1968 Century 17' Resorter FG-68-174
- Mark Christensen
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My image is 6"high and 36" long (not big enough for an 18' boat, I'm going to re-order in the spring and make the next one 10" x 46").
That increases the price to about $29.00 but still very affordable compared to sign shops.
The transaction was very professional and fast, I had my order in three days.
My lettering came mounted on transfer tape and they included easy to understand instructions that weren't written in 27 languages.
From the time I opened the package to the time I opened the first beer to admire my work was about 15 minutes.
My image is 6"high and 36" long (not big enough for an 18' boat, I'm going to re-order in the spring and make the next one 10" x 46").
That increases the price to about $29.00 but still very affordable compared to sign shops.
The transaction was very professional and fast, I had my order in three days.
My lettering came mounted on transfer tape and they included easy to understand instructions that weren't written in 27 languages.
From the time I opened the package to the time I opened the first beer to admire my work was about 15 minutes.
1957 18' SeaSkiff #SK 18675 "Knot Sure!"
1958 18' SeaSkiff #SK18722 "Wreckreation"
Past projects: 1972 19' Lancer with 307 Volvo drive-Great Blue, 1968 23' Lancer Offshore with 283 Volvo drive-Narwahl
1988 FourWinns 245 Vista - Blue Ayes.
It's good to have wood!
1958 18' SeaSkiff #SK18722 "Wreckreation"
Past projects: 1972 19' Lancer with 307 Volvo drive-Great Blue, 1968 23' Lancer Offshore with 283 Volvo drive-Narwahl
1988 FourWinns 245 Vista - Blue Ayes.
It's good to have wood!
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- Jim Godlewski
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Thanks guys, The gentleman’s name at boatlettering.com is Jim and is great to work with. He will make sure he has it right and will make whatever you want. Jim is familiar with the post war Chis Craft font so that helped. We also ordered the registration numbers. The total for the five decals was 280. This was far better than that cost of gold leaf paint which was not in the budget.
Jim
Jim
1956 17 Sportsman CC-17-2310
1930 Model 100 7152
1930 Model 100 7152
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