Graphics Removal
#13
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From: Collierville, TN and Pickwick Lake
Teal and fuchcia will never be back. I'm sick of mine and it's going away this winter. Keeping the purple and replace the teal and fuchsia with blue and yellow. Idk what the we were on in the nineties that made those colors look good.
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From: Slidell, La.
Had same issue.. Mine is gel so I covered with vinyl myself.. We are happy with it! Completely different boat and you can't tell unless your right up on it!!
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From: Collierville, TN and Pickwick Lake
I had been thinking of doing the same thing because I have a vinyl cutter/plotter. How'd you do yours? Lay it on then freehand it or what?
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From: Slidell, La.
Nope! I found this vinyl cutting tape on line and watched youtube videos on how to do it.
"Knifeless tape"
I tried freehand and NOWAY!! It sucked. I ran out of tape so I masked the line and even tried to cut against that and still sucked! Bought more knifeless. Used a lot more than I figured.
Lay the tape down about 1/8- 1/4" outside lines. Have to leave a lil 4" excess to pull the filament thru the tape then it cuts the vinyl. Then pull the tape off and felt tipped squeegee the vinyl back down.
The hardest parts were butting up 2 joints but a lil practice worked. I may have had $400 invested and a lot of my labor. About 3 days putting down the vinyl. Not counting buffing entire boat with presta and wiping down with alcohol.
Will try to call you later this weekend. Going on a run tomorrow and staying in Biloxi for the night!
"Knifeless tape"
I tried freehand and NOWAY!! It sucked. I ran out of tape so I masked the line and even tried to cut against that and still sucked! Bought more knifeless. Used a lot more than I figured.
Lay the tape down about 1/8- 1/4" outside lines. Have to leave a lil 4" excess to pull the filament thru the tape then it cuts the vinyl. Then pull the tape off and felt tipped squeegee the vinyl back down.
The hardest parts were butting up 2 joints but a lil practice worked. I may have had $400 invested and a lot of my labor. About 3 days putting down the vinyl. Not counting buffing entire boat with presta and wiping down with alcohol.
Will try to call you later this weekend. Going on a run tomorrow and staying in Biloxi for the night!
Last edited by nailit; 07-18-2014 at 10:36 PM.
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From: Collierville, TN and Pickwick Lake
That'll work. Have a good weekend, say hello to the Due South for me. Used to take week long trips on her out to Chandeleur when the big grass was there and to Curlew when there was a Curlew. Fish out of Venice now.


