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sfein
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Initially Posted - 02/19/2006 :  02:15:07  Show Profile
Hi All,

In the process of removing the name of my new old boat. The old name had been painted on to the transom. Any suggestions on who to remove the old paint.

Thanks

Stuart
Stuart Fein
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/19/2006 :  13:20:50  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
I need to do the same, many have suggested easy off oven cleaner. i will try it when the weather warms.
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John V.
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Response Posted - 02/19/2006 :  18:35:05  Show Profile  Visit John V.'s Homepage
Don't forget to do the de-naming ceremony. There may be one in the archives or just google boat de-naming/re-naming.
you may or may not be superstitious, but its a lot of fun and ceremony surrounding a new to you boat, makes the process of making her yours more meaningful.
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 02/19/2006 :  18:43:37  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
Especially the virgins on the bow part John
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sfein
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Response Posted - 02/19/2006 :  19:20:47  Show Profile
Yes. I have already prepared ceremony. Ihave also been told to use the OFF oven cleaner from a local graphics shop. I do not want to sound clueless here but I want to do the name on the side of the boat not on the transom. Do I put the name on twice, one for each side?? Also any suggestions on height of letters?

Stuart
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sfein
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Response Posted - 02/19/2006 :  19:21:33  Show Profile
Duane,

I love your name! What height letters did you use?
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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 02/19/2006 :  20:56:04  Show Profile  Visit OLarryR's Homepage
Stuart,

If you are putting the name on the side - do it on both sides. Generally, the cost is more for the first name and the second one is at reduced price. That is what I found out ordering it from Boat US. On the website, it seemed to be that you double the cost for the name when you need two. However, when you go thru the website and get down to the actual ordering, it then indicates a cost that is less than doubling the cost for one.

The size of the letters is generally larger than whatever you were thinking of ordering. Some websites indicate that many people seem to undersize the lettering and then the boat name is not all that visible to other boats when out on the water.

I believe my lettering for capital letters was 8" but the font I picked had tails on the capitals and so ordering a 8" font actually produced a capital that was closer to something like 10". The other letters are about 5". The total name length is about 54" for each side. Because of the tails on the font that I ordered, the Boat US Graphics Dept called me to make sure I understood the total size of the letters and then they adjusted the height to see what the length changed to while I was on the phone. They were very helpful and I was completely satisfied. You can see how the name came out on my website.

(As it turns out, about 2 months later I smudged a 1/2" part of two letters by cutting into my dock at two sharp an angle. The people at the Boat US Graphics Dept located in Alexandria, VA (near me) gave me a bunch of free material, same color, so I could fix the two letters.)
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 02/19/2006 :  21:43:27  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by sfein</i>
<br />Duane,

I love your name! What height letters did you use?

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The Flying wasp was either 6 or 7 inch Kouffman Bold Script on both sides of the boat, the horshoe and the dock box.

I used these guys, and they were very reasonable at the time.

http://www.creativesignsandgraphics.com/design_your_own_decal.php

it looks like two of the 6" would cost me about 60 bucks. I think I actually paid more 3 or 4 years ago.



The logo on the transom is a different story....not sure where that was done, it was a friend of a friends brothers uncle's cousin's sister that owed some other relative a favor...



Duane
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/19/2006 :  21:46:14  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
nice
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Earl Landers
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Response Posted - 02/20/2006 :  14:23:06  Show Profile
Stuart,
What I found when I removed the old painted name from my boat was that they had used a poxy* enamel. It is very tuff After sanding for a loooong time the old faded pigment was off, but I was left with raised epoxy ghosts of the old paint. The more I worked, the more gel coat from around the ghosts was lost. Since I was going to use the same name and font, but in vinyl, I just ordered a little larger and had the printer add a drop shadow. The end effect is if you don't know to look it doesn't show.

Hope that is of help.

* poxy happened as a mis-type, but on review I liked it.
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