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[Clyde_Wanderer]

Having new spray dodgers made from Arcrylic canvas by a local person, have been considering applying boat name lettering to dodgers myself.
Could it be possible to apply Iron-on lettering without damaging the properties of the canvas, if so what would be the most suitable type of letters, ie, material etc?
Thanks, C_W

 

[john_morris_uk]

I am not sure that I would be trusting iron on letters. Even if you iron them on successfully, the wind and weather will eventually get under the edge and they will peel off and start looking tatty. Why not stick them on with double sided tape while you zig zag stitch them round the edge?

Or get the sailmaker to put the names on?

 

[Clyde_Wanderer]

Thanks John, but sew on is not an option too expensive.
The lettering on the old dgrs was some sort of stick/iron on material (pvc etc) but as they are nearly completly disentegrated I cant really tell for sure what sort of material it is.
Dodgers are costing me a fortune so cant afford sew on.
C_W

 

[john_morris_uk]

I would be sewing them on myself then. Our sewing maching does zig zag fairly well and if you get a heavy duty needle, you might manage. Or just do ordinary stitching round the edges of some letters that you cut out.

Print patterns for the letters on paper using a font of your choice. Cut the letters out of some canvas of your choice. (A4 should be big enough and you can print one letter per piece of paper) Lay them out on the canvas dodger and stick with double sided tape and sew round them with a sewing machine. Its what the sailmaker would have done.

I can't think of a cheaper way of doing it. Just look up 'kerning' for when you lay the characters out if you are not familiar with the concept?

And I hope the boat is called "MEG" or something else that's short!

Final thought: if you want even bigger letters than one per A4 - find a copier that does A3 and enlarge them to the size you want.

 

[BelleSerene]

Having new spray dodgers made from Arcrylic canvas by a local person, have been considering applying boat name lettering to dodgers myself.
Could it be possible to apply Iron-on lettering without damaging the properties of the canvas, if so what would be the most suitable type of letters, ie, material etc?
Thanks, C_W

Ocean World in Cowes do them to your dimensions, with stick-on letters in a font of your choice that have proven very durable. They were quite reasonable. Also put canvas pockets on the inside, which are very useful extra cockpit storage. I'd email them for a quote.

 

[cliff]

Thanks John, but sew on is not an option too expensive.
The lettering on the old dgrs was some sort of stick/iron on material (pvc etc) but as they are nearly completly disentegrated I cant really tell for sure what sort of material it is.
Dodgers are costing me a fortune so cant afford sew on.
C_W

Have a look here

 

[agurney]

Consider making a stencil and painting them yourself.
It's easy to knock one up in a word processor using an outline font.

 

[FullCircle]

Lucky it isnt Hu ngBird of Ardnamurchan Point then. Would cost a fortune.

Eamonn, we bought a 10 inch wide strip of white and made the letters ourself, and sewed them on too.
In fact, we made the dodgers.

22 quid for your letters from hawke House ltd. Around 6 quid for the material.

 

[PeteCooper]

Eamonn, we bought a 10 inch wide strip of white and made the letters ourself, and sewed them on too.

That explains why one of yours says 'FullCricle' then

 

[falkirkdan]

Eamonn have a look at Miss Sable's new dodgers which I made myself using my old Singer sewing machine. I did purchase a newer machine a few years ago but it did not like canvas work and gave up the ghost, so it was back to old faithful.

Full Circles idea of getting white pvc and drawing out your own letters is sensible as I purchased mine from Hawke House but unlike last time I got them they were only drawn on to the pvc and I had to cut out.

I fixed the letters on with double sided tape then sewed round the edges with the sewing machine although the 'S's were a pain. Ensure that you use UV resistant thread.

I was about £85/90 for all the materials including the letters so could have saved some by just buying the pvc and drawing letters myself. Of course if you add my labour at a commercial hourly rate they are probably the dearest dodgers on the Clyde. But smertt!!