Where can I buy a new vinyl boat name?

[Bobbie125]

Hi,

Can anyone point me to a good sign writer who can supply me a Do it yourself boat name?

Thanks!
Bob

 

[nigelmercier]

I've got a vinyl cutter, and I'm happy to make signs at cost price.

 

[Spyro]

http://www.signsexpress.co.uk/
Franchises all over thew country. Good prices

 

[ukmctc]

Hi,

Can anyone point me to a good sign writer who can supply me a Do it yourself boat name?

Thanks!
Bob

anyone who does vinyl signs for cars and shops in your area. see yellow pages.

 

[l'escargot]

I have had various ones made up by different companies on ebay.

 

[gjgm]

funkymonkey lets you choose fonts and colours and shading etc etc.... if that counts as DIY !

 

[colind3782]

anyone who does vinyl signs for cars and shops in your area. see yellow pages.

+1. That's how I had mine done. Told them what I wanted and they charged me a fiver.

 

[Daydream believer]

funkymonkey lets you choose fonts and colours and shading etc etc.... if that counts as DIY !

Yup, my vote every time, 3 boats now & no problems

 

[BlackJacksGaff]

can recommend funky monkey totally ! They even sent me a spare for no extra cost

 

[Zagato]

Another vote for Funky Monkey - check out his website, good for advice on the phone also!

 

[JohnGC]

+1 Funky Monkey.

 

[Jabamusic]

Trouble is getting the old one off (when changing boat name)................?

 

[KevO]

Trouble is getting the old one off (when changing boat name)................?

Hair drier, scraper and patience gets the old vinyl off, acetone for the adhesive residue (by far the worst part of the job). I know... Did it yesterday

 

[Davegriff]

+1 FunkyMonkey. Absolutely fantastic Service.

 

[V1701]

I've used http://www.internetsignsdirect.co.uk/, found Funky Monkey very expensive...

 

[Zagato]

Trouble is getting the old one off (when changing boat name)................?

and dealing with the discolouration if you have a dark coloured hull My ones are all staying on even though they are in Greek from the first owner and say Saltash (painted) from the second! The Cornish Crabber 24 logo writing also leaves an imprint when people take them off, maybe able to cut back the discoloration out though.

 

[Daydream believer]

Trouble is getting the old one off (when changing boat name)................?

Put a new name on a solid background & as long as the old name was not "antidisestablishmentariansm" you may find that covers it up

 

[nigelmercier]

I've got a vinyl cutter, and I'm happy to make signs at cost price.

I've had a couple of enquiries about this, so here is more info:

Best thing would be for you to order the vinyl, or tell me which one you want. Look on eBay for "sign adhesive vinyl roll", or I can give you some links if it helps. Don't go with the cheapest, you want 5 or 7 year, preferably more. I have bought from user signmakingandsupplies before and they are good. Note that I can also do stencils for painting the letters, I did this for my dinghy and it worked well.

I can do up to 605mm wide, any length. I need about 400mm for runout, plus the same again for testing the cut, ideally an extra metre. Don't get A4 or A3 pieces, the cutter works best at around 600mm wide.

I need to know the letter height, the overall width, the font, and any special requirements such as modified kerning; a Word document with the layout would help. If a non-standard font I will need a copy of it that will work in Windows.

Costs on top of the actual vinyl are: application tape, 50p per metre (cheaper for smaller letters), a £1 contribution for wear on the cutter head, plus P&P to you. Feel free to add on beer money

 

[Bobbie125]

I went to www.zoomiboatnames.com Turned out to be really easy! I designed the name I wanted and ordered it, 2 days later it arrived in the post! Brilliant!

 

[Lakesailor]

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