IF YOU NEED SHADOW DECALS 89 90 FOUND THEM

They do look good. Nice work.

Doug - Your boat sets the bar pretty high!

My boat is a sister to yours - I wish it was as nicely detailed.

Maybe next year I will go after those decals too.

Great job!

Pictures of the installed stuff yet?

Not that I love following the rules, but those registration decals wouldn't fly in Wisconsin. There they must be block (solid) and of contrasting color. We get hassled enough for our skiing so giving them another reason to pull me over is not something I'm interested in. Check your local ordinances if you have Barney issues.

Salty - I believe he got the registration decals from N3 as well.

Where did you get the registration numbers?   I want to order some for my Southwind in yellow fadding like yours with the black outline.

Are they on your boat yet? Pictures?

Thanks!

Dave

OK folks.... boat is out of the water and at the house. Will have boys to wash it Thursday after school and I will start the decal application on Friday. I will post pics as I go. PLEASE excuse me for not havinig the pin stripes on..... Maybe I will have some before next summer.

Doug,

Same here with local sign shops, but I have one more place to try in Orlando. Yes you can get the individual rolls, how hard can it be to get to a single roll with both stripes?

No luck with Brad at N3? I am unsure why these pinstripes are so hard to get in single pre-masked roll? I thought Woody was getting these pinstripes from N3, but I may be mistaken. Perhaps Marty may have the line on these pinstripes.

Randy

89Ski_Nautique wrote: Chris, Doug, Thanks for the inputs. Looks like I will apply the bow and stern stripes dry. Are you planning on staring with the pinstripes first? or the bow and sterm sripes? Good advise on dropping one letter at a time using the application fluid.    I no longer have any ghosting on the yellow gelcoat, just the lighter colored white gelcoat outline for the pinstripes and the Correct Craft globle outline.    Let me know what you find out on the pinstripes. Thanks, Randy

Randy
Call N3 to confirm what I said. Make sure it was the same supplier. I am pretty sure it was.
I am waiting on Pin Stripes and will start with them first. Then I will do my registration decals as there is no ghosting there and can be done pretty easy. I will then do the bow and stern decals and finish up with hull decals ad that will take the most time.

89Ski_Nautique wrote: Chris, I just received my order last week, Brad's team did a great job, he mentioned he is still working on getting the pinstripes reproduced. I have the hull graphics on hold until I can apply the prinstripes.    I still have not found a more affordable supplier yet, perhaps Doug can chime in here if he has any news. Do you or Doug have any suggestions on applying the Bow and Stern Stripes? Applying the hull letter graphics seems straight forward, but I do not have any experience with applying wide stripes across the curved bow and stern surfaces. Any thoughts? Randy

Randy
I spoke to guy today about pin stripes. This is the same guy that does the graphics for N3.   Hope to have some in a couple of weeks. I will post pricing and contact info when I see that he will indeed be able to do them.

On your bow and stern stripes..... if you got from N3 and it was the same guy that did mine, (pretty sure it was), then you dont need to 'float' the decals. (Spray with liquid). These decals dont require application fluid and can be put on and taken off and repositioned if needed. Can only do a couple of times from what I understand. I recall him saying that these decals DO NOT need application fluid as it will mess them up and they will not stick.

You will need application fluid on the others.

I have some ghosting on my hull and am not sure yet about how I am going to apply decals. I am planning on pulling boat out in a couple of weeks and bringing home to apply decals. They are supposed to be the exact same size however I am guessing that they may be off just a little. Therefore I plan on cutting out each letter for the hull and applying individually. This way I hope to minimize the ghosting that can be seen. Not sure if all that made sense. If not let me know and I will jump back on here and post again. Sorry for the delay, I have been out of town.

Doug

Randy - question on your wet sanding thread. what did you use to do the initial sanding? did you do it by hand or use an electric sander? Did you use the polisher you showed in the posts?

Chris,

I just received my order last week, Brad's team did a great job, he mentioned he is still working on getting the pinstripes reproduced. I have the hull graphics on hold until I can apply the prinstripes.   

I still have not found a more affordable supplier yet, perhaps Doug can chime in here if he has any news.

Do you or Doug have any suggestions on applying the Bow and Stern Stripes? Applying the hull letter graphics seems straight forward, but I do not have any experience with applying wide stripes across the curved bow and stern surfaces. Any thoughts?

Randy

    

That was my thought as well.

Quoted $150/set if three sets are ordered at the same time. I'm still trying to get additional quotes because that sounds pretty high to me.

I just happen to have a roll of new striping. Original to an '86. Ill have to dig it out.

Tim