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Has anyone lettered the black vinyl type spare tire covers? I have done the fiberglass type but I now have a customer with the old vinyl with elastic - stretch over the tire type. Is there a type of vinyl that will adhere to that type of surface?
-------------------- Dana Blair Blair Signs Wooster, OH www.blairsigns.com
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I've succesfully used Avery A8 to do a job like this and *guess* most vinyls will stick if the cover is cleaned properly.
As a little trick I placed my daughter's round snow saucer inside the cover while applying the vinyl. It worked great for support while using the squigee(sp?).
-------------------- Alan Ackerson LetterWorks Design and Graphics alan@ack2.com Posts: 776 | From: Oak Ridge, NJ | Registered: Aug 2002
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Dana...I agree with Alan. I've done a few of them, again with Avery A8/A9 cast vinyl. No comebacks so far.
Good idea about the snow saucer Alan!
I've always done them on the vehicle so that they are streched over the spare.
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We have done it before with excellent results. we have a coroplast circle we cut out to put underneath. We also use Avery A8 for this type of work.
Have a great one!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
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I've used water-based banner paint & both brushed, & masked + airbrushed on them, with 4-5 years durability so far no problems. Best wishes!
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I printed with my PC-60 a picture for a lady of her Arab stallion and put it on her cover. I then printed a pic of my daughter on her horse and put it on the tire cover (that was mounted on a apice of sintra cut in a circle) and kept it in the showroom as a display. One day I set it outside for people driving by to see and hopefully stop. A few hours later it was gone. We have kids walk by but I never heard a thing. I looked in the field across the street and my husband looked in the dumpster, but we never found it.
-------------------- Laura Butler Vision Graphics & Sign 4479 Welch Rd Attica, Mi 48412 Posts: 2855 | From: Attica, Mi, USA | Registered: Nov 2000
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