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The other day I did some vinyl lettering on a race boat. The guys loved it, they took pictures, told me how great I was, etc. But it's stupid vinyl sticker!!!! No talent involved. I could have done such a wonderful job with paint. I even felt bad getting paid for it. But it's what they want and it's what I provide. But I still don't like it.
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That is because next season he will want a faster boat and figures that peeling off all the m"stickers" will be cheaper than repainting it, in order to sell it.
He is in for a surprise when he spends a week getting them all off!
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I hand painted the transom of a really nice cabin cruiser- just been restored, new floors, deck, 2 corvette engines... a few days after I finished, they paid a guy to take it out of dry dock and place it in the Arkansas River, in a sling to take on water... but the guy forgot to turn on the bilge pumps, so it REALLY took on water- it sunk- they were able to get it out of the water, but everything they had renovated was ruined- including the 2 corvette 427 engines- but the transom still looked nice!
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This past several days I've been lettering a bunch of 4x8's that I could have done much quicker with vinyl, but picking up a 1" flat has been more like taking a vacation. I'm not embarrassed having people come into the shop seeing me lettering, but there is always some of that when they see me laying stickyback.
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A hand lettered/created job feels more satisfying.
I just finished a dimensional sign for a poultry farm that I could have easily done some vinyl on the secondary copy, but it just would not have been right.
Besides, some music going and a brush in hand, sounds better then the plotter/cutter running, right?
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I miss spring in the boat yards....nice weather, nice people and satisfying jobs paid in cash. I had an experience similar to Michael's. Lettering a brand new 36' sport fisher in the cradle. But it was next in line to get dropped in and I wasn't done. No problem, after they slung her, dropped her in and moved her to a service dock I went back to work. I was standing in the boat leaning over the transom finishing some outlining (my back was more flexible then), really focusing to get it right despite the boat's movement. Then I felt something weird, my feet were getting wet...I turned around and water was flowing out of the hatch to below deck...I ran to the sling operator and they scrambled to move it, sling it and pull it out. Not easy when it's half full of water. Someone forgot to close the seacocks. But at least the lettering was fine.
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I just made myself a MAGA hat. Came out great, got some good compliments on it. My little next hat will read,,,, MSGA which means Make Signpainting Great Again.
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