I too, have a couple of ex mil stencil cutters, I agree that they provide
hours of fun;(Reminicent of when I was a NYC EMS Paramedic and my partner
decided to use the dyno label maker to label all of the radios and mikes, on
his day off we went nuts labeling everything in the truck (Windshield,
steering wheel, brakes, door, door handle, seat, seat back, ........))
Three notes:
1- You can buy the propper oil board from Grainger, it is about $ 90.00 for
a 50 pound case.
2- I use small magnets placed between the letters etc to hold the oilboard
in place. works pretty well to keep the paper tight and minimize over spray.
3- I agree that MVs will all have overspray on the stencils, (I got in a
knock down argument witha judge at a MV event about the one point he took
away from my (I thought) 100 point vehicle, because there was a tiny bit of
overspray on the bumper numbers. He felt that they should be perfect. I
offered to take him to the local NG armory to show him the lettering that
looks like it was thrown at the trucks.
Good luck
Hank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Notton" <Richard@fv623.demon.co.uk>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Stencil Question
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DDoyle9570@aol.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:03 AM
> Subject: [MV] Stencil Question
>
>
> > Prior to using Rick's paint mask product, I have used the traditional
oil
> > board stencils, which are less expensive, but I have always had trouble
with
> > the paint blowing under the stencil, yielding a blurry line.
> > Do any of ya'll have any suggestions?
> >
> I have an ex-mil 1" stencil cutter (hours of fun), often with no expensive
oiled
> paper to hand we use surplus hanging file pockets, especially those when
the
> steel hangers have bent beyond use.
>
> The mil never made pristine jobs of stencilling and I have learnt that you
> actually need a very, very light blow over the stencil with an aerosol
can, it
> looks terrible and barely covered until you remove the stencil when the
contrast
> is obvious with the usual white on OD.
>
> To get a stencil to stick on a curved surface without 10 arms and many
sticks,
> the graphic art spray on paste-up adhesive stuff works well.
>
> Richard
> Southampton - England
>
>
>
>
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