Name Painting

[WAWAZAT]

THIS MAY WAY OFF THE MARK, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO POST THIS. I AM HAVING A NEW 26' ADVANTAGE PARTY CAT MADE AND I WAS WONDERING IF ANYBODY COULD TELL ME WHERE I CAN GO TO GET THE NAME AND THE CF NUMBERS PAINTED ON IN THE LOS ANGELES "SOUTHBAY" AREA?

[froggystyle]

Mark Brink Designs in San Diego. I just had him do a scoop on my boat, and he does hands-down the most phenomenal graphic work I have ever seen. His number is 619-258-2922.

[25 Eagle]

I'm wondering what is the best way to remove a painted on name?

[skijake]

you may want to try the new type vinyl letters from a custom sign shop.
Even the top names in drag racing us them over paint these days.
They can be made as custom as you want and almost impossible to tell if paint or vinyl.
Also one big advanage is they are easier to remove when you want to change the graphics.
Just ask 25eagle

[boatnam2]

hey skijake

[boatnam2]

hey skijake,you must be working also this weekend.dont you just love the 12 hour shift!

[skijake]

yes. and graveyards at that.
Atleast with 12 hour shifts you get more time off.

[MrHavasuCat]

I have custom vinyl on mine. Looks just like paint.

[BADAXE]

I had a custom graphics painter tell me that to remove painted names or graphics from gel coat he uses Easy Off Oven Cleaner. Anybody ever heard of this? He seemed to think that although paint and vinyl looked similar when new that paint held up better when properly done. He thought the vinyl didn't age as well.

[TinMan57]

EZ-OFF will do the trick. It's worked for me severall times.

[Craig]

Hey Wawazat, did you check with Advantage? I had a 22' Sport Cat built a couple of years ago and they had a guy that came to the shop and did my numbers for me. He did a great job, matched the colors of the letters to the boat.
Craig

[25 Eagle]

TinMan...I've heard about EZ-Off too but afraid to try. Any tricks to the job?

[TinMan57]

No tricks really, just the standard stuff. Start small etc, etc. The oven cleaner apparently doesn't soften gelcoat so it allows time for the ez-off to soften the paint. then neutralize with soap and water.