binfordm715 : Stencil progress

Stencil progress
Post by binfordm715 on Sept 19, 2006, 2:23pm

I was just finishing up the second hood stencil about half an hour ago when Jennifer showed up with the camera.

Here's a shot of the temporary parking area for the M715 with the trusses leaning against the outside of the structure (braced on the other side!) I've got 23 of those suckers; 30 feet wide. It's going to make for a very nice travel trailer storage/M715 parking/shop in the next few weeks.....

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While I was beginning to remove the stencils from the passenger side, Jennifer got this nice shot of the driver's side, which I had done about 1/2 hour before. It turned out pretty good!

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I blew it on the rear TP40 stickers and the fuel caution--I let the paint dry too much, so the lettering just pulled right up with the stencils. (Beast, I'll be in touch for replacements soon!)

So here I pulled the stencil right after I shot the paint.

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A little bit of the inner parts of the stencils to pull out, being careful not to smear yellow on my green.....

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It worked just fine! I'm absolutely thrilled with it! Paint's still wet, but hopefully it will be dry enough (and not raining) when I pick Nick up from school in three hours. He'll be seriously surprised if I show up in the M715!

Re: Stencil progress
Post by porkchop on Sept 19, 2006, 2:32pm

That yellow looks good. Still wondering why you used the letters with the breaks in them. Also refresh my memory why you went with only 5 numbers.

My kids love it when I would take them to school in the truck. They show it off to all their friends.

Re: Stencil progress
Post by binfordm715 on Sept 19, 2006, 5:01pm

I just think the stencil breaks make it look more military. Gotta be a little different.

I went with only 5 numbers because that's my license plate number (Collector Vehicle has digits only, 5 currently). The other neat thing will be I'll be able to tell those who really know their stuff--most will think 5 digits is normal. It'll be fun to see who calls me on it!

Weather's too iffy to drive it to school with not-quite-dry paint.

Re: Stencil progress
Post by over2land on Sept 19, 2006, 6:47pm

Man, that does look good.

Nice work. How hard did you find it to keep neat and organized?

Re: Stencil progress
Post by fisherman on Sept 19, 2006, 9:01pm

Man Tim that looks great, I sure wish I could see it in person this weekend. I won't be making the FE afterall. Sorry guys, sometimes work and family have to come first.

Re: Stencil progress
Post by binfordm715 on Sept 19, 2006, 10:35pm


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Dog!

JPete: Beast's stencils made it a snap! Plug-n-play, all the way. Peel off the backing and stick the stencil in position, peel off the cover, then you're left with essentially a vinyl sticker--a negative sticker of what you're going to paint. Then I painted and peeled the vinyl off. Some of the vinyl from inside the numbers (such as the 0 and the 8) didn't peel off with the rest, so I had to carefully pull them off with my fingertips (as I'm doing there in the last picture) or with needle-nose pliers. But they worked great, once I pulled my head out and didn't let the paint dry before pulling the stencil off!

Re: Stencil progress
Post by teking on Sept 20, 2006, 6:41am

hey !!!!! Where did you get that canopy and what size is it???? Will your truck fit under it with the truck bed canopy on? But really? What size? and where?

Re: Stencil progress
Post by beast on Sept 20, 2006, 8:11am

Looks good Tim! I'm glad the stencils are working out well for you. An easier way to remove the inner pieces is with the point of a razor knife. Also once you place the stencil, a little light sanding in the middle of the letters will help the paint grab on to the semi-gloss better. Just be careful not to rough up the edges of the stencil or you might roll the edge and ruin it. I'll cut replacements today and get them going. We can worry about settling up later.

Re: Stencil progress
Post by binfordm715 on Sept 20, 2006, 10:14am

Hold on there, Beast!

I'm thinking perhaps I'd prefer the fuel caution to be vinyl labels instead of stencils. That thing would be a serious pizzed-off biatch to remove while the paint is still wet! Can you do that one in labels, and still have the broken stencil font?

Also, the fuel and highbeam stickers were huge. Could you do those in little size. Like 1/4" tall or less? White lables, non-broken.

Finally, could I get a "NO SMOKING" label for the inside bottom of the windshield? In yellow stickers with broken-stencil font 1/2" tall?

Just let me know what it all costs and I'll PayPal you or send you a check. Whatever you prefer.

Thanks!

Re: Stencil progress
Post by binfordm715 on Sept 20, 2006, 10:22am


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That's the canopy they sell at Costco that I've often mentioned.

The sidewalls are 6-1/2 feet tall and the height at the area where the side of the truck is is about 8-1/2 feet high. It is 10 feet wide by 20 feet deep. Center (peak) height is maybe 10 feet. (I didn't measure that.)

Costco sells them for $170 and the current ones come complete with both side walls and both end walls, with a zippered "door" on one end. The legs have plastic feet with holes for you to mount them to railroad ties or whatever. That one in the picture is about 6 years old, and still hanging in there. They are FANTASTIC.

Re: Stencil progress
Post by beast on Sept 20, 2006, 10:32am


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I'm thinking perhaps I'd prefer the fuel caution to be vinyl labels instead of stencils. That thing would be a serious pizzed-off biatch to remove while the paint is still wet! Can you do that one in labels, and still have the broken stencil font?

Also, the fuel and highbeam stickers were huge. Could you do those in little size. Like 1/4" tall or less? White lables, non-broken.

Finally, could I get a "NO SMOKING" label for the inside bottom of the windshield? In yellow stickers with broken-stencil font 1/2" tall?

Just let me know what it all costs and I'll PayPal you or send you a check. Whatever you prefer.

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Sorry, I mailed them about 1.5 hours ago. Try them and see if they will work for you. Try cutting it in to three line strips. That way you can peel each line. If you still want it in decals let me know and I'll do them that way. The others I'll work on for you and get them out when done. 1/4" on the fuel and highbeam is going to be really small. Also most inside stenciling on things like no smoking or max speed where 1"

Re: Stencil progress
Post by binfordm715 on Sept 20, 2006, 10:48am

Wow!!! You are FAST!

I'll try doing the fuel caution line-by-line as you suggest. That should help a lot!

I thought 1" on the windshield frame was a bit large. Perhaps 3/4" would be better than 1/2".

Thanks!

Re: Stencil progress
Post by k8icu on Sept 20, 2006, 8:37pm

Timmah...looking good. I prefer to use the old oil boards for stencling. Gives you the right amount of overspray and you don't have to peel the sticker out of the middle of the letters....:)

Re: Stencil progress
Post by jeepistdougiowa on Sept 21, 2006, 2:23am

I was going to comment about how your new trusses looked like they'd been around a while...guess you answered that.

truck looks great!


One other trick to try, stick the stencil to your shirt or some other clean piece of cloth first. Makes em so they're not so sticky...peel off easier. Anyway...test a small one first, not sure how thin that paint is and it may want to run under the stencil.

Re: Stencil progress
Post by barrman on Sept 21, 2006, 8:50am

Not just of yourself Al. Remember what happened to your Antelope pictures from Yellowstone?

Tim,
Be sure and post a summary of what you ended up doing to make the stencils and stickers work right. Now that I will have bumperettes in a few weeks and the rest of my truck green before that I hope, I will be going down the same trail by winter.

Re: Stencil progress
Post by binfordm715 on Sept 21, 2006, 1:41pm

The real test will be the fuel caution stencils! I'll let you know how that goes. They are 3-line stencils. I am going to separate each of the lines and shoot them individually. I have found the vinyl really sticks tough, so I will do the stick-on-the-shirt-first trick that Doug suggested. I'm sure there will be little, if any, overspray doing that. Certainly far less than using oil boards.

But the only trick is shooting the paint on quickly and heavily, until I don't see any green underneath, then pulling the stencil off. Worked great then, though you have to be careful not to get yellow paint smeared all over the place!