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Blue Thunder Lives Again! - Don Bradner - 02-14-2007 10:37

As you can see at
http://www.arcatapet.net/travel/bluebirds/newlogo.jpg
Blue Thunder now has her identity back.

I had planned to have it done by my regular graphics guy when we returned to
Eureka in a couple of weeks, but the opportunity arose earlier than that, so I
got it done.

Vinyl graphics made by Too Crazy Ladies at the Gypsy Journal rally in Casa
Grande, AZ. Applied with minimal bubbles by yours truly.


Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"


Blue Thunder Lives Again! - David Brady - 02-14-2007 11:20

Looks great Don. You probably know, but the secret to
applying vinyl bubble free is soapy water. Wet her down
with very dilute soapy water, apply the stickers, and squeegee
out the water with the edge of a rubber pad (the kind used
to apply bondo works well). Using this technique, the decals
can be moved around until just right and then adhered to
the body panel by squeezing out the soapy water.

David Brady
'02 LXi, Smokey
NC

Don Bradner wrote:
> As you can see at
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> Blue Thunder now has her identity back.
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> I had planned to have it done by my regular graphics guy when we returned to
Eureka in a couple of weeks, but the opportunity arose earlier than that, so I
got it done.
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Grande, AZ. Applied with minimal bubbles by yours truly.
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> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
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Blue Thunder Lives Again! - Don Bradner - 02-14-2007 11:21

I've done that with full decals, but I was leery of trying it with these fully
cut-out letters. You need to get good adherence of the letters before pulling
off the front layer, and trying to apply them removed from the front leads to
stretching.

I will see a few bubbles; I suspect only pros will otherwise.

On 2/14/2007 at 6:20 PM David Brady wrote:

>Looks great Don. You probably know, but the secret to
>applying vinyl bubble free is soapy water. Wet her down
>with very dilute soapy water, apply the stickers, and squeegee
>out the water with the edge of a rubber pad (the kind used
>to apply bondo works well). Using this technique, the decals
>can be moved around until just right and then adhered to
>the body panel by squeezing out the soapy water.

Don Bradner
http://www.arcatapet.net


Blue Thunder Lives Again! - madrone1@... - 02-15-2007 02:40

Don,

While things are still fresh take a needle, puncture your bubble and
carefully work
the air out (thats how the pros do it)

Steve


Blue Thunder Lives Again! - ronmarabito2002 - 02-15-2007 06:35

It looks good Don. You will be more recognizable now.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner" wrote:
>
> As you can see at
> http://www.arcatapet.net/travel/bluebirds/newlogo.jpg
> Blue Thunder now has her identity back.
>
> I had planned to have it done by my regular graphics guy when we
returned to Eureka in a couple of weeks, but the opportunity arose
earlier than that, so I got it done.
>
> Vinyl graphics made by Too Crazy Ladies at the Gypsy Journal rally
in Casa Grande, AZ. Applied with minimal bubbles by yours truly.
>
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
>