Please, Help me get this guy out of my pocket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mike Clark]

I need to get some frisket stenciles for my Cavalier, right. So I go down to the Engraving
shop down on the corner. I help this (Wanker), "Thanks Warren's daughter for the new word", set up my fonts, measure for the cuts,  2 - Cavalier, 2- AMA numbers & 2- USA. How hard can this be, he's got a laser cutter, WOW. Oh yea provide the frisket paper also. He's on a roll, "yea you can get em mext week Bud", They'll be primo, his words!

I picked them up, look at them and scurry off to home to finish my Cavalier. I turn on the compressor, mix the paint, I am at the ready. Clean off the wing and apply soap water solution for decent adheasion. I apply the new stencile and a run of horror starts at my feet and ends at my mouth. This crap is NOT frisket paper. I shouted you and I'll insert wanker but believe me that was not the word. This (word inserted) had swapped my frisket paper for 5 mill very sticky sign material. My wing is silked with dope and this crap is not wanting to let go of my wing.

Well, I removed all of the crap from my wing successfully. Well after leaving a few dents in the silk span. Thank goodness I started on bottom. I called the PRO at the engraving place about the problem and we discussed in length his Southern heritage completely.

First lesson learned good, equipment does not make the man. So I go about two mile away to a little sign shop.
Sit down with the owner and lay out just what I need. Well ok, the sign maker says, I can fix you up.
I went through the same process as the engraving guy I even took a sample that I had cut to give him an idea.
No problem he has a handle on the problems and Hey Buddy, you can pick up the stenciles the next day, Ok.

I arrive on time pick up the stenciles and to my horror, this idiot had done the same thing. The only exception he surfaced my frisket paper with the hi ply sign vinyl, it was almost the same as the other guy. I tell the owner hey, I thought you had a handle on my problem. He said, well I lost focus, until my brother called and he told me what he had done for another airplane Guy.

I asked does your brother work up at the emgraving place. Oh yes, do you know him? Hell yes, that (wanker) screwed up my first batch of stenciles. Now between the both of you wankers, I am paying out $75.00 for stenciles I can not use and between you and your brother you all have wasted about $30.00 in frisket paper. Why don't the both of you get together, come over to my house and stomp my airplane while you are at it. YOU WANKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would tell you who these guys are but law suits, well you know, besides none of yall would be down to my neck of the woods anyway. Beware of sign companied in Hueytown Alabama.

Now until I get my HP draft pro plotter into cutting frisket stenciles, I'll need someone to advise me as to who on this forum can cut stenciles? I don't have much frisket paper left but more can be had. I can't say the same for my nerves.


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Mike Clark

[Wynn Robins]

send what ya need to Kyle at tanks hanger  http://www.tanks-hangar.com/

he will do em.......properly

[Clint Ormosen]

I'd start by telling these guys, " You didn't do what I paid you to do, so give me my money back". If that doesn't work, threaten to send in the Brute Squad.
Seriously, get your dough back!

[Keith Spriggs]

He said, well I lost focus, until my brother called and he told me what he had done for another airplane Guy.

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Mike Clark

This reminds me of a true story. My first wife had a couple of cousins that were not the brightest bulbs in the chandelier. One of the brothers buys a revolver at a pawn shop for $ 15.00. (this happened many years ago)  He takes it out to try it out and he finds out that as much lead and powder comes out between the cylinder and barrel as what comes out of the muzzle.  He takes it back to the  pawn shop and the pawn broker tells him he will give him $ 5.00 for it. Since it was worthless he accepted the offer. That evening the phone rings and it is his brother. He says come over here I want to show you what I bought. I know that you are all ahead of me on this. Anyway he goes over and of course his brother has bought the same gun just minutes after it was returned. He also gave $ 15.00 for it. They live in a town of 35-40 thousand people. Figure the odds. I guess if there had been enough brothers the pawn broker could have retired.

[Dick Byron]

   I always use stencil paper for the large letters. The extra small wording I had Kyle do. To say the least he is a magic maker. He uses his own thick friskit paper. I trust him completely.

[Bradley Walker]

Just use a heat gun to loosen the vinyl.  Heat up the vinyl with even a hair drier and lets go immediately.  A $kote iron works even better.

I use 3M vinyl mask myself.  I have my own roll and I take it with me to the sign shop.

[captcurt]

Our vinyl sign maker here in town knew to use 3M low tack paint mask.  It is still pretty tacky but you can reduce that by rubbing it across a pair of bluejeans prior to application.  A little heat and it comes right off--like Brad said.

Numbers, USA, and a plane name is about $15 for a sixty size plane.

FWIW

Curt