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I need some help please. . . I have a customer that put in a therapy pool in a medical clinic and needs lettering on the floor around the pool designating the depth and "No Diving". Can anyone tell me what type of material I could use that would stick to this flooring and not come off? the floor material is called "Altro Marine vinyl flooring" it has a texture sort of like micro lego blocks. In other words small raised circles. Not so large that regular vinyl wouldn't stick down, but the regular vinyl had a tendancy to start peeling up after a short time. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks
-------------------- Dan E. Kearfott KEARFOTT GRAPHIX 312 W. 8th St. Gibson City, IL 60936
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I brush lettered old concrete 1 time with 1 shot..... it didn't work well.
-------------------- John Arnott El Cajon CA 619 596-9989 signgraphics1@aol.com http://www.signgraphics1.com Posts: 1443 | From: El Cajon CA usa | Registered: Dec 1998
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since this isn't concrete, I wouldn't try the concrete paints.. but I might try contacting the manufacturer in the UK... there is a phone number HERE...
or, I might assume from the name that it is a vinyl product, & might accept a vinyl screen printing ink if you end up abandoning the adhesive option. I have used Naz-Dar's GV series of vinyl screen printing ink & it is a nasty smelling stuff... but it is probably going to stick real well... (not sure about using vinyl for a stencil though)
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how you gonna read lettering on the bottom of pool if people are in it? a large logo I understand butlettering. and since this is a "therapy pool" I would like to assume there would be no diving.
put a damn sign on the wall. people should know better than to dive in a therapy pool anyway
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yep i messed up i read that post 2 more times and still didnt get it. sorry.
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Don't you hate it when you get requests to do something you know nothing about. I always refer those jobs to others.
Why just the other day somebody had a half baked idea about lettering the roof of a motel so if by chance a jet were to fly overhead a passenger might be staring out the window and read the message.
I said it wasn't worth the cost for the very few who might be able to read the sign and then ... then by chance might be traveling through the area and in need of a place to stay and say, "Oh, yeah, I remember 5 years ago when we flew over this vicinity that there was a motel advertised. Now, what was the name of that motel?"
The customer said, "Well I guess you're too busy to figure a job like that!"
I said, no ... I'm just not capable of handling such a sophisticated project.
I did; however, refer him to Kearfoot Grafix out of Gibson City, IL, because I knew those folks. What fine folks they are and all, and I knew they did complicated projects like that all the time.
Hahahahahaha!
How's my buddy?
-------------------- Bill Diaz Diaz Sign Art Pontiac IL www.diazsignart.com Posts: 2107 | From: Pontiac, IL | Registered: Dec 2001
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Bill, That story reminds me of the guy that came to my shop and wanted four very detailed logos, one in each corner of an "inexpensive showcard". I told him one larger logo in the center would cost less, and look better. I couldn't convince him, and he "wanted it his way". So I directed him to get it done his way, elsewhere.
Sorry, Dan I'm not mutch help, find some pool paint and don't make any guarantees the paint company won't back up. Mark Baty
-------------------- Mark Baty Mark 1 Studio 1980 SE Leeann Drive Waukee, IA 50263 Posts: 45 | From: Waukee, Iowa | Registered: Aug 2008
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Here's a thought, but I don't know how practical it might be: I'd take a graphite rubbing of the circle pattern that makes up the design on the floor covering. Duplicate that pattern of circles in your design program. Now from that pattern, select the appropriate circles to spell out the message required, and copy only those circles. Import the selected circles and cut only those. Weed, mask, and apply the vinyl ( hopefully a very high tack version ) to the tops of the circle pattern. The end result should look like a dot matrix font on an electronic message screen.
Unverified in production, but just throwing it out there as a possible solution....hope it helps you out.
-------------------- Ken Henry Henry & Henry Signs London, Ontario Canada (519) 439-1881 e-mail: kjmlhenry@rogers.com
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Hey Bill, I did that job. Subbed it out to Slappy Hooper, he had to use his Sky Hook to get to it. I made a huge profit off of it and the owner of the hotel tells me he has been packed with airline personel ever since. He's thinking about expanding and putting in a runway then branching out to other cities and states and wants me to do all the signs for all of his new motels. thanks for the referral Buddy! ;-)
-------------------- Dan E. Kearfott KEARFOTT GRAPHIX 312 W. 8th St. Gibson City, IL 60936
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