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WOLF’S BOAT TOP
Custom Canvas Products
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The scary part... seeing the graphic in full scale... Leif Wolf - 810.841.4406
It looked good on my computer screen!
Cont. from Pg. 41, Inexpensive Save some money, remove
Installation took a couple of hours to do Ideas to Freshen Your Boat
both sides of the hull.
...but we still thought what the your old striping by yourself...
- Maintenance? Just wash & wax as normal -
Chris, the owner of Tag Tintz & Graphics said heck, let’s do something fun.

the decal should last 10 years I designed a graphic, then Tag Tintz and Graphics sug-

called Cobia who emailed me gested we could save some

their latest logo. I provided a money if we removed the strip-

file to Tag Tintz and Graphics ing and old logo ourselves. Us-

(page 55) who printed a vinyl ing a heat gun, we heated up the

wrap which covered about a decal, and then worked ahead

third of the boat. Pricing can slightly with the gun. The larg-

differ on this, however, since I er portions easily peeled off.

did the full design,

they just charged

$550 to print, gave

one hour of free

designer time to

tweak, and then a

couple of hours to

install it. I have to

say, it looks like a

paint job, but it’s

a giant decal that

can be removed.

According to own-

er Chris, the decal should last The difficulty proved to be

10 years….. and, I’ll be ready in the very small accent stripes.

for something new by then any- With a lot of patience, the thin

way! stripes were worked off after a

Is your complete hull just few tries. Using a glue remov-

too faded beyond repair? You er and a plastic scraper helped.

can also get a complete wrap Heat the stripe, apply

and cover the entire hull with Cont. Next Page...

a new solid color

or graphic for not

much money. Buy

that cheap me-

chanically sound

but really faded

unloved boat and

make it look like

new. Maintenance

is simple…. Just

wash and wax as

before.

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