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D_E_Bishop
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Dec 08, 2016

Put a decal on back of the Winnie

About 45 years ago we had some friends in the Folk music business who turned us on to J.R.R. Tolkien's books. In the Two Towers, Gandalf posed a riddle or rather recited a riddle with the line "Not all those that wander are lost". Now you have half the background, when we bought the Adventurer early this year, we thought, that's a big expanse of wall back there and the DW wanted to put something on the rear cap. This was mentioned at several Sunday dinners with the kids and grandkids.

One day my wife calls me in to look a graphic in several formats, we really fell for the graphic and a bit over $200 later this is what it looks like on our rig.


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The colors of the graphic blends so well with the colors of the Adventurer and the DD and DW are so please with it.

I must tell you though, I have never applied a decal that big or that expensive before and I did it without having one single air bubble.

On edit; I talked to the owner of the shop a Mr. Kim and he said he CAN ship the decals out of the area. He said that once you receive the decal to remove it from the tube and lay it somewhere where it can flatten out.

His email address is Spectracoloronline@gmail.com. Just tell him you read about his decals on RV.net.

18 Replies

  • Skylark wrote:
    Bishop, where was this ordered from please?


    Skylark, Here is the web site;

    http://www.spectracoloronline.com/

    The decal is about 32"X32", and cost about $200. I will tell you that it was ordered in shop and not online. The decal is one piece and outline cut. It of course had a poly coated backing to protect the adhesive, it also had a front covering that is very sticky. The covering is translucent and allows you to se the graphic for alignment and is removed after applying the decal. It allows you to use a scrapper such as a poly spreader for Bondo or in my case a poly taping knife for drywall patching and prevents scratches while keeping the decal very flat. I'm sure the owner will tell you what equipment and material he used. He can ship small decals and maybe large ones too.

    The shop owner warned me not to roll up the graphic and not to remove the front cover until after the installation was complete. I'm sure that he would tell you the system he uses and what graphic extension he needs to make the decal on his computer. The layout and proof took him less than 30 seconds. Due to his work load it too about a week to get the decal.

    Other than the graphic film and ink the most important part of the product was that stick paper on the front of the decal.

    And thank you for asking, the shop will be very pleased about that.

    David
  • Nice job! I do like it. Without a window it is a blank canvas, well done.
    Brian
  • Nice, it blends in well and it's a nice touch.

    I would have chosen, 'Just Passin' Thru.

    Thanks for sharing.

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