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Removable permit stickers
Hi all,
I am getting a boat permit sticker for a local lake for the price of $50. I have multiple boats, and would like to be able to take whichever I feel like for that day w/o having to purchase hundreds of dollars worth of permits (i.e. one for each boat). So I'd like to make the sticker easily removable and transferable between fiberglass boats. My first thought was to stick the sticker to one of those static-cling type glass "stickers", but these don't hang on to the glass all that well, and probably the added weight of the sticker wouldn't help. Another option would be to keep layering it with clear tape, and/or double stick tape. Anyone have any other suggestions for this problem? Thanks, don |
Removable permit stickers
May not be the world's neatest solution, but a small Velcro pad - either
hooks or loops - affixed to each boat and the permit on a corresponding thin piece of rigid plastic (or whatever) backed by the appropriate Velcro (hooks if loops were used on the boats or vice versa) would give you portability. Self-sticking Velcro can be found at most fair sized hardware stores. "don schad" wrote in message ... Hi all, I am getting a boat permit sticker for a local lake for the price of $50. I have multiple boats, and would like to be able to take whichever I feel like for that day w/o having to purchase hundreds of dollars worth of permits (i.e. one for each boat). So I'd like to make the sticker easily removable and transferable between fiberglass boats. My first thought was to stick the sticker to one of those static-cling type glass "stickers", but these don't hang on to the glass all that well, and probably the added weight of the sticker wouldn't help. Another option would be to keep layering it with clear tape, and/or double stick tape. Anyone have any other suggestions for this problem? Thanks, don |
Removable permit stickers
Why not just leave the backing on the sticker and put it in a map case? That way you can display it, though not as easily seen as a sticker, and transfer it from boat to boat without any extra shenanigans. bkr |
Removable permit stickers
bkr wrote:
Why not just leave the backing on the sticker and put it in a map case? That way you can display it, though not as easily seen as a sticker, and transfer it from boat to boat without any extra shenanigans. Well, the "officals" at the place want the sticker to be "permanently" attached to the boat so that, for example, I can't buy one sticker and share it with the whole neighborhood. So the idea is to make it look permanent, but allow me to share it with the whole neighborhood. ;) don |
Removable permit stickers
I run into this problem with my inflatables. Minneosota requires licensing and
display of the license on each boat. In the beginning, I naively pasted my stickers on to my IK and raft, only to watch them peel off, get abraded into obscurity, and have to file for duplicates. I used to carry all of my licenses in a pouch in the top of my paddling hat, but after losing the hat one year, I had to adopt a better method. I solved this problem by laminating the sticker and attaching it with a cable tie to the grab loop on the kayak and a front D ring on the raft. It was permanent in the sense it needed to be cut off to move it. Since I do license every boat, I had no reason to move the tag, but did make it much easier to maintain. If I buy a State Park permit sticker, the rangers like to see it attached to the windshield before I drive off, or sometimes, they will attach it. I have solved this problem, by buying two. One gets attached to my vehicle, and the other I take home to put on a 3 x 3 inch square of soft vinyl which I can stick on to the lower corner of the windshield of my choice. This works really well for the second car in a shuttle when taking new or non-paddling people out for a day. Blakely Blakely LaCroix Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. RBP Clique member # 86. The best adventure is yet to come. |
Removable permit stickers
On 2-Jun-2004, "Alan Smith" wrote:
May not be the world's neatest solution, but a small Velcro pad - either hooks or loops Better to use the marine Velcro. The regular stuff comes apart when wet. Mike |
Removable permit stickers
wrote in message ... On 03 Jun 2004 15:29:05 GMT, (Blakely LaCroix) wrote: I run into this problem with my inflatables. Minneosota requires licensing and display of the license on each boat. Might be a problem with whitewater boats, but I've never had a MN sticker come off a flat water one. In fact, they're so sturdy that on my old canoe I used to just paste them on top of each other. Easier than trying to get one off. Had up to 6 when I gave it away. Considering they were 3 year stickers, that boat, not new when I bought it, had done a heck of a lot of duty. I solved this problem by laminating the sticker and attaching it with a cable tie to the grab loop on the kayak and a front D ring on the raft. It was permanent in the sense it needed to be cut off to move it. Since I do license every boat, I had no reason to move the tag, but did make it much easier to maintain. Also, all they have to do is read the sticker. It describes the boat it's on. Or at least the manufacturer of each boat. If you've got 2 or 3 perceptions, I suppose you could transfer the stickers, but so few people have more than one boat. Or at least more than one boat by the same company. (Not referring to anyone in this group, as I know better, btw). Hmm. Can't recall if they have the length on each, too. -- rbc: vixen Fairly harmless Back when I was a ski bum, we used to buy the day-passes from folks who were leaving and put them on our jackets. To get them off, we'd wipe them with brake fluid: it completely neutralized the glue and the sticker would peel off like a piece of wet paper, but when it dried, it completely evaporated, reactivated the glue, and left no trace on the ticket. It also worked on old State of Maine Inspection stickers (if you had a car that wouldn't pass inspection, just head down to the junkyard and find some car that recently wrecked, and take that sticker off the windshield using brake fluid as a solvent. ...Allegedly...) Has anyone tried that on their permit stickers? |
Removable permit stickers
On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 13:54:51 +0100, "riverman"
wrote: Back when I was a ski bum, we used to buy the day-passes from folks who were leaving and put them on our jackets. To get them off, we'd wipe them with brake fluid: it completely neutralized the glue and the sticker would peel off like a piece of wet paper, but when it dried, it completely evaporated, reactivated the glue, and left no trace on the ticket. It also worked on old State of Maine Inspection stickers (if you had a car that wouldn't pass inspection, just head down to the junkyard and find some car that recently wrecked, and take that sticker off the windshield using brake fluid as a solvent. ...Allegedly...) Has anyone tried that on their permit stickers? Note that brake fluid can do a number on certain kinds of paint, no idea about gelcoat. Don't try to save a few dollars and end up spening lots of money fixing the damage. At least try the solvent on a hidden part of the boat, or a scrap piece of another one. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
Removable permit stickers
riverman wrote:
Back when I was a ski bum, we used to buy the day-passes from folks who were leaving and put them on our jackets. To get them off, we'd wipe them with brake fluid: it completely neutralized the glue and the sticker would peel off like a piece of wet paper, but when it dried, it completely evaporated, reactivated the glue, and left no trace on the ticket. It also worked on old State of Maine Inspection stickers (if you had a car that wouldn't pass inspection, just head down to the junkyard and find some car that recently wrecked, and take that sticker off the windshield using brake fluid as a solvent. ...Allegedly...) Has anyone tried that on their permit stickers? Was that brake fluid or brake cleaner? Brake cleaner (usually comes in a can with propellent) will evaporate w/o leaning a residue and is pretty good at removing everything. I don't think that brake fluid evaporates all the readily (I don't know, I've never played with it). don |
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