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Hi,
My name is Rich and I am starting up a PW company in the NYC metro area. I saw a video of someone using a stencil (metal I believe) on some concrete that when PW'd looked like the name had been spray painted on to the concrete. I thought it was a great advertising "gimmick" and if done tastefully, could bring in business.... it could be used on dirty trucks, (instead of the finger scrawling of "wash me" usually seen in NYC on the back of many straight trucks) and on driveways and sidewalks as a demo-calling card.
Does anyone know of a metal stencil company that makes these, as every company I call seems to want to charge an arm and a leg for design, tooling, set-up and wants me to order more than the one or two I would need, or has a size limit on the material they can provide.
I have my own art department and can do all the design work for the stencil myself and may just be forced to make my own. On that note, if anyone has made their own, what material did you use? duct sheet metal, brass sheeting, or a plastic or vinyl product ( I suspect old linoleum could be used for a start, easy to cut and lays flat on the surface, don't know about how long it might last though)
I'll keep the posts updated, and if I find a good inexpensive source of this type of stencil, I'll post it and share the knowledge.
Rich
rmepowerwashing.com
My name is Rich and I am starting up a PW company in the NYC metro area. I saw a video of someone using a stencil (metal I believe) on some concrete that when PW'd looked like the name had been spray painted on to the concrete. I thought it was a great advertising "gimmick" and if done tastefully, could bring in business.... it could be used on dirty trucks, (instead of the finger scrawling of "wash me" usually seen in NYC on the back of many straight trucks) and on driveways and sidewalks as a demo-calling card.
Does anyone know of a metal stencil company that makes these, as every company I call seems to want to charge an arm and a leg for design, tooling, set-up and wants me to order more than the one or two I would need, or has a size limit on the material they can provide.
I have my own art department and can do all the design work for the stencil myself and may just be forced to make my own. On that note, if anyone has made their own, what material did you use? duct sheet metal, brass sheeting, or a plastic or vinyl product ( I suspect old linoleum could be used for a start, easy to cut and lays flat on the surface, don't know about how long it might last though)
I'll keep the posts updated, and if I find a good inexpensive source of this type of stencil, I'll post it and share the knowledge.
Rich
rmepowerwashing.com