Re: [CR] Decals

(Example: Humor:John Pergolizzi)

From: <"brianbaylis@juno.com">
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 20:07:41 +0000
To: <johnb@oxford.net>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Decals


John,

The vinyl decals work fine under Imron clear.

Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA


-- John Betmanis wrote:


Could it be that the waterslide decals Nick has are very old stock? Last

year I purchased some Claud Butler decals from Lloyd's, which I haven't used yet. The head badge, seat tube and the Reynolds ones were waterslid e and the downtube one was thin vinyl because he was out of the waterslide

ones in the colour I needed. Seems he's replacing waterslide with vinyl as they're used up. Is the thin vinyl just as good as waterslide under clea rcoat?

At 10:02 PM 07/02/2009 +0000, brianbaylis@juno.com wrote:
>Ted,
>
>Be careful what you wish for. My experience with the waterslide type of


>decals they are producing is that there seems to be little to nothing t h
>at can be done about the large amount of small air bubbles these decals


>produce. I've been putting water decals on bikes for over 35 years and I
> think I know how to do it; but these just don't do the job to my perso n
>al standards. The other types of decals they make are fine, on the othe r
> hand. It seems though that most decal sets include at least one or mor e
> of these water decals.
>
>Brian Baylis
>La Mesa, CA
>
>
>
>-- Ted Trambley <tedtrambley@gmail.com> wrote:
>Is Nick at H Lloyd's Cycles in England still selling decals? Two
>
>weeks out, two e-mails, and still no reply.
>
>TedTrambley
>Martinez,CA USA

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada