L&L Corvette Parts and Hydrographics

Original sign

Old vinyl stripped

After primer

Top coat

I was asked to create a new sign for L & L Corvette Parts and Hydrographics, but to use the existing sign, mounted on the front of their building. It is aluminum facing and frame, so it is light-weight and for that I am thankful. I began by stripping off the old vinyl and adhesive, sanding and priming the panel. It was in decent shape, but had a lot of holes in it from previous 3D lettering mounted on it. I plugged most of them with pop rivets and finalized by applying a top coat.
After a new design was approved and fresh vinyl applied, the last shot is the finished product.

Shinra

My step-daughter is big into anime and especially Final Fantasy, so she asked if I would make her a decal of Shin-Ra logo. It is a 4-color and she presently has it on her back window of her car. If you have any other logo you'd like, email me a scannable pic, and we can probably do it.

New Business Sign

I made a new sign for the business over this past weekend. It has a total of 5 layers of 3/8" hardboard. Mounted to a 2x4 anchored in the mortared brick wall. 36" in diameter.

For The Auburn Fans

Looks good on the back window or tailgate. A few fans are even ordering larger versions to apply directly to their rec. room/bedroom walls in lieu of paintings or posters! (bottom pic)

Back Window Cowboys

My brother's girlfriend is an avid "outdoorsy" person, who owns a couple of horses which they ride quite often, was downtown in her truck not long ago and heard the couple behind her blowing their horn. She pulled over and they asked about her back window decal (above). They liked it and wanted one, themselves. I gave her a bunch of my cards, so she gave them one.
Rolling advertisement is the best.

W.W.J.D.

We have these window decals, two-color white and red, approximately 10" high (or any size you desire). It references John 15:13, where Jesus states: Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Which He did.

Webster's Karate

Pat Underwood, who is a friend of my son, Crisco, is a black belt (several times over) instructor and is head instructor at Webster's Karate, at the Moulton, Alabama location (Wal-Mart Supercenter). They teach both Jiu-jitsu and Tang Soo Do disciplines there. Pat asked me to supply him with some vinyl lettering for his suite and also the marquee out front. I obliged with the above signage. Their logo is four color.

National Champs

We currently have these (5-1/2" x 6-1/2") window stickers to commemorate Alabama's win over the Texas Longhorns for the National Championship. White or Crimson Red. They really stand out on windows. We are also cutting larger sizes for you to place on tailgates. Get 'em while they're hot!

Another '78

This is one I let get away. I never should have sold it 'cause it's the best one I ever owned. I later added a padded rollbar cover to it. It also had the hard steel doors; it had already started to get hot when this pic was taken and I later took the top off. These were 16" wheels instead of the standard 15". It had all stainless accessories with polished alloy wheels; stainless front bumper. After I had it painted I had the paint shop give me about a quart of the paint with reducer added where I could airbrush with it. It's hard to see in the photo, but the white vinyl was sprayed on the bottom to give it a gradient look before applying to the black outline. Then it was clear-coated to seal it.

1978 CJ5

The latest vinyl job: 1978 CJ5 for Bob L. and his son.

Rolling Ads

We use premium 2 mil cast vinyl warranted for 9 years outdoors, but most of my earlier work is still as fresh-looking as the day it was applied 13 years ago!

I have had some people asking about the old Z71 logos; we got 'em! And they can be had in any color combination you like as opposed to the standard light/dark silver metallic that the originals came in. This one is currently on my truck - 1998 GMC sports side. It is in gold polyester/red vinyl.

Past Vinyl Projects

I have always enjoyed marking up old Jeeps. This is the Jeep I have now - minus the lift and big tires. That's my son, Crisco, at 18. He removed the graphics a couple years later. The red one was the '78 that I fixed up and had painted gold pearl. It was the best one out of four CJ7s I've owned. That's it above, under "Another '78", with the hard top on and doors off.

The Hatton High School Bandboosters commissioned me to "flavor" their equipment trailer with their logo and name. I enjoyed doing this. The little neighborhood girls showed their appreciation by "TP"ing my front yard; they go to another school! Team spirit and rivalry run deep in the Deep South. I think this was done back in '03.

Don't know what happened to this sign. It was made for the Family Education program in Moulton, Alabama, but, as a result of a tragedy there, the name was changed. Guess someone thought there would be a stigma if the name remained.