who has hand painted signage?

[Mikey P]

[video=vimeo;61006621]http://vimeo.com/61006621#[/video]

 

[Dan]

I haven't really seen that in a long time now since everything went vinyl. My uncles tow trucks were done in gold metal flakes.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

My first NEW van had hand painted signs...1976

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[rwcarpet]

I don't have a close-up, but I have an art teacher/friend that free hand paints all my vans. No vinyl.

 

[FB7777]

My first NEW van had hand painted signs...1976

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Dont be lazy... Walk out behind the barn , clean off the tree sap, leaves and bird shit and post a picture

 

[KevinD]

I think my first three trucks were hand lettered.

 

[Ralph Pastorelli]

Hand painting trucks is a dying art, When I was a kid I use to go watch a local sign guy hand paint trucks. He had a company called Friendly Signs and I was amazed that all he did was use a colored wax pencil and draw he sketch on a truck and then had paint free hand. With several sign companies around my area all they do is vinyl and one old timer still hand makes neon signs!

 

[Total_Rookie]

Hand painted is bad a$$! I think better than Vinyl or even wrap. It is a dying breed but history does and will repeat itself.

I have always admired the old fire trucks that are detailed to the max with the custom lettering.

 

[Ron K]

20 Years old and still looks great.

 

[Chris A]

I love the hand painted look

 

[Mark Saiger]

I would say up until 1986 or so all our vans were had painted. We could always tell by the stroke and design who had done everyone's vans.

Mark Saiger

 

[Becker]

My first NEW van had hand painted signs...1976

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Looks like a good place for some 5 arounds.

 

[bob vawter]

my first truck had Barnum Bailey Carnival font in gold leaf.....

 

[Newman]

My truck was painted by the previous owner of my company. What you see is a portrait of his father with a scrub brush and bucket and a hand painted blue stripe under Carpet Cleaning. The pin striping is also hand painted. The lettering is vinyl.

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[Desk Jockey]

Its a clean layout and very visible. Nice!

 

[The Great Oz]

I think our last hand-painted truck was done in 74. Good quality vinyl (like 3M) is more resistant to scratches from branches than paint and has a lifespan of about 7 years, and of course paint that isn't scratched will last a lot longer than that.

If you like gold, silver or other really high metallic-looks, paint may be better for those details since the mylar used in tapes only lasts a few years before getting dull.