 Does this striping job work or is it too plain?
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Stripped my motorhome and will urethane paint it next week. Was thinking out loud in Photoshop with a simple striped theme rather than all those swooshes most have on them. Click this to see what I am thinking.
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Cool, but honestly it looks 90's
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I am thinking the same thing. Its a Tiffin Allegro so used to have swoosh type decals all over it. I always liked the Winnebago and Bounder more simple designs. Then again I am 65 so I also like old music lol. But, in a park full of swooshes maybe simple would stand out. What if I busy it up a little bit without having to do 20 hours of masking. Getting out of the 90s maybe The colors I can't change. Hatteras white, Boston Whaler Blue, and Sea Green. She likes the beach.
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Doesn't do it for me, Ron. But then I am in the camp of "over the top" designs when it comes to vehicles. I put an orange dragon decal on the hood of the wife's dark green Dodge Sebring! You wouldn't believe how many compliments we get on it!
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Ron do it psychedelic like the 60s .Peace Man 
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I work P/T at a RV and Boat repair facility, we have a graffics guy who makes many graffics in vinyl. I believe you can get many styles and colors made up on the internet and install them yourself. We also paint some on but the taping is intense, as you pointed out. Straight lines look a bit 80's, A Tiffon is a nice unit and it's worth the trouble. I once did a wave style checkered flag graffic in vinyl on my car hauler, $ 125, and it was done. admittedly the graffic was only 15 foot long but it sure broke up the plain white on the haulmark trailer.
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Skin it. You can print any design you like.
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 Instead of stripes, maybe panels, the height of the windows x the length of RV? with stripes top and bottom? 
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Looks fine to me. Most of this stuff they are painting on today is just plain overdone for the sake of crazy ugly.
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Instead of stripes, maybe panels, the height of the windows x the length of RV? with stripes top and bottom?
Tried that, I liked it, she didn't. So I put my foot down and said, Okay Honey.
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Looks fine to me. Most of this stuff they are painting on today is just plain overdone for the sake of crazy ugly.
Dang! my wife agrees with a male! I will keep playing with it but she likes the retro look of stripes and we both hate the multi color, over the top wraps.
Good feedback, I guess the 90s look is what old people identify with. I actually thought one color like the base and a stripe at the top and bottom.
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Yup, like them esteemed gentlemens done said, skrate lines look dated and some skin or curvy decals wut look better. Sorta like a ribbon flowin' in tha win. Startin' at tha front and gettin' sorta wavy as it go toad tha back.
Also, I am deeply disturbed by the improper use of "plane" in your post title. This noun connotes flight or a really flat thing. You should secure an adjective here. There was this guy a while back that was one of those apostrophe abusers and, well, lets just say he doesn't post much any more. Just sayin'.   
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Instead of stripes, maybe panels, the height of the windows x the length of RV? with stripes top and bottom?
Tried that, I liked it, she didn't. So I put my foot down and said, Okay Honey.
You guys are funny!
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I'd paint a false door on it and see how many folks try to use it but that's just me.  "Looks fine to me. Most of this stuff they are painting on today is just plain overdone for the sake of crazy ugly." Ed nailed it! 
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the second example looks pretty decent and simple if you take out those circles in the middle
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the second example looks pretty decent and simple if you take out those circles in the middle
Yep, circles are gone.
Gonna go with the 2nd one but once we start to tape it out it may change. Have to paint the base first, that should be this coming week.
thx for the input
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I like the 2nd version you posted or the one with the circles. No need to make it busy.
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I don't think it looks bad,it's the inside you have to deal with.Can I ask what works best in your opinion to remove the old sun baked decals.I am working on a similar project.
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I tried a wheel, all it does it heat them up and turn them to mush or if you press too hard you burn the gel coat if on fiberglass. It didn't work for me or my patience level. But they are about 15 bucks on Amazon. Depending on how stubborn your decals are, you may wish to pick one up. Eraser wheel or comparable. I would mail you mine but the post would cost as much as the wheel. I tried heat gun for a while but for some of the very brittle its long and hot work. So, for me, I used razor blades in a flat paint scraper. Maintained a very low pitch on the scraper blade about 12 degrees. Pushed with my palm and left thumb with about half the blade and sliced it off a few inches at a time. For the more pliable ones I worked the blade under it a bit then lifted the edge, again no heat. I grabbed it with my fingers and pulled it very slowly. Very slowly means wait for it to release itself, maybe an inch a minute and much will come off clean. Walmart here sells a product called Goof Off. IT WORKS! for clean up to get the residue off once the decal is gone. Better than Goo Gone, spirits, alcohol does nothing to the glue by the way. If you are painting later its important to get all that nasty sticking glue off of the surface. It does not sand well, get it off chemically. My wife and I were about 3 days de-stickering this thing. Thoughts of setting it on fire, or a big explosion crossed our minds. After all it is insured  Good luck.  Plastic razor blades work on softer decals saving damage to the underlying surface. Like if you get a corner lifted as you pull push under lightly with the plastic blade to help the glue release. A sharp plastic putty knife can also be useful. 
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We remove this stuff at work all the time, nothing but time and work, no magic formula, no shortcuts. Just a PIA.
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Okay this is the last Photoshop. I guess I like the old themes. Maybe, wife name is Cillie, we will put a small sticker on the bottom rear. Tiffin Mortorhomes Roncillie Beachcomber Limited Edition Final draft of the plan is here.
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"My wife and I were about 3 days de-stickering this thing. Thoughts of setting it on fire, or a big explosion crossed our minds. After all it is insured "
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Okay this is the last Photoshop. I guess I like the old themes. Maybe, wife name is Cillie, we will put a small sticker on the bottom rear.
Tiffin Mortorhomes Roncillie Beachcomber Limited Edition
Final draft of the plan is here.
Yep, that's ok. The zig zags does it! You have my permission to proceed. 
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I like the Z zags, only wish I could have seen the original ideas but my browser wont open them.
A buddy took his Smart car which he is towing behind his Forester RV and had a sign company match the swoopy designs and apply it to the car.
I have some credit with one of the best graffiti artists in eastern Canada so I'll get him to do something for me if the day ever comes. Amazing what he can do with a rattle can and a half dozen different tips.
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Okay this is the last Photoshop. I guess I like the old themes. Maybe, wife name is Cillie, we will put a small sticker on the bottom rear.
Tiffin Mortorhomes Roncillie Beachcomber Limited Edition
Final draft of the plan is here.
I like your design.  I'm not a big fan of the swoops & swirls that have been the fad for a while. To me, nothing beats the lines of a classic.
I think about updating ours, but then I remember how much work it was to de-stripe the last one. It's dated, but it will remain as is. https://scontent-mia1-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t...amp;oe=597606E8
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url=https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/V6v7cLq3oh5bwzPpBOHjjO89rWyQzM5Lbh9fXLykszT]Final draft of the plan is here.[/url]
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I like your design. I'm not a big fan of the swoops & swirls that have been the fad for a while. To me, nothing beats the lines of a classic.
I think about updating ours, but then I remember how much work it was to de-stripe the last one. It's dated, but it will remain as is. https://scontent-mia1-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t...amp;oe=597606E8
Thx, Winnebago never striped over the the top, straight and clean. That is a good looking unit.
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I like the Z zags, only wish I could have seen the original ideas but my browser wont open them.
A buddy took his Smart car which he is towing behind his Forester RV and had a sign company match the swoopy designs and apply it to the car.
I have some credit with one of the best graffiti artists in eastern Canada so I'll get him to do something for me if the day ever comes. Amazing what he can do with a rattle can and a half dozen different tips.
Joe, this was the contender that lost
I had another consideration I had not shared. Made me feel like I was on acid. Not that I would know what acid is.
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Okay this is the last Photoshop. I guess I like the old themes. Maybe, wife name is Cillie, we will put a small sticker on the bottom rear.
Tiffin Mortorhomes Roncillie Beachcomber Limited Edition
Final draft of the plan is here.
Yep, that's ok. The zig zags does it! You have my permission to proceed.
thx, yep, I like the z zags too. They were an accident. I started to switch back to do a swoosh then didn't want to. I terminated the line to come back later to erase it. The more it sat there the more I liked it. So I made a few more lol.
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Whoah! That is fabulous. Starting to get some color on mine now. 1 coat still wet then sand and two more. White door still needs to be primed before paint. 1 coat
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How's this for bringing an oldie into the modern age?
http://mastertechrvservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/IMG_2429.jpg
1974 Winnebago. There's another slide on the other side.
That's sharp! 
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Here is a video of that Winnebago. $250,000 in material upgrades and 4000 hours of labor. Video
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Well, its harder to do in real life than in photoshop. Kinda done lots of work
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Here is a video of that Winnebago. $250,000 in material upgrades and 4000 hours of labor. Video
Quarter of a Million Bucks!That's a few BAs and Speedys there!
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Yep, that is a ridiculous amount of money.
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Here is a video of that Winnebago. $250,000 in material upgrades and 4000 hours of labor. Video
Quarter of a Million Bucks!That's a few BAs and Speedys there!
I suspect that is the retail value of all those upgrades. It sounds like alot of the equipment was donated on a promotion and it looks like they are getting good value in advertising. Still it is one sweet looking ride.
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