Stenciling

This week I’ve been sneaking down to the boathouse before and after work to do some final touch ups on the boat.  I was proud of myself as I left Jack’s this morning.  She’s done.  She has a name.  And she’s ready for the world.  I’ll hose her down before I show her off tomorrow evening (she has some dirt from when I took her out on the water), but she looks great in my personal and very biased opinion.

I made a stencil to paint the name on the transom of the boat.  I can’t show you the stencil because that would reveal the name, which would defeat the purpose of the Boat Revealing Party.  So I’ll show you another stencil I made last year in a bit.

I printed the name out on paper, glued the paper onto poster board, and cut the word(s) out with an X-acto knife.  Pretty simple.  I brought the stencil over to the boat and spray painted over the stencil.  Then I went over the rough edges with a fine brush and exterior paint.  I will show you the final product after tomorrow.  Promise.

Last year, I was on a kickball team.  I was also told I was too aggressive during games  …Anyways, we wanted our team name to have an MTV Jersey Shore theme.  I suggested The Kickuation after Mike Sorrentino’s abs, which he calls The Situation.  I thought we could take it one step further and show our own abdominal and oblique muscles.  I made a stencil and brought a can of spray paint to our first game.  We were by far the coolest team (again a very biased opinion, but the league agreed).  



On the left: The Situation.  On the right: The Kickuation
...thought I'd clarify