Placards on Cloth Interior Panels - How To?

[Jeff_S]

I've searched the site here and no one has addressed this exactly, so I thought I'd open up the question. My interior was redone by the prior owner with an Airtex product that is overall quite nice. But in doing my first annual inspection this year, the IA noted that a few of the required placards were never replaced, so to comply with the strict letter of the regs he suggested I do this.

I've already contacted Higher Graphics and Steve is going to give me a good price to print just the few I need. But two of them will need to go directly on the cloth-covered interior panel area, and I suspect the standard laminated sheet I get from HigherGraphics won't quite cut the mustard. The other placards that ARE in place look like they were put onto some sort of thin sheet metal and then glued more securely onto the fabric.

So, does anybody have experience with this, or suggestions for how to do it so that it looks nice and will be durable?

Thanks!

[sixsixX]

I would get a thin plastic sheet, such as a folder/binder cover from Staples or an office supply store, trim it slighly larger than your decal,  Apply your decal and then round the edges with a pair of scissors, it cuts easily. The you can then attach it to your fabric , using a 3M glue, or simply trim it a bit larger and use four nice trim screws at each corner to attach.

[carusoam]

Does it need to go exactly in the same place?   I know the wording is exact, and the location is sometimes general in description.

The content of one of the placards is probably the before landing check list or something that literally could go anywhere.

There is a placard on the window, for the window, that says do not open above X mph.  Could you put the other placard somewhere on the window in a similar fashion?

Best regards,

-a-

[Jeff_S]

Just to finish this up for future reference, I got the required placards from HigherGraphics, which did an excellent job and only charged me for just the ones I needed. I found aluminum metal sheets at Michael's Arts and Crafts for $3 which provided the perfect backing and were easily trimmed by scissors. A little Elmer's glue and they attached perfectly.  I'd take a photo but my iPhone camera can't zoom close enough to make it worthwhile.