Interior placard kit questions

[kris_adams]

Hi Everyone,

First off thanks to Jeff_S for the pointer in an old thread to go to HigherGraphics.  They've been really easy to work with.  Two questions:

1) what did you you use to clean the old sticky residue off of plastic and metal?  I've used goof-off around the house but I'm afraid it would keep the new stickers from attaching

2) I'm not sure the best place to put the label for the hat rack weight limitation. Will it stick to the plastic above it?  The plastic isn't absolutely smooth and I'm afraid it won't stick.  Last annual my (non-msc A&P) created a label with a PTouch that stuck to the plastic for about 1 month.  Any ideas?  Where is yours?

Thanks!

Kris

[LANCECASPER]

If you clean the Goof Off or Goo Gone with rubbing alcohol the new decal should stick just fine.

[Hank]

My hat rack placard is on the lower front edge of the shelf. Maybe I have a picture somewhere.

Found it! (Oops, t g arsenal the baggage placard. . . )

Edited June 1, 2016 by Hank

[Hank]

^^^ Yeah, like that.

[Piloto]

For those in bilingual States (almost the whole country) these are very handy.

[Hank]

No parlez vous.    That's two languages that I speak worse than English.

[kris_adams]

Thanks guys!  I'll go with goof-off, rubbing alcohol, and put it on the plastic!  I'll post some pic's once it is done.

[kris_adams]

23 hours ago, Piloto said:

For those in bilingual States (almost the whole country) these are very handy.

Working on my espanol! (Not sure how to make the n have the accent)

[carusoam]

ñ is generated by holding the n key down and wait a second or so... 

Best regards,

-a-

[kris_adams]

Just now, carusoam said:

ñ is generated by holding the n key down and wait a second or so... 

Best regards,

-a-

Wahoo...look at me: Español!!!!!  Thanks!

[carusoam]

There is a whole bunch of things hidden under some keys... °F is my favorite.  This magic key is under the zero button.

Best regards,

-a-

[Hank]

21 minutes ago, carusoam said:

There is a whole bunch of things hidden under some keys... °F is my favorite.  This magic key is under the zero button.

With a keyboard, ° is Alt-0186. Hard to remember without the number pad, it's a simple pattern. Don't remember ñ, but it's there, too (don't use it much; high school Spanish was pre-computer, followed by living in Japan and using a DOS word processor for English and Japanese).

[Marauder]

Graciás Señor Caruso!

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[Piloto]

11 hours ago, carusoam said:

ñ is generated by holding the n key down and wait a second or so... 

Best regards,

-a-

The ñ symbol is a contraction of the double n "nn" in Spanish. War cannon = cañon de Guerra.

José

[warbingtonmasonry]

 My keyboard does not have the tilde function that I can find. When I learned Spanish in school the tilde above the n was a separate letter of the alphabet, as were ch, ll, rr. I recall the English "k" was not part of the Spanish alphabet.

The word "canon" with tilde is the phonetic equivalent of the English word "canyon" with the caveat the accent in the Spanish word is, in this example, on the last syllable. I think they mean the same thing.

Of course, I am usually wrong.

[warbingtonmasonry]

Upon further reflection I recall the Spanish word "canon" with tilde has also accent mark on "o" in keeping with the rule in Spanish words ending in "n" or "s" have emphasis on the penultimate syllable unless marked with accent otherwise.

[Hank]

Tu cañón es mi cañón.  

Just be sure which one you're at before you fky up one . . .

[carusoam]

WM,

Did you look under the n and o keys where they are hidden...?  To get ñ and ó.

which keyboard are you using?

Best regards,

-a-

[Dave Colangelo]

On 5/31/2016 at 7:54 PM, Kris_Adams said:

1) what did you you use to clean the old sticky residue off of plastic and metal?  I've used goof-off around the house but I'm afraid it would keep the new stickers from attaching

Try naphthalene (the main ingredient in lighter fluid) you can get it at home depot or the like. It dries really fast, let it try, then wipe with a damp rag to get anything residual off. Allow that to dry and you are good to go. Its worth testing in a little corner of the material first as its a bit harsher than rubbing alcohol and can cause damage to some things. 

 

Regards

Dave  

[kris_adams]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[Piloto]

For making your own labels I use the P-touch PT-2430 PC https://www.brother-usa.com/Labeling_Solutions/ModelDetail/7/PT2430PC/Overview You can get it at Office Depot.

The labels are up to 1 inch wide and are very weather resistant. You make the labels in any font or format from your PC. Recommend it

José