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Josh, if I might suggest, instead of using vinyl lettering on the tender as mentioned in the blog, consider having a vinyl stencil cut instead, and paint the lettering on. I think you can find previous discussions on this board concerning the use of vinyl lettering vs. painting the lettering. But since you have someone that is going to supply the lettering anyway, I'd recommend going the stencil route. I've seen too many instances of vinyl letters suffering from edge curl and peeling. However, if you do use vinyl lettering, I'd have to suggest that you follow letter application with a clear coat to seal the edges of the lettering. This will help the letters last longer. I can point to 3 pieces of equipment where this was done and after a little over 7 years the lettering seems to be holding up fine. Two of these are fully exposed to the south Georgia weather, with full sun all day since the cars are on a north-south oriented track and never see shade except early morning and late afternoon. Just make sure the surfaces are properly prepared prior to both letter and clear coat application. My 2 cents worth.

Absolutely correct Mr. Syfrett! Paint always last longer, if anyone is dead set on using actual vinyl lettering I would STRONGLY suggest the use of DOT grade vinyl. This stuff will last exceptionally longer than traditional. But, across the board paint is absolutely the way to go.
It is exceptionally easy to do, one simply removes the actual letters from the paper and leave the shadow. Paint letters with sign paint and remove the shadow... Clear coat as Mr. Syfrett said.

Cheers, Jason