Hello world!
StickY.Business is a home business, setup for making and selling custom vinyl sticker decals. To browse my designs, use the categories browser on the right.
If you need customized decals for your boat, car, shop windows or anything, do contact me at sticky.business@yahoo.com . .
These are examples of my work.
Car Decals
Bike Decals
Boat Letterings
Small decals for gadgets
2-color decals
Small decals on laptops
Small decals on wardrobe
Large decals on drawers
The humble beginnings. ..
StickY BusinesS was started in 2006. I had retired from an engineering job and after idling around for awhile, working on SV Eleanor and Calliste, I was kinda bored. At that time, I was needing some boat letterings and had some difficulty in getting it made just the way I wanted.
- A little workspace in the house
So that was it. I did a study on what is needed to set myself up to make these stickers. All that I needed was the machine, a software and sticker materials. Thats me in my little home workspace.
Sticky pawprints on a glass
Now that I have this ability to make my own decals, why not make a business out of it. Most boaters will need these letterings too and so will some of my friends for labelling stuff or just for the fun of it kinda thing. The fun kinda thing is like my decorating the car.. bike.. refrigerator… wardrobe… doors in the house… cups… books.. files and er .. whatever..
I use mainly 3M Oracal sticker material. This material is UV resistant and waterproof, which means it wont fade or change color very much, wont crack up in sunlight, wont be washed out by detergent and very suitable for the boating environment. Could use it in a dishwasher too.. 
Applications of vinyl stickers ..
1) Always clean surface thoroughly before application.
2) Some designs require transfer tape, and some don’t. For stickers without transfer tape, simply peel backing away and apply from the middle spreading outwards. The only thing to worry about is bubbles. If there are bubbles, use a fine needle to poke it, then push the air out from the hole.
3) For using transfer tape, the decal have to come off from the backing onto the transfer tape. For any part of the decal that is not sticking to the tape, push on the backing the tape with fingertips. Usually the pressure of fingertips pushing is sufficient to coax the decal off the backing onto the tape.
4) Apply transfer tape with the decal onto the application surface, spread from the middle outwards or from 1 end to the other. Rub on transfer tape, so that the decal will stick better on surface. Peel away the transfer tape gently.
Steps to apply decals
