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14/4/2009 at 10:07am
 Location: Scotland
 Outfit: holdsworth camper
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Hello, i have finally got my first caravan and had a pleasant easter holiday in it there.  Its an early 90's sprite muskateer in immaculate condition inside, however the nearside is a little worse for wear, the stripes are all faded and flakey.  i was wondering how to go about replacing the stripes or painting over them, do i have to use special paints, is there paint codes for each stripe, do i have to respray the whole van first??  I really don't have a clue and would be grateful of any advice on how to go about this.

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14/4/2009 at 11:02am
 Location: Lincoln
 Outfit: None Entered
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Was gonna ask this myself.....i am gonna remove my stripes as they are ropey.....does somewhere sell replacement stripe stickers?


14/4/2009 at 11:23am
 Location: Nottingham
 Outfit: Motorhome
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If you can remove a piece in tact, and take it to your local vinyl graphics or sign makers as I did,they coppied it and did enough for my van but mine is a M/home and they did it spot on £60 for the lot.which I thought was very good.

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14/4/2009 at 4:20pm
 Location: Scotland
 Outfit: holdsworth camper
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hmmmm, that's a bargain!!

I know a guy who makes signs etc and was going to ask him if he could maybe make something, but how do you make sure you get a smooth surface to stick them on??  The van is not a flat surface as it is (pebbledashed) and with the rough edges of the already stripes that's on it.   Also it's different shades of purple and different sized stripes.............



14/4/2009 at 6:20pm
 Location: Shropshire North Wales borders
 Outfit: Adria Win
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You need to take off the stripes that are on there before applying the new ones, a hairdrier can help with softening the glue, make sure you get all of the glue off before putting the new ones on. I've had a couple of Sprites of that age and IIRC the stripes were all maroon and grey/silver. The different shades of maroon are probably down to fading. I would take some pictures before you strip the old ones off to take to the signwriters, so they can see the positions. They can do different widths.

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