A very busy day and we didn't even touch the boat until about 7:00 pm tonight! :) We started the morning getting a quote for the vinyl decals. We stopped at The Sign Group on Louetta and spent some time with Tom going over the particulars and color choices. It takes about 30 - 45 minutes to go through the measurements and samples. Next we stopped by Louetta Upholstery. DO NOT EVER GO TO LOUETTA UPHOLSTERY!!!!! My goodness but the staff was very rude and didn't even want to talk to us about upholstering the engine cover unless he had the whole boat!! We explained that we were refurbishing Semper Fi and he told us that he couldn't help us and walked off!! Just left us at the counter with our mouths hanging open and went to the back. So, save yourself some time and just pass that place right by!! Next we went to see Chris at FastSigns in Conroe for a second quote on the decals. He spent a lot of time with us and went through the different grades of vinyl and which would be our best choices. He needed a little more detailed measurements than Tom at The Sign Group so as you can see by my picture, Lance and I got creative with our decal measurements :) HO HO HO!! We are trying to track down Chad with Conroe Boat Doctor to order our new binnacle shifter but he left early today! Hey Chad! Get to work!! :) Chris at FastSigns recommended another upholstery shop - Classic Upholstery - on 105 in Conroe. We stopped in and saw Junior at Classic Upholstery and he was super friendly and really took a look at the boxes, gave us some advice and gave us a great quote! We have read some good reviews on his business so we are excited that he is going to upholster the engine cover. We stopped by some local Military Surplus stores looking for a 10" - 12" embroidered USMC emblem patch but did not have any luck so we had to order online. Junior said he would sew it on for us prior to covering the back! :) WOO HOO! We picked out our auto paint color for the railings. Olympic White! We picked up a couple of cans and have more on order. I am not even going to guess how many cans this is going to take!! We came home and worked on the decal angles and completed a test paint on the small railing. So far, so good!! We had a major 20 minute wind and rain storm so we had to close up shop and decided to use the time to clean up the garage and start getting prepared for the tape and paint job!! Quite a busy day and not much to show for it on the boat. Some days are just like that.......
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