When I replaced my stripe I think I used a scraper but the big problem was putting the new
stripe back on straight and maybe some one has a good idea.
After I looked back after putting the new strip it looked wavy so how best did you do it.
Nick
Nick, I replaced the 12 ft teak eyebrow trim on my h30 with a 1" stripe from SBO. I first ran a strip of 1" painters tape 12 ft long stretching the tape out 3,4 or 5 feet at a time so I could get the line straight. I just peeled it up when I got it crooked and straightened it. Wider tape helps keep longer runs straight. Then I applied the vinyl stripe, carefully placing it along the top edge of the tape as a guide.
For large decals, like names, you would make you tape line first, then wet the boat with a mix of a bucket of water with a few drops of dish soap in it. This allows the adhesive to slide on the surface and to be positioned exactly, then use a rubber or plastic squeegee to squeeze out the water from under the decal. I like rubber because it's less likely to mark the decal or stripe. Wetting the top of the decal with the soapy water helps the squeegee slide on the decal. Work from middle out, working out air bubbles. A tiny pin hole in a small air bubble can help get trapped air out.
BTW, soapy water is how those large fake wood grain decals were applied to the sides of station wagons in the '70s. A detailer would come to the body shop I worked at and hand paint pin stripes or apply wood grain decals. I saw somewhere recently that painters were using a laser level to mark a boot stripe. That's cool. The painter followed the laser line with tape. I don't recall how they marked each end to get it parallel to the waterline. Dan