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Re: Car numbers at Nationals

To: David Hawkins <otgrouch@twosrus.com>
Subject: Re: Car numbers at Nationals
From: Mark Sirota <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 17:52:39 -0400
David Hawkins wrote:
> Making do with what's available?  I have 100 square feet of white mag
> sheet...so it IS harder to have different color numbers.  Of course, I
> feel that mine are readable.

Spray paint is cheap, easily available, and easily applied.  Works just
fine on magnetic vynil sheet (after you cut your numbers out).

> I suppose it depends on how you define contrast, then.  Or maybe it's
> that my silver car is more of a dingy, not-well-kept-grayish kind of
> silver that makes the white show up better.   You just can't make
> blanket statements like this as I feel that my car has very good
> contrast, as I feel that the Leverone numbers are contrasting
> (although the red could stand to be of a brighter hue).

Take a black and white photo, and see how that looks.

> I don't think I'll be running at nationals any time soon...so I guess
> it's moot.

Okay, so you only the T&S and course workers at your local events will
be bothered by it.

Take 'em out, lay them on newspaper, buy a can of pink spray paint, and
have at it.

Mark

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