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Stenciling Made Easy

Is there any one else out there who dislikes stenciling racquets as much as I do? For me there were two major difficulties: Trying to align the stencil on the opposite side of the stringbed after stenciling the first side, and keeping the stencil from moving or sliding over the stringbed when applying the ink.

I have come up with a simple but effective solution for both problems. You will need a hole punch and four of the snap buttons that manufacturers use to fasten information cards on pre-strung racquets. Take the hole punch and make four holes, in the top and bottom corners of the stencil. Then align your stencil on the stringbed and pop in the snap buttons. The stencil will not move while you apply the ink, and when you flip the stencil over to ink side number two, you can achieve perfect alignment. Now my next task is trying to figure out how to make the ink applicator last as long as the ink in the bottle!

5 sets of Prince Polygut 16 to:

Mark Campanile, MRT, Northbrook, IL

Editor’s note: If you have two copies of the same stencil, you have the option of punching the holes in both copies so that the holes and the stencils line up. You can then fasten both stencils to the stringbed (one on each side) using the plastic snap buttons, so that you do not have to move the stencil to ink the other side of the stringbed.

From the April 2004 issue
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